Valeria Rivera Email and Phone Number

• Started as an Accounting Manager in June of 2021, and promoted to Assistant Director of Finance & Accounting in December of 2022• Assisted in the day-to-day operations of the Finance and Accounting Department for a 1,971 room hotel with a 2022 YTD revenue of 170M+.• Managed and assisted a team of six general accountants responsible for payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable.• Manage monthly balance sheet reconciliation ensuring reconciled items and exceptions are cleared within 30 days of discovery.• Stringently test and audit operations for various departments to ensure compliance with overall company policies and government regulations.• Assisted with the month-end and year-end closing process.• Reviewed and posted invoices and prepared disbursements and processed checks for 100+ vendors. • Oversaw the accounts payable department to include vendor relations, invoice approvals, new vendor setups, and statement overview to ensure all invoices were paid in the month, for the month. • Assisted with yearly budget review. • Prepared documentation for annual external audits.

New York Marriott Marquis- Responsible for three food & beverage outlets in the highest grossing food & beverage operation under the Marriott brand and executed daily tasks including manager scheduling, weekly financial updates, and beverage inventory management. - Directed the development of three new managers and two Voyagers and facilitated their growth. - Executed weekly complex sales forecast and a monthly Profit & Loss analysis for the complex and presented findings to the team.- Initiated the hiring, onboarding, training, and retaining of 20 seasonal and five full-time hosts - Spearheaded employee-driven initiatives to drive productivity, including the reprogramming of the F&B point-of-sale system to increase usability and productivity

- Managed a focus area of a Crossroads Restaurant with a 2017 revenue of $8.5 million, $376,000 over LY.- Served as the F&B department’s BLT coach, contributing to the rebranding of the Breakthrough Leadership process within the entire hotel to drive host engagement and ownership. - Responsible for scheduling front of house work groups according to forecasting and business demands. - Updated team on the financial performance of the outlets on a weekly basis. - Raised department Associate Engagement Survey scores 10 points YOY from 2018 to 2019.- Consistently managed beverage cost below a 16% budget.

Marriott Marquis Washington D.C.- Part of the opening management team for the 4,000th Marriott property with 1,175 rooms and seven Food and Beverage outlets, together bringing in $12.3 million in revenue in 2016- Managed a focus area of a licensed Starbucks with a 2016 revenue of $1.3 million, $60,000 over budget- Managed a focus area of Anthem, a two meal a day operation with a 2016 revenue of 2.3 million, $56,000 over budget- Worked closely to assist in developing the execution and set up of the Fresh Bites concept and its working areas

New York Marriott Marquis- Completed the “Management Development Program,” working through a 10-week extensive training throughout the Food and Beverage outlets- Food & Beverage Manager in the View Complex, In Room Dining Department, Crossroads Restaurant & Lounge, and Broadway Lounge, managing a staff of 100 for daily operations- Inventoried and ordered beverage liquor while maintaining a budget of 20%- Worked closely with the purchasing team to create selling incentives for servers to decrease hotel beverage dead stock items and increase revenue- Increased Associate Engagement Survey 10 points YOY from a 46% to a 56%