
Accounting Generalist
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assist in maintaining complete and accurate electronic files in order to manage vendor and group billing inquiries
- Assist with General Ledger research and re-class entries as required
- Assist with GL functions (entry creation, viewing entries, copy and print, run queries)
- Prepare weekly/monthly tax-exempt file documentation to use with the tax reconciliations
- Complete daily tax reconciliation, ensuring all exemptions are properly supported
- Assist with Balance Sheet reconciliations as assigned
- Distribute analysis of comp checks, allowances, and adjustments to appropriate departments
- Prepare monthly journal entries as assigned
- Assist with audit requests
- Assist with preparing customer invoices or posting payments as needed
- Maintain open communication with all departments
- Perform other duties requested by Accounting Manager, Assistant Director of Finance, Hotel Controller and Director of Finance
- Complies with all hotel policies and procedures and assists others with understanding and compliance with established standards
- Customer Service Responsibility:
- Presents self in a professional manner including appearance, identification, general communication and conduct at all times
- Effectively contributes to the work environment through presentation of positive attitude, demonstration of cooperation and teamwork, and constructive teamwork approach to daily events
- Dependability
- Attendance: Adheres to established schedule of work hours. Follows established procedures for early notification to supervisor when unable to report to work
- Punctuality: Arrives to work at scheduled times and works until authorized to leave
- Previous experience in hospitality finance environment preferred.
- Excellent oral and written skills.
- Accounting preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively, exceptional organizational skills, an ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Must be flexible and able to work some weekends.
- Knowledge of PMS, POS, Purchasing and back-office accounting systems
- Extensive use of Excel with minimum of moderate level skills
- Position requires extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Access, and Outlook
- Use of cash recycler machine as part of cash duties
- Computer and printer, telephone, pen/pencil, photocopier, file folders, filing cabinet, and facsimile machine
- Cash recycler machine.
- Use of Kronos time clock.
- This position operates in an office environment. The nature of the job at times requires the working of nights, weekends, and holidays.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
- The employee frequently is required to walk.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Interior of hotel with exposure to all areas including coolers, freezers, kitchens, and general office areas