ALG Vacations (ALGV), part of the Hyatt family, is widely recognized for providing the industry's leading leisure travel experience to destinations worldwide. As North America's only vertically integrated travel, hospitality, and leisure management group, we can oversee all aspects of the vacation - from the moment a guest books a trip to the time they return home. Serving more than three million passengers annually, each of our highly respected brands offers unique benefits and a wide portfolio of destinations.Grow your career as a Director HIC Accounting with Inclusive Collection. In this role, you will oversee accounting operations of the company, ensuring compliance to US & Local (Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama) GAAP, SOX (internal controls) & assertions over the financial statements. You will create, update & improve policies & procedures, narratives and flow-charts. You will also monitor & supervise financial systems (SAP S4 HANA & GRC, ARCS, External Audit PBC, Hyperion Financial Management and others), lead internal & external audit engagements and create financial statements & footnotes explaining variances, as well as ad hoc activities supporting the overall business unit as needed.A successful Director HIC Accounting will:Design, implement & improve internal controls, policies & procedures, narratives, & flowcharts while ensuring SOX compliance.Review & adjust accounting records & financial statements to meet Local & US GAAP requirements.Design & maintain chart of accounts.Structure accounting records enabling them to be leveraged for analysis (profit centers, cost centers, reference & assignment field usage) as well as standardization across regions & legal entities.Maintain ARCS reconciliations in compliance with best practices & full transparency, enabling work to be leveraged for successful external & internal audit testing with no reconciling items.Align to Corporate standards & practices (in both SAP S4 HANA & Hyperion Financial Management).Drive an automation agenda (BI or RPAs), optimizing financial processes across the company.Collaborate with FP&A on Budget, Forecast & LRP elaboration.Update team (training) & Accounting on latest GAAP practices.Drive and improve account reconciliations quality.Update team (training) on latest financial tools to optimize processes.Oversee accounting teams, providing technical advice as needed, streamlining communication & ensuring consistency across the company.Drive collections effort coordinating with Property finance leads.Create financial statements, footnotes & KPIs and explain variances (Balance Sheet, P&L, Cashflow & Equity).Promptly submit Corporate, external & internal financial data deliverables.Act as Business Partner to the organization (providing Ad hoc information as needed).Liaise BU with Audit engagements, leading & ensuring successful testing results.Requirements:Bachelor's degree in accounting; master's degree is a plus.Minimum of five years of experience leading an accounting department at a publicly traded company.Internal controls including SOX compliance.Experience with external audits; Big Four experience is a plus.Knowledge of US GAAP reporting.CPA certification preferred, CFA desirable.Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (particularly Excel & PowerPoint), SAP, S4 HANA, Hyperion Financial Management, Blackline, ARCS, and EBS.Professional-level proficiency in financial English.Expertise in taxes, with a focus on e-invoicing & e-accounting.Strong skills in project management, leadership, innovation and interpersonal communication.Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time.About ALG Vacations:It all begins when our clients book with ALG Vacations. We keep our standards as high as our passion for travel, working together with our agents to ensure every client's vacation exceeds every expectation. We are an industry innovator that combines the expertise of many different brands.Since 2021, ALG Vacations has been part of the Hyatt family. At Hyatt, we believe in the power of belonging and creating a culture of care where our colleagues become family. Our colleagues and our guests have been at the heart of our business since 1957 and helped Hyatt become one of the best and fastest-growing hospitality brands in the world.To learn more about ALG Vacations: https://alg.www.vaxvacationaccess.com/about-us/Please find all of our future ALG Vacations career opportunities by searching at: https://careers.hyatt.com/About INCLUSIVE COLLECTIONInclusive Collection offers the luxury leisure market high quality Endless Privileges, Unlimited Luxury and Unlimited-Fun vacations, where everything is included.Our ValuesAt ALG Vacations, 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:Empathy • Well Being • Inclusion • Integrity • Respect • ExperimentationOur Commitment to Diversity & InclusionBeing part of ALG Vacations and the Hyatt family means always having space to be you. Our global teams are a mosaic of cultures, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities, and identities. We are committed to diversity across the board—from who we hire and develop, organizations we support, and who we buy from and work with.
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