Silver Dollar City Resort - Accounting Manager [EXE]

Job Summary

Silver Dollar City is ushering in a new era of Ozarks hospitality with its first-ever landmark resort, a stunning six-story, craftsman-style, 262-room retreat which overlooks sweeping, untouched vistas of the Ozark Mountains and Table Rock Lake. Thoughtfully designed to blur the lines between nature, craft, and comfort, Silver Dollar City Resort offers guests direct, priority access to the park and nearby attractions and serves as a focal point of a major multi-million-dollar investment redefining the Branson experience. From the theme park and White Water to Showboat cruises and the region’s most beloved adventures, the resort is the best way to experience it all.

Joining the Silver Dollar City Resort team is becoming part of a legacy of service. Rooted in the Herschend family’s decades-long commitment to heartfelt hospitality, inspiring storytelling, and the preservation of regional craft, this organization has grown from a single cave tour in the 1950s into the world’s largest family-owned theme park, attractions, and hospitality company. If you’re passionate about creating meaningful, memory-making experiences and want to play a foundational role in shaping how thousands of families discover the Ozarks for generations to come, this is a rare opportunity to help build something extraordinary with a mission-driven team that truly cares.

The ideal candidate is passionate about hospitality, takes a consistent and analytical approach to financial initiatives, and exhibits extraordinary accuracy skills. The Accounting Manager position provides a unique opportunity for the right individual to contribute to the pre-opening efforts in defining financial policy, processes and controls for the Silver Dollar City Resort. Of primary importance in this role is the ability to partner with our team in achieving our respective goals and fully contribute to the overall revenue and expense accuracy for the property.  To achieve success in this role, one must drive results while adhering to our Heartspitality® culture.

Summary of Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Coordinate all on site accounting functions with the Director of Finance.

• Oversight and training of Accounting/Finance staff, coordinated with Director of Finance.

• Ensure a timely and accurate period-end close, including production of financial statements.

• Assist staff with GL functions, including Accounting Period and Year End closing. Cross training in assigned aspects of financial closings and analysis.

• Prepare or review monthly journal entries as assigned.
• Complete all Balance Sheet and Bank reconciliations (including treasury and credit card) accurately and in a timely manner as assigned. This includes analysis and reconciliation of major accounts each period.
• Provide timely analysis and financial support to Finance and SDC Resort leadership and divisions.
• Work closely with divisions to assist with general ledger research, re-class entries, providing documents and other items as needed.
• Coordinate and oversee food, merchandise and maintenance, inventory processing and timing. Reconcile inventory records with the GL as needed.
• Oversight and coordination of certificates of insurance with vendors.
• Coordinate and conduct general ledger/P&L reviews for each period end as assigned and assist Resort divisions/leadership in preparation and review of P&L forecasts.
• Work in conjunction with Director of Finance to coordinate budget processes to include budget creation and reviews with divisions and preparation of budget review packages.
• Provide training and advice as needed regarding financial policies and procedures, GAAP, USALI, and other accounting practices.
• Ensure proper handling of customer credit card information in compliance with Property Procedures and Purchasing Card Industry (PCI) standards.
• Produce the daily labor productivity report.
• Prepare and distribute any requested financial reports in accordance with the company’s requirements in adherence to communicated deadlines. 
• Work with the Property Support Center (PSC) on any joint processes/requests as needed, including but not limited to accounts payable, treasury, internal audit and payroll.
• Ensure accounting records are maintained/reconciled, and procedures are adhered to according to Corporate Accounting Procedures and GAAP.
• Analyze and make recommendations for profit improvement, expense controls, and operational processes/efficiencies.
• Assist Director of Finance in ensuring hotel compliance with all regulatory licenses, permits, contracts, leases, legal agreements, and tax requirements. 
• Learn the intricacies of all related systems/software.
• Assist in development and documentation of procedures as needed.
• Display and effectively communicate Silver Dollar City Resort culture.
• Understand and ensure compliance with all Silver Dollar City Resort Finance SOPs.
• Understand and review all internal controls including purchasing, cash handling, disbursements, credit extension, inventories, assets, master keys, payroll, and records to ensure compliance with policies and procedures. If deviations are identified, corrective action is taken.
• Assist with Audit requests (both internal and external), including preparation of audit work papers.
• Assist with special projects, including regulatory compliance, as needed.
• Complete projects and financial analysis assigned by Director of Finance
  This job description is not an "all inclusve" list of the duties and responsibilities of this position or of the skills and abilities required to perform this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or formal accounting education are strongly preferred.

• The minimum of 3 years of accounting management experience is strongly preferred.

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and Power Point.

• Strong knowledge of GAAP, USALI, hospitality accounting systems (e.g., Opera, JDE, Workday, Oracle, ProfitSword, Hotel Effectiveness) and internal audit procedures. 

• Experience with budgeting and forecasting. 

• Ability to manage sensitive information with discretion and integrity. 

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, problem solving, team building, communication, and organizational skills. 

• Opening hotel or hotel accounting experience preferred. 

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

• Able to display and live out Lead with Love qualities strongly rooted in the Silver Dollar City Company culture by being patient, kind, humble, respectful, selfless, forgiving, honest, and committed. 

• Able to make a friendly impression when speaking to or corresponding with guests, vendors, and other hosts.