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Location

Orlando, FL | United States

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Job description

ABOUT WESTGATE RESORTS
Westgate Resorts provides a diverse range of vacation experiences. From sandy beaches on the Atlantic Ocean to snow-covered Utah mountains, families can affordably experience the country's most desirable vacation destinations. A world leader in the timeshare and hospitality industry, Westgate has resorts in Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. Westgate meets every vacation expectation, for every family, for every budget. As we continue growing, we will continue offering the best and most-affordable vacation options out there!

Job Description

We are seeking an dynamic people leader with exceptional accounting and finance experience to fill a Controller position. The Controller role will report directly to the VP, Corporate Accounting and be responsible for overseeing all accounting operations, ensuring compliance with GAAP and management accounting standards. This includes managing financial processes like month-end close, balance sheet reconciliation, and the preparation and delivery of financial statements, managing year end audits and assisting in financial projections. The role requires providing detailed financial updates to senior management, developing, and maintaining robust financial controls, and improving internal accounting processes in alignment with organizational goals. Individual will be passionate about growing and developing their teams, have strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Additionally, the person must possess and adhere to the following core company values:

• Integrity
• Passion
• Work Ethic

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of accounting, both GAAP and operating statements
• Responsible for delivering timely and accurate financial processing, month end close, balance sheet reconciliation, including the preparation and delivery of both GAAP and operating financial statements
• Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points
• Audit transactions to approve ledger entries
• Prepare and analyze complex GAAP entries
• Manage year end audit
• Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines
• Evaluates and makes appropriate improvements to internal accounting processes ensuring that practices are in line with the overall goals of the organization
• Provides assistance with financial projections by coordinating budget/forecast preparation; collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial information; advising departments on the collection and analysis of data
• Leads and directs the work of others

Qualifications

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in accounting and finance is required.
• 5+ years of proven leadership experience
• Experience and strong knowledge with GAAP and financial reporting
• Experience providing comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analyzing and reporting appropriate data points

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A Master’s degree is preferred.

Skills/Knowledge

• Exceptional communication skills and ability to influence others
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to implement and oversee financial controls and processes
• Ability to drive strategic direction and ability to prioritize work
• Ability to handle high-pressure situations and thrives in a dynamic work environment
• Advanced knowledge and skills in Excel as well as financial software and tools
• Ability to develop and mentor others with exceptional leadership skills
• Strong time management

Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises team of 8-10 exempt professionals and carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, training, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining team members; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties related to this position, the team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Must be able to regularly lift, pull, push and or/move up to 10 pounds. Must be able to bend, stoop, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb stairs, for up to eight (8) hours. Must be capable of hearing within what is considered to be a normal range. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, talk, and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include capable of distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision and perception, close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other team members of the organization.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Abilities
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Work Environment
The majority of the work involved in this position will be conducted from an office or other field office. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Additional Information

Why Westgate?

• Comprehensive health benefits – medical, dental and vision
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – vacation, sick, and personal
• Paid Holidays
• 401K with generous company match
• Get access to your pay as you need it with our Daily Pay benefit
• Family benefits including pregnancy, and parental leave and adoption assistance
• Wellness Programs
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Assistance
• Military Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Life, Disability, Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Exclusive discounts for Team Member (i.e., hotels, cruise, resorts, restaurants, entertainment, etc.) 
• Advancement & development opportunities
• Community Involvement Programs

Westgate Resorts is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected status under federal, state or local law. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email [email protected] with the job title and the location of the position for which you are applying.

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