Record To Report Supervisor

Position Statement:

The Record To Report Supervisor is responsible for providing Record To Report service to hotels across the MEA that are supported by the UAE Finance Centre of Excellence (COE). In particular, he oversees the RTR processes such as month-end closing activity, Financial reporting activity, Balance Sheet reconciliation, Tax reporting preparation, Bank reconciliation, Daily Revenue system journal, ME Navision Vendor Master File update and Daily Cash journal.

The role reports to the Finance Manager.

Position Summary:

·       Demonstrate a strong understanding of the end to end processes in all areas of Hotel Accounting responsibility, supporting the confident delivery of solutions and responses to questions and queries

·       Ensure all monthly closing and reporting activities are carried out as per guidelines and deadlines, manage issues arising throughout the closing and post-close period, balance sheet reconciliations, and monthly P&L review meetings.

·       Deliver the balance sheet reconciliation processes, ensuring unreconciled items are cleared immediately and any ageing is appropriately explained.

·       Administer compliance duties and the set-up and maintenance of internal controls, SOX compliance, Hilton Policy and local regulations, ensuring adherence is always achieved.

·       Support internal and external audits for hotels and internal corporate departments by coordinating documentation collection, review of items collected and answering auditor requests.

·       Evaluate the effectiveness of current processes and implement actions to streamline the processes and maximise efficiency. Drive project initiatives

·       Supervise train and develop the RTR analysts

·       Serve as liaison for hotels, provide guidance and support to the hotels on operating best practice

·       Support the business in pre-opening and close activities, devising a checklist process to support the team’s deliverables

·       Other tasks as required by business operations

 

Direct Reports

RTR Specialists

Qualifications

The success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:

·       Strong inter-personal skills and able to maintain effective working relationships with direct report, co-workers, managers and clients with well-developed written and verbal communication and comprehension skills

·       Ability to work with limited supervision, using own initiative with ‘can-do’ approach, thriving under pressure in a fast paced environment, being able to handle multiple demands and appropriately prioritise responsibilities

·       Ability to work well under pressure and effectively handle multiple concurrent demands and appropriately prioritize responsibilities

·       Ability to exercise sound judgment, critical thinking, quantitative & qualitative analytical skills and decision making skills to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and to provide recommendations for optimal solutions

·       Ability to work cohesively with others, both in the office and remotely with hotel Team Members

·       Solid understanding of accounting principles and GAAP. Good technical skills and exposure to general ledger accounting and reconciliations

·       Ability to use multiple systems and understand how they link together, to provide training and support to other team members and to identify & report on issues occurring. In particular, knowledge of Navision, Docuware, OnQ, Birchstreet, Oasys and Propplan.

 

Required Qualifications

·       Minimum Education: University graduate and/or accounting bachelor

·       Years of Experience: Relevant years in a hotel Finance team

·       Line management experience

 

Preferred Qualifications

·       Hotel Finance experience and/or Centralized accounting experience