Financial Controller

Job Description

Job Summary:
The Financial Controller assists and supports the Director of Finance in the achievement of the Division’s goals and the maintenance of adequate internal controls over all areas of hotel operations. The position ensures timely completion of all reports generated by accounting team. In addition, the Financial Controller enforces the maintenance of the Ala Moana Hotel policies and procedures as they apply to the hotel operation.

Duties:

• Manage day to day finance operations, prepare all month-end and year-end reports, including tax reporting packages. Maintain the books of accounts for owners and the Company.
• Prepare and coordinate monthly forecasts and outlooks, including, but not limited to, quarterly reforecasts for owner and any similar reports for the Company.
• Prepare budget forms and assist the Director of Finance in the completion of the entire budget packages.
• Review financial reports in accordance with reporting calendars and ensure that all reports are submitted on a timely basis.
• Provide guidance and supervision to all accounting employees. Recommend training necessary or provide training for specific tasks to accounting team.
• Prepare general ledger journals, maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations and perform other general and administrative functions as may be required.
• Prepare audit schedules and coordinate with external and internal auditors in the completion of their field work. Assist the Director of Finance in the completion and implementation of all audit recommendations.
• Handle the administration of all bank accounts, ensures bank resolutions are updated, and prepare treasury reports.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of finance and accounting experience or related professional area
• Bachelors Degree in Finance and/or Accoutning or equivalent
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint)
• Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process.
• Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must possess intermediate computer skills.
• Knowledge of computer accounting programs, math skills as well as budgetary analysis capabilities required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups to managers, clients, customers, and ownership.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Computer skills: proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and other applicable computer systems required.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.