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Washington, Dc, Us

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

• Direct financial support for Philadelphia portfolio; 1 Full Service Hotel and 1 Forbes Five Star Luxury hotel.• Partner with hotel leaders to plan and execute profitability strategies to meet budget goals.• Review revenue strategies with revenue and sales teams to ensure portfolio is achieving market share.• Analyze KPIs and implement strategic planning to improve areas of opportunities.• Present forecast updates and financial performance to key stakeholders.• Audit balance sheet to ensure accuracy and balances are supported with appropriate backup.• Identify areas of high risk and implement SOPs to provide guidance on processes and accountability.• Create excel templates to analyze financial data that focus on operational results and comparisons.

Cape Coral, Fl, Us

• Executive member for $30 million resort operations, consisting of 308 rooms, 25k sqft meeting space, 3 F&B outlets.• Provide team leadership and development for 33 resort managers and accounting department consisting of 1 Accounting Manager and 2 General Accountants.• Collaborated with revenue management to increase ADR by 27% in 2022, with focus on pricing for profit to offset increasing inflation rate.• Guided F&B leaders to ensure outlets are aligning menu pricing to maintain budgeted costs and GOP margins.• Prepared 2023 operational budget plan by analyzing data of financial results, market trends and collaborating with other senior leaders and stakeholders.• Reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly.• Conduct risk audits to ensure processes are aligned with company’s policies.

Cape Coral, Fl, Us

• Manage daily financials in accordance with GAAP, for $23 million resort operations, consisting of 308 rooms, 25k sqft meeting space, 3 F&B outlets.• Partnered with senior leaders to prepare yearly operational budget plan.• Conduct monthly forecasting by analyzing data and market trends.• Prepare and review cash flow report with senior leadership on monthly basis.• Prepare and review monthly financial statements with shareholders.• Strategize with revenue management to increase total revenue by $6m YTD in 2021.• Revamped and implemented controls to achieve audit score of 94% compliant in 2020 and 92% in 2021.• Partnered with Senior Leadership to prepare $2.3 million Capital Budget plan for 2021 and $1.1m in 2022. • Manage daily responsibilities for 2 General Accountants, ensuring department goals are achieved.

Marco, Fl, Us

• Managed daily financials for $200 million resort operation, consisting of 806 rooms, 140k sqft meeting space, 12 F&B outlets, 4 retail outlets, 2 golf courses and spa.• Partnered with Director of Finance in assisting department leaders with monthly forecasting.• Prepare and report monthly and quarterly financial results to senior leadership.• Strategize with department leaders to achieve labor savings equating to $2.7 million.• Manage daily responsibilities for 10 General Accountants, ensuring department goals are met.

 Manage daily financial operations for $43M operation consisting of 600 guestrooms and three F&B outlets. Perform monthly critique meetings to review prior month’s financial statement with Senior Leadership. Conducted financial trainings to department leaders for understanding and expectations to meet financial goals. Strategized with department leaders weekly to ensure labor does not exceed budget, resulting in savings of 7k MHPOR. Partnered with department heads to maintain costs within budget. Revamped and implemented controls to reduce hotel risks, achieving SRA score of 91% compliant in 2018. Manage daily responsibilities for four General Accounts, leading to a department Associate Engagement score of 100%. Manage daily financial operations for $43M operation consisting of 600 guestrooms and three F&B outlets. Perform monthly critique meetings to review prior month’s financial statement with Senior Leadership. Conducted financial trainings to department leaders for understanding and expectations to meet financial goals. Strategized with department leaders weekly to ensure labor does not exceed budget, resulting in savings of 7k MHPOR. Partnered with department heads to maintain costs within budget. Revamped and implemented controls to reduce hotel risks, achieving SRA score of 91% compliant in 2018. Manage daily responsibilities for four General Accounts, leading to a department Associate Engagement score of 100%.

• Introduce and develop department new hires to company’s culture and SOPs.• Implement department training activities to ensure company knowledge is maintained to company standards.• Train and develop department new hires and transfers in general cashiering, accounts payable/receivable and journal entry procedures.• Prepare and upload daily forecast entries for DFA, so that revenues are reflected on gross revenue report.• Review and research point of sales’ out of balance journals and then journalize correcting entries to ensure proper and accurate reporting of revenues.• Analyze and reconcile balance sheet consisting of 100+ accounts for two properties.• Bank account reconciliations.• Assist DFA in monthly closing.

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Conduct billing for 30 wholesalers and contracted parties on monthly basis.• Effectively manage the billing relationship between corporate collection services and customers to ensure invoices are paid in timely manner.• Provide excellent customer service to transient billing inquiries to ensure full customer satisfaction.• Reconciliation of brand loyalty rewards reimbursement for 4,200 Marriott Rewards room night stays per year.• Audit inventories for four F&B outlets on monthly basis to confirm inventories are accurately recorded at month end.• Conduct financial integrity audits on a quarterly basis with operational leaders to verify compliance with brand standards and procedures.• Review and record invoices into PeopleSoft payment system.• Administer accounts payable training in both PeopleSoft and PaymentCard systems for 26 operational leaders.• Implemented Chart of Accounts for operational leaders for improved coding efficiency.• Partnered with Director of Finance to maintain capital investment reconciliations to assure timely project management for $32 million lobby and $18 million meeting space renovations.• Audit Sales and Use Tax statutory compliance on monthly basis.• Oversee property’s 92 permits/licenses, contracts and insurance requirements per brand standards, including term date and renewal.• Champion cash handling process at property including cash handling compliance and efficiency.• Prepare, audit, and post Daily Income Journal.

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Customer Service Representation at a front of the house position• Closing End of Day for Property Management System, Micros, NGS, CI/TY, Credit Card Transmission,• Created and circulated Night Audit reports for property management review and analysis• Supervised 3rd shift team to ensure seamless hotel operation and execution