Dual Property Accountant at Kolter Hospitality in Hyatt Place St Petersburg - St Petersburg, FL 33701

Job description

• Position Type
• Full Time
• Job Shift
• Any
• Position Summary: Provide comprehensive, on-site accounting support for the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront and Hyatt Place St. Petersburg. Responsible for managing day-to-day property-level financial operations, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, procedures, brand standards, and federal, state, and local regulations across both hotel properties.
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Responsibilities

• Daily Operations: Manage and execute the day-to-day property-level accounting workflows for both the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront and Hyatt Place St. Petersburg.
• Income Audit & Cash Handling: Perform daily income audits, verify night audit packages against PMS/POS systems, reconcile credit card deposits, and manage property vaults and house banks.
• Accounts Receivable: Manage the city ledger, process direct billing applications, handle guest billing inquiries, resolve credit card chargebacks, and drive collections efforts for both locations.
• Accounts Payable: Review, code, and route property-level invoices to appropriate department heads for approval, ensuring precise cost allocation between the two properties. Response promptly to vendor inquiries.
• Month-End Closing: Assist corporate accounting with the month-end closing process by preparing property journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and P&L review materials.
• Tax Compliance: Assist in compiling data and preparing monthly sales, use, occupancy, and communication tax returns for both St. Petersburg properties. Tax exemption reporting to corporate accounting team.
• Payroll & Franchise Processing: Assist in processing monthly property-level payroll journals and review monthly brand franchise invoices.
• Special Projects: Support the General Manager and Director of Finance, and property leadership with specialized financial projects as requested.
• This description is a summary of primary responsibilities and qualifications. The job description is not intended to include all duties or qualifications that may be required now or in the future.

Requirements

• Highly detail oriented; checks own work, keeps accurate records, organizes information effectively.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Professional presence
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization, in a team-oriented environment.
• Proven track record of effective process management and improvement.
• Ability to tolerate ambiguity, handles multiple priorities, and identifies creative solutions to problems.
• Demonstrated history of taking initiative, meeting commitments and assisting in the creation of new tools or solutions to achieve business results.
• High level of energy, personal accountability and integrity.
• Associate degree in accounting, business administration, or related field, OR 2+ years’ related experience in a hotel corporate accounting environment.
• Minimum 3–5 years’ progressive experience working in accounting at the hotel property level, with multi-property experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience using M3 accounting software and hotel Property Management Systems (Hilton PEP, Hyatt Place Opera Cloud)

Skills

Required

• Highly detail oriented
• Professional presence