Accounting Associate

Company Overview: Bennett Hospitality is a real estate development company focused on hospitality related projects. We own, develop, and manage a large collection of hotels, restaurants, and venues in Charleston, Savannah, and Montana with many additional projects in the pipeline.

Description: The Accounting Associate will be an integral part of the accounting team with a primary focus on accounts payable entry, assisting on monthly financial statements preparation, weekly treasury management, and other accounting related tasks.

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Accounts Payable entry for various entities, capable of coding invoices appropriately with support from management as needed
• Assist on monthly financial statements preparation that includes recurring journal entries, accrual management, validating coding, and account reconciliations
• Assist with project construction bank draws and administration
• Daily reporting assistance for property revenue details to be distributed to operations department
• Manage and track monthly loan statements which include contacting banks as needed, distributing certain statements to certain managers, and submitting monthly reports to management
• Assist in accounting related tasks including weekly check run process, monthly credit card reconciliations, utility point person as needed for all local properties, and other ad hoc tasks

Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of accounting experience required, including solid understanding of accounts payable entry and coding, reconciliations, and familiarity of financial statement preparation 
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in accounting, finance, or general business
• Experience with Sage Intacct a plus, but other accounting system experience will be considered
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain balance among competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgement, confidentiality and emotional maturity
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills