Opportunity: Regional Director of Accounting
Manage and direct the activities of the regional accounting team with the main objective of preparing timely and accurate accounting records and financial statements for the managed properties in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and established standards.
Potential Career Path
Director of Financial Services –Controller – VP Finance
Essential Job Functions
Review and approval of property financial statements and monthly financial records (monthly packs).
Plan and organize the work of the regional accounting team, adjusting team priorities as needed to ensure all reporting deadlines are met.
Communicate both verbally and in writing to provide clear direction to property accountants.
Develop and implement procedures and necessary training to promote the efficient, effective and timely completion of accounting activities by property accountants.
Oversee the accounting and internal control functions of the regional accounting teams to ensure SOX compliance.
Assist accounting management team in the establishment, coordination and administration of internal control procedures/policies prescribed in the HHMLP Accounting Policies and Procedure Manual and the Narratives (HHMLP P&P’s).
Communicate with and provide training to the Operations team to assist with compliance of HHMLP P&P’s.
Assist with both internal and external audits to ensure complete, timely and accurate responses to information requests.
Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers.
Research and provide analysis and insight into financial trends, operational issues and variances to budgets and forecasts as needed by the Operations team.
Work closely with other Regional Accounting Managers, the Controller and the Vice President of Financial Services to ensure effective coordination of activities between Accounting and Operations and to ensure prompt service to the Operations team.
Perform special projects and other responsibilities as assigned.
Ensure compliance and satisfaction of all government, company, franchise and ownership requirements throughout job performance.
Position Requirements
Work Environment and Context
What We Believe
People Are Our Capability – Hearts That Serve – Only Excellence – Stay Nimble - Own It
HHM Hotels is the preferred operator to many sophisticated and institutional owners of hotel real estate, including public and private owners, across the United States and Canada. We are known for consistent outperformance in operating results, the stability of our managed portfolio and operating teams, and our unrelenting focus on people, processes, and technology. HHM Hotels is tireless in delivering results and working closely with our owners across a portfolio of 240 hotels and over $2BN in managed revenues in the United States and Canada.
For the past 30 years, HHM Hotels has focused on building out specific and differentiated capabilities and technology to serve our owners and drive industry-leading results in the areas of revenue generation, cost management, service delivery, and associate development and retention. In particular, we have focused on developing proprietary data, processes, and business systems to drive advantage and maintain our unwavering focus on results across every aspect of our managed hotels.
HHM Hotels has a highly active and productive investment team that seeks to leverage our operating capabilities and market knowledge to source, underwrite, and introduce deals to our stable of industry-leading investment partners. We have helped put together dozens of related deals and focus carefully on potential operational efficiencies, brand or market repositioning opportunities, and other ways that we can find value through our extensive market knowledge, operating capabilities, and in-house legal, asset management, and risk management teams.
Our experience with branded and independent hotels allows us to quickly determine the brand positioning within a local market to ensure the highest operational profitability. We understand the demands of hotel openings and rebranding because we’ve been on the ground to lead them, from Forbes Five-Star property openings and global product launches to corporate rebranding projects around the world.