DirecciónAt Apple Leisure Group, we care for people so they can be their best. We deliver distinctive experiences for our guests, while providing a world of understanding and care. We strive to be the first choice in vacation travel, enriching lives and uniting the world.
Grow your career as a Director - Financial Accounting within Apple Leisure Group Vacations, one of our 14 industry-leading brands. In this role, you’ll be responsible for leading Accounting compliance with Corporate Hyatt requirements (Reporting, SOX Controls, best practices) through coordination, rationalization and consolidation of Country Controller’s work and deliverables.
Asuccessful Director - Financial Accounting will:
- Prepare internal and external US GAAP compliant Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss and Cashflow) with commentary, providing insight over current operation and variance explanation to historic periods (monthly, quarterly or annually) and to budget & forecast in conjunction with FP&A, all within Hyatt’s month-end reporting timeframe.
- Oversee accounting record compliance (to Hyatt’s policies, US GAAP, local and tax regulatory requirements [including Electronic Accounting in Mexico] and SOX controls [around preparation, posting, archive, etc..]), ERP management (SAP best practices [i.e. open items, clearings, revaluations] and system effectiveness); and CoA Structure (account creation rationalization in coordination with Corporate, ensuring mapping across SAP, HFM and Electronic Accounting [in the case of Mexico]).
- Manage Blackline account reconciliation compliance with Public Company quality standards, Blackline best practices while being Big4 auditable (self explanatory to external parties).
- Lead SOX compliance across the company, acting as Compliance Officer, evaluating and monitoring control systems, improving and implementing new processes (innovation).
- Be a strategic Business Partner internally (to include providing recommendations, developing & monitoring KPIs to increase efficiency and improve control over the business, adhoc reporting to Business Leaders easing decision making process) and externally (operating commercial conditions in favour of both parties involved, i.e. payment term enforcement, billing, etc...).
- Provide Shared Services Center oversight (Receivables, Payables and Treasury), review and monitor Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance on deliverables (i.e. Blackline account recs preparation, accounting journals posting and clearing, ad-hoc reporting, etc..), activities and KPIs (DSO, DPO, agings, etc…).
- Lead Financial & Tax Audits, ensuring compliance while properly communicating and articulating relevant or material transactions to Senior Management and Corporate as needed.
- Hire, train and retain skilled accounting staff.
- Drive a Digital transformation agenda, where manual processes will irrevocably be replaced by automated ones, replacing manual input to the best of our ability.
- Streamline upward communication channels on relevant matters for SOX 302 Certification purposes.
- Demonstrate a commitment to ALG core values
The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.
Asuccessful Director - Financial Accounting will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting (preferred), Business Management or Economics
- Masters in finance-related areas (preferred)
- +10 years of experience supervising a team of 3+
- +3 years at a US based organization
- Preferred Public Accountant certification
- Full proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (mostly, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)
- Power BI (preferred)
- Oracle Hyperion (Financial Management and Planning)
- SAP S/4 HANA (preferred), Fiori (is a plus)
- Blackline (preferred)
- Ability and willingness to operate in a fast-paced, complex corporate environment
- Ability to travel as required (5-10%)
- Full fluency in English
About Apple Leisure Group
As North America’s only vertically integrated travel, hospitality and leisure management group, Apple Leisure Group is an industry innovator that combines the expertise of 14 leading brands. Our unique niche allows us the special opportunity to oversee every aspect of the travel experience, from the moment a guest books a trip to the time they return home. ALG consistently delivers exceptional value to travelers and strong performance to resort owners and partners by strategically leveraging the power of its portfolio of brands across five segments, comprising:
- Vacations: The largest seller of vacation packages and charter flights in the U.S. for travel to Mexico and the Caribbean, moving approximately 3.2 million passengers annually through well-established vacation brands
- Resort Brand Management: Management of 5-star and 4-star luxury resorts through Hyatt Inclusive Collection award-winning brand portfolio
- Destination Management Services: Best-in-class destination management services provided by Amstar DMC and Worldstar
- Loyalty Program: Exclusive loyalty program Unlimited Vacation Club
- Technology Solutions: Innovative technology solutions provider Trisept Solutions, connecting over 88,000 travel agents with leading travel suppliers
To learn more about the Apple Leisure Group advantage, visit appleleisuregroup.com.
Our Values
At ALG, we call our employees Colleagues, because we are more than just employees. We care for people so they can be at their best, we provide a world of understanding and care, and we deliver distinctive experiences for our guests. Our Values, by which we operate:
ALG’s Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Living our purpose of caring for people so they can be their best means that we are committed to a workplace culture grounded in diversity and inclusion where Colleagues feel welcome and encouraged to fully participate in the organization. With the value of INCLUSION, we respect all the ways our Colleagues are individually unique and foster creativity and engagement in respectful environments.
