Looking for a career change? Join one of Canada’s most successful and multicultural Hospitality companies, that strives to take your talent to the next level. With 20 hotels owned and managed by Easton’s Group of Hotels, and more in development, your passion, collaboration, and voice will be an excellent addition to our growing Organization. As a company, we strive to provide exceptional benefits, perks, and growth opportunities to all our employees.
If you have a passion for exceptional service delivery, are results driven and appreciate the recognition, Easton’s is your career partner of choice.
The Easton's team believes that excellence is achievable only in an environment that embraces and promotes Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I). Our company is challenging the way we work, think, and develop an inclusive workplace. Our commitment to ED&I allows us to achieve our vision and mission and ensure a more equitable future for all.
About the Hotel
The Westin Toronto Airport is located near YYZ airport, it features a Westin WORKOUT® Fitness Studio, heated indoor pool, and dining options like Atmosphere and Crosswind’s Bar and Grill along with an express Starbucks coffee and grab-and-go stand. As part of Easton’s Group of Hotels, our team is deeply involved in community events, valuing the wellbeing of each member as much as our guests.
Benefits
- Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
- Wellness Days
- Employee Social Events
- On-Site Parking
- Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan
- RRSP
- Onsite Westin WORKOUT® Fitness Studio
- Career Development
- Discounted Employee Meals
- Employee Discount Perks
- Auto and Home Insurance and Gym Membership Discounts
- Hotel Discounts at Marriott Properties worldwide
The Westin Toronto Airport is seeking a Hotel Controller to ensure accurate and timely preparation/distribution of financial information at the property and assist the General Manager by providing analysis/management information to assist in profit conversion while ensuring accurate and timely provision of information to corporate accounting. Reports directly to the VP of Accounting. Join our team and play a crucial role in creating a personal, instinctive, and renewing environment for our guests and team.
What will you be doing?
- Compile or where appropriate consolidate monthly/quarterly forecasts to achieve accurate forecasting of revenue and expenses by each department.
- Provide timely summary revenue and profit forecasts.
- Achieve full and accurate preparation of the monthly/quarterly financial statement identifying and providing guidance on any variances from budget.
- Prepare a financial statement per accounting standards on a monthly/quarterly /semi-annual/annual basis.
- Ensure full and proper use of the purchase order system by department managers
- To ensure efficient accounts payable/ accounts receivable/ income audit/ cashiering and payroll functions completed on property within the guidelines of the company.
- To work with General Manager and department managers to prepare the budget for presentation to operations working within the agreed time and format guidelines.
- To encourage team commitment to budget achievement providing proactive guidance and training as necessary to develop an understanding and use of financial results/reports.
- To participate with General Manager in the monthly/quarterly financial review process by providing additional details.
- To recognize the importance of the role in maintaining ethical accounting practices with any deviations at the property level brought immediately to the attention of the Regional Controller, Hotels.
- To cooperate with internal and external auditors/consultants to achieve time and cost-efficient completion of visits.
- To ensure accurate filing of information (HST, MAT etc.)
- To maintain an orderly work environment and prompt access to information by authorized personnel.
- To provide training and /or assist in other properties as authorized by General Manager and Regional Controller, Hotels.
- Ensure verification and confirmation of daily cash and credit card deposits, with reconciliation of deposits against the front office system and bank records.
- Responsible for property cash floats and deposits to safes including the issuance of individual cash floats to required staff, spot-checking and regular counting of floats/safes in line with company policy.
- To maintain tracking/documentation records for various items including (but not limited to) calculation/payout of gratuities, credit card, cash deposits, US cash deposits and no-shows.
What are the requirements for this role?
- Education level - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent
- Experience - 3 years in hotel accounting or internal audit with one year in a supervisory role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Personal characteristics - Ability to analyze; prioritize; delegate, demonstrated ability to exercise appropriate judgment, demonstrates leadership through team building, skillful delegator, strong mediator, and supervisor of staff.
- Physical abilities - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others and exchange accurate information; operate a computer and other office productivity machinery; move about the workplace; remain in a stationary position for 60% of the time; and extend hands and arms in any direction.
- Other - Mathematical skills, including basic math, budgeting, profit/loss concepts, percentages, and variances are utilized frequently.
- Problem-solving, reasoning, motivation, organizational and training abilities are used often.
- May be required to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.