DENHAM HOSPITALITY ORGANIZATION
Mission: Our Business is Hospitality!
Vision: To Create Passionate Advocates & Champions
Values: 1) We are Legendary 2) We are Passionate 3) We Live Integrity 4) We are Stewards 5) We are Innovative 6) We are Family
Mission, Vision & Values: Leads with integrity and fosters a culture of professionalism, accountability & excellence, ensuring all administrative and financial operations align with Denham Hospitality’s mission, vision & values.
Efficient Operations: Oversees accounting, HR administration & office management, ensuring seamless daily operations that support hotel departments & drive organizational success.
Engaged & Productive Team: Recruits, mentors & supports a high-performing administrative team, fostering collaboration, efficiency & continuous improvement.
Financial Stewardship: Ensures financial accuracy and accountability by managing budgets, payroll, cash handling & reporting, while optimizing cost control and operational efficiency.
Location:
Denham Hospitality Organization Leduc, Alberta
Job Title:
Senior Strategic/Financial Accountant
Area of Responsibility:
Financial Reporting and Cost Analysis
Reports to:
Controller and Vice President, Operations
Type of Position:
Full-time in Office
SCHEDULE
Primary Shift Schedule: Average days Monday to Friday | 9am to 5:30pm (44 hours per week)
- Schedule & hours are subject to change based on the needs of the business including vacation coverage, short staffed situations & peak periods. There can be some flexibility in the start and end times during the days.
- This is an in-office position
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Accounting Operations
- Multi-Property Month-End Close & Reporting: Manage and align the month-end closing schedules across properties, process journal entries, accruals and detailed account reconciliations for strong Balance Sheet integrity.
- Reporting: Prepare full service, multi-department monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with ASPE for individual property revenue departments (Rooms, Food & Beverage, Banquets).
- KPI Monitoring and Revenue Analysis: Review daily and weekly gross operating profit per available room and cross property benchmarking. Provide reporting to department managers and investigate questions for cost of sales.
- Daily Sales and Operations Reports: review and enter daily sales, match cash and cash equivalents provided by integrated systems to the Cash Audit team reconciliations.
- Budget Oversight: Works with the Managers to complete their annual budgets in a timely manner and provide ad-hoc reporting. Input into ERP, update and conducts budget analysis and monitors financial performance.
- Cost Analysis & Reporting: Government reporting GST, Non-Resident Tax, labor programs, Tourism Levy compilation and filing labor, cost of sales, revenue center and department reporting for managers. Analyze VLT revenues in coordination with overall sales. Ad-hoc reporting as required by managers, VP and Controller.
- Accounts Payable/Receivables: periodically as needed as backup to AP and AR. Look for cost efficiencies, review Intercompany and Corporate billing, posting and payments, ensuring timely collections as backup to AR.
Cash Audit
- VLT & CDU Cash fully understand the process and help define and make improvements.
- Department Cash Floats: Weekly, Monthly and annual reconciliations, monitor bank deposits for accuracy.
- Financial Security: Implements and actively is aware of security protocols for cash handling and financial transactions.
Policies & Procedures
- Accounting Department: Works with the Controller to design, implement and roll out new policies and procedures.
- Risk: Implements, trains and helps design risk policies and procedures.
- Health & Safety Compliance: Oversees compliance with Health & Safety Program requirements.
Human Resources
- Staff Supervision & Scheduling: Potential for the right person to trains, delegate, and supervise Junior staff.
- Labor Productivity: Manages labor costs and staffing levels for efficiency with the Controller. Ad-hoc reporting.
- Department Communication: Leads month end close staff meetings and ensures clear and consistent information.
- Privacy & Compliance: Ensures compliance with privacy laws and internal confidentiality policies.
- Organizational Communication: Facilitates effective communication across departments.
Strategic Support & Process Improvement
- Administrative Efficiency: Identifies, creates, implements and follows up on process improvements in Accounting and Administration department.
- Business Alignment: Supports leadership in aligning Accounting and Admin functions with business goals.
- Operational Support: Assists hotel departments by streamlining administrative workflows.
- Head Office Support and collaboration: Collaborates with teams from other offices in Accounting and Admin.
- Other accounting and admin duties as required.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Excellent leadership & communication skills are required
- Strong organizational and time management skills are required
- Must be able to work independently and proficiently with an ERP system, month end close and full understanding of financial statements, accruals, prepaids, budget to actual and cost of sales analysis with minimal supervision.
- Working knowledge of ERP Accounting Software, strong experience in Excel, Word, Outlook, and MS Teams. Property Management Systems (PMS), POS, Merchant Services, Push Operations or similar payroll programs are also assets
- Hospitality or Retail Accounting experience is an asset with high transaction volume
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field and actively enrolled in the CPA program is an asset
- Criminal Record Check required due to cash handling department & legally allowed to work in Canada
- This position requires a combination of walking, kneeling, standing, stairs and sitting for long periods of time in front of a computer terminal/laptop as required. Must be able to lift up to 20 kg and physically fit.
Salary will be based on education and senior level of experience. Resume must be accompanied by a Cover Letter.
