Controller-Hospitality

Job Description

Job Description

THIS ROLE WILL BE ONSITE 5 DAYS PER WEEK IN MANHATTAN.

Seeking a highly organized, analytical, and detail-oriented Controller to lead the financial operations across our portfolio of hospitality and multi-unit properties. Working closely with the Finance Leadership team, this individual will play a critical role in maintaining accurate financial reporting, overseeing month-end close processes, managing reconciliations, directing operational accounting functions, and supporting budgeting and forecasting initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have strong hospitality and/or food & beverage accounting experience, deep familiarity with multi-unit operations, and the ability to operate both strategically and hands-on within a fast-moving environment while providing steady leadership across core accounting functions.

This role requires a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally with operations, leadership, external vendors, and finance partners while driving accountability and consistency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Oversee journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and reconciliations across the portfolio
• Own balance sheet reconciliations and maintain accurate supporting schedules
• Direct month-end and year-end close processes across multiple entities and locations
• Oversee Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, bank reconciliations, and cash management
• Monitor and reconcile revenue reporting from POS systems and operational platforms
• Lead accounting operations across multiple hospitality, food & beverage, wellness, and creative properties
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and KPI reporting in partnership with leadership
• Assist with sales tax filings, audits, and regulatory reporting while ensuring timely compliance
• Maintain strong internal controls, organized financial records, and compliance with GAAP and company standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA strongly preferred
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within luxury hospitality, restaurant, hotel, or multi-unit food & beverage environments, with prior experience in a Controller, Assistant Controller, or senior accounting leadership capacity
• Strong command of GAAP, financial reporting, month-end close, internal controls, and operational accounting practices
• Experience leading multi-entity or multi-location accounting operations, including oversight of reconciliations, close processes, and balance sheet integrity, preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency and strong comfort working across accounting systems, reporting tools, and operational platforms
• Experience with hospitality POS systems, accounting platforms, payroll systems, budgeting, and cash flow oversight preferred
• CPA designation strongly preferred
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage priorities, drive accountability, and partner effectively with senior leadership

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, operationally minded, highly collaborative, and comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment. This individual should possess a strong sense of ownership, urgency, professionalism, and discretion while bringing a proactive, solutions-oriented leadership approach to the role and the maturity to oversee core accounting processes with limited oversight.