Field Controller - Davidson Hospitality Group

Are you a dynamic and adaptable finance professional looking for an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the hospitality industry? Davidson Hospitality Group is seeking an enthusiastic Field Controller to join our team. In this floating role, you'll have the chance to showcase your financial expertise by sitting at properties during vacancies or at challenging locations, driving success through your financial acumen and leadership. Be part of a high-energy, results-driven team that thrives on turning challenges into opportunities. If you're ready to take your career to new heights and make a difference, apply now!

Key Responsibilities:

- Dive deep into the hotel's accounting and control systems, making proactive changes and providing essential retraining to staff for smoother and more efficient operations.

- Be the guardian of our daily Income Journal process, ensuring seamless integration with other systems, accurate recording of transactions, proper tax collection, and minimal manual adjustments, all while ensuring meticulous handling of supporting documents.

- Keep a keen eye on Accounts Payable, ensuring approvals are in place, invoices are processed accurately, and payments are made promptly.

- Take charge of Accounts Receivable, ensuring timely billing, smooth transitions from Guest to City Ledger, and implementing robust collection processes.

- Keep key payments on track, including state and local taxes, insurance, and regulatory fees, ensuring they're made on time.

- Lead the month-end closing process with precision, delivering draft P&L reports along with insightful analysis, closing after approval by our Regional Vice President Hotel Finance/Regional Director of Finance, and delivering final P&L reports along with any necessary ownership reports.

- Maintain Balance Sheet Reconciliations diligently, ensuring they're completed promptly and supported by accurate documentation.

- Step into the role of Acting-Director of Finance when needed, providing guidance, oversight, and training to our accounting team, and assisting in forecasting and budgeting activities.

- Prepare all necessary audit documentation and support auditors as directed by our Regional Vice President Hotel Finance/Regional Director of Finance.

- And of course, tackle any other tasks that come your way with enthusiasm and expertise.

Join our team and be part of a company that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous growth. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career advancement. If you're a finance expert with a passion for hospitality, apply for the Field Controller position at Davidson Hospitality Group and take your career to the next level. Embrace the challenge and seize the opportunity to make a lasting impact!

- Ideally, a degree from a four-year college with a focus on accounting.

- Five years of experience in related roles, preferably within the hospitality industry.

- A solid grasp of accounting fundamentals, including accounts payable/receivable, income audit, payroll, and financial statement preparation.

- Proven experience in training team members with varying skill levels and backgrounds.

- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

- Familiarity with GAAP and USALI.

- And be ready to hit the road - this role involves frequent travel, usually on a weekly basis, so flexibility and adaptability are key.

- Ability to travel 90%+

If you're ready to make a real impact in the world of hospitality finance, we want to hear from you!

Davidson Hospitality Group is an award-winning, full-service hospitality management company overseeing hotels, restaurants, dining and entertainment venues across the US.   A trusted partner and preferred operator for Hilton, Hyatt, Kimpton, Marriott, and Margaritaville, Davidson offers a unique entrepreneurial management style and owners’ mentality that provides the individualized personal service of a small company, enhanced by the breadth and depth of skill and experience of a larger company. In keeping with the company’s heritage of delivering value, Davidson is comprised of four highly specialized operating verticals: Davidson Hotels, Pivot, Davidson Resorts and Davidson Restaurant Group.

In keeping with the company’s heritage of delivering value to its owners and team members, Davidson offers a rich benefit program with a variety of benefits designed to enrich the lives and well-being of our team members and their families.

• Three Tiers of Medical Coverage
• Dental & Vision Coverage
• 24/7 Teledoc service
• Free Maintenance Medications
• Pet Insurance
• Hotel Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, bereavement, and Holidays). 
• 401K Match

Working at Davidson is like nowhere else. It’s less of a job, more of a calling. It’s part career, part revolution. Because whatever you do here, you play a part in helping redefine the way quality hospitality is delivered to our guests, our clients, our partners, and each other.

EOE AA- Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation

Davidson Hospitality is a drug free workplace.  Pre-employment drug test and background check required.  We participate in E-Verify.

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