We are currently looking for a results driven Controller for the Hotel Angeleno who has previous full service hotel experience. The ideal Controller is comfortable being hands on while also thinking like a business manager. Ideally, our Controller will be efficient and organized while having an energetic personality, can exercise leadership in changing situations, and have an enthusiasm about the Joie de Vivre brand and culture.

Hotel Angeleno on Sunset Boulevard rises above the best of Los Angeles’ West Side near UCLA. This iconic building seamlessly blends an understated, handsome design with a relaxed ambiance, to create a new kind of casual luxury. The penthouse-level West restaurant and lounge offer spectacular panoramic views of Los Angeles. With its ideal location between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, Hotel Angeleno offers its guests an array of Los Angeles experiences ranging from beach time and shopping to theatre and museums.

Joie de Vivre Hotels is California’s largest boutique hotel collection. Founded in 1987 in San Francisco by Chip Conley, Joie de Vivre has built a reputation for creating some of the most innovative hospitality services and products and designing one-of-a-kind properties in the U.S. — from boutique hotels to Japanese communal baths to exciting restaurants and lounges. Joie de Vivre’s brand personality has a lot in common with the California lifestyle experience: it’s fresh, inventive, casual, and grass-roots oriented.

So who will love this position?

Confident, enthusiastic, detailed oriented, self motivated Controllers who can work in a fast-paced environment
Candidates who have a minimum of 5 years experience as a Controller of a full service hotel
Candidates who have a high degree of computer literacy and extensive work experience with Excel spreadsheets
Candidates who seek a senior leadership position and enjoy partnering with Executive Committee members to realize common goals and direction.
Our ideal candidate must be hands-on, demonstrate leadership qualities, have the ability to evaluate the operation from a business manager perspective with working knowledge of the hotel and restaurant systems, and be accountable and hold others accountable for results.

Position Profile:

Supervise the Assistant Controller and Accounting Assistant
Responsible for directing the financial activities of the hotel
Requirements:

Experience working with the General Manager and other Executive Committee members creating hotel budgets
Must be highly proficient with Excel
Ability to meet deadlines
Must have a “hands-on” approach to accounting tasks
Complete timely monthly financial statements, forecasts, and balance sheet reconciliations
Prepare hotel, sales tax, and annual tax documents

To apply please click on the link: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=JDVHOSPITALITY&cws=1&rid=4981

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