ABOUT FOUR SEASONS:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.
At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

JUNIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Four Seasons Hotel Montreal is seeking an individual who shares our passion for excellence and is committed to creating memorable experiences for both our employees and our guests. We are looking for someone with a strong work ethic, high integrity, attention to detail, cultural awareness, and a guest-centric mindset.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Assist Staff Accountant with maintaining the effectiveness of internal controls to safeguard the assets and resources of the hotel;
• Actively support other department managers with matters dealing with income audit, general cashiering, payroll, and other issues that may arise regarding the finance department;
• Direct and supervise the efforts, quality, and timeliness of all aspects of income audit, payroll, and general cashiering or other areas as directed by the Staff Accountant, Accounting Manager, Assistant Director of Finance and Director of Finance;
• Assist in other areas of the accounting department as needed;
• Understand and possess a working knowledge of the Accounting & Finance Manual;
• Good understanding of Month-End Process, including but not limited to preparation of financial statements, accruals and journal entries, maintain reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts in established corporate formats and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals;
• Assist the Staff Accountant, Accounting Manager and the Assistant Director of Finance in preparation of all budgets and forecasts;
• Understand the current Edition of USALI;
• Prepare and coordinate the monthly reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts and all bank reconciliations, ensuring all outstanding reconciling items are investigated and resolved satisfactorily;
• Perform all daily, monthly, and other periodic accounting and financial reporting in an accurate and timely nature;
• Participate in the physical inventory counts and the subsequent accuracy of count, price, and valuation;
• Safeguard the cash assets through monthly bank reconciliations, cash counts of all issued Banks, including general cashier, and reporting any discrepancies to the Staff Accountant/Accounting Manager;
• Assist with month end adjustment journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations;
• Prepare periodic vacation and medical deduction audits;
• Prepare required backup or work papers in order to provide analysis and control over balance sheet and P&L accounts and to serve the purpose of internal and external audits;
• Have a working knowledge of all areas in Finance to ensure that coverage can be provided for employees on vacation or leave;
• Be familiar with the program of records control, security, retention and disposal in accordance with hotel policy and procedures;
• Ensure that income is properly recorded and an accurate and timely Daily Business Report is generated;
• Perform any additional duties as assigned by the Director of Finance or Assistant Director of Finance, Accounting Manager or Staff Accountant;