Chief Accountant

at  Hilton

Chief Accountant
The role aims to be recognized as a trusted advisor to finance team members and other hotel business partners. This role supports the finance lead to retain and train best-in-class finance professionals and assists in developing their finance team. This role ensures a robust control and compliance environment that supports the hotel/hotels to maximize profit and contributes to implementing EMEA Operations Finance innovations and projects.
What will I be doing?

The Chief Accountant will support all activities performed by the hotel’s Assistant / Finance lead, including but not limited to, understanding financial performance, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting and month-end closing activities, reviewing monthly financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Uniform System of Accounts and Hilton policies and procedures. Specifically, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Ensure a smooth operation of all hotel finance activities in full compliance with the policy, regulatory, and contractual framework.
• Business partner with all hotel finance team members and the Hotel Management team, and support the Assistant / Finance Lead in developing excellent working relationships across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including Commercial, IT, Procurement, Operations, and Shared Service Centers (where applicable). In the absence of the Assistant Finance Manager/Director, the Chief Accountant will assume responsibilities.
• Participate in all relevant Finance training and development programs.

• Ensure a smooth operation of all hotel finance activities in full compliance with the policy, regulatory, and contractual framework.
• Business partner with all hotel finance team members and the Hotel Management team, and support the Assistant / Finance Lead in developing excellent working relationships across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including Commercial, IT, Procurement, Operations, and Shared Service Centers (where applicable). In the absence of the Assistant Finance Manager/Director, the Chief Accountant will assume responsibilities.
• Participate in all relevant Finance training and development programs