Lead Accountant

The Lead Accountant owns a meaningful piece of that growth story from the accounting side: producing accurate, timely financial statements, including point-of-sale reconciliations, insurance accounting, and the accruals and journal entries that keep our books clean across a fast-moving, multi-unit business. This role reports to the Manager, General Accounting and works closely with the broader Accounting team, Systems, Risk, Technology, and the site and corporate leaders across the venues they support.

This is a strong fit for someone who wants real ownership early in their career — someone who can run a close process independently, build relationships with the teams and venues they support, and look for smarter ways to do the work, including using AI to create efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Close

• Produce accurate, timely financial statements as part of the Accounting team's monthly and annual close process.
• Post, balance, and reconcile the general ledger for each entity in accordance with GAAP.
• Research and analyze fluctuations versus prior year, prior month, and budget, and prepare journal entries to record transactions in the correct period.

POS & Revenue Accounting

• Review and resolve point-of-sale variances across multiple POS systems.
• Partner with the Systems team on POS issues and mapping changes and Treasury for reconciling cash issues.
• Record non-POS revenue accurately and on time.

Insurance, Utilities & Other Misc. Accruals

• Prepare monthly journal entries and reconciliations for the company's insurance policies; partner with the Risk team on claim trends and compare reserves to semi-annual actuary reports.
• Own highly visible, material accruals such as utilities that require detailed analysis of large data sets.
• Prepare and review balance sheet account reconciliations each period and quarter, as assigned.

Process, Systems & AI

• Use AI and other tools to create efficiencies in day-to-day accounting work.
• Develop, enhance, and document accounting and finance procedures and data flow.
• Partner with the Technology team on invoice accruals and license renewals, and participate in system implementations as they arise.

Business Partnership & Support

• Provide accounting support to roughly 8 venues, including month-end close accruals, analysis, and responses to questions from site and corporate leaders.
• Support fiscal year-end financial reporting and audit requirements.
• Work closely with the FP&A team to provide budget and forecast projections.
• Support the Manager and Director on special projects and reports as they arise.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Technical Accounting & GAAP Rigor

Applies strong technical knowledge to keep the books accurate and audit-ready.

• Posts, balances, and reconciles the general ledger for each entity in accordance with GAAP.
• Prepares journal entries and account reconciliations with precision and clear supporting documentation.

Analytical Problem-Solving

Digs into large, complex data sets to find and resolve variances.

• Researches and explains fluctuations versus prior year, prior month, and budget.
• Resolves point-of-sale variances and other reconciliation issues across multiple systems.

Process, Systems & Innovation

Looks for smarter, more efficient ways to do the work.

• Uses AI and other tools to create efficiencies in day-to-day accounting work.
• Develops, enhances, and documents accounting procedures and data flow.

Cross-Functional Partnership

Builds strong working relationships across teams and venues.

• Partners with Systems, Risk, Treasury, and Technology to resolve issues and support system implementations.
• Responds to questions from site and corporate leaders across the venues supported.

Ownership & Execution

Runs a close process independently and delivers on deadlines.

• Owns accounting support for roughly 8 venues, including month-end close accruals and analysis.
• Supports fiscal year-end reporting, audit requirements, and special projects as they arise.

• 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience; multi-unit, hospitality, restaurant, or retail environments preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP and month-end/year-end close processes
• Proven expertise using Excel at an advanced level (formulas, PivotTables, large data set analysis)
• Experience with general ledger systems, journal entries, and balance sheet account reconciliations
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple entities or venues and competing deadlines independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for partnering with site and corporate leaders

Preferred Skills

• CPA or actively pursuing CPA preferred
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Workday, NetSuite, Oracle, SAP) and POS reconciliation tools
• Experience using AI tools to drive accounting process efficiencies
• Background in multi-unit hospitality, restaurant, or entertainment accounting

Sounds like a fit? We can't wait to meet you!