Regional Sub-controller

At Apple Leisure Group we care for people so they can be their best. We deliver distinctive experiences for our guests, while providing a world of understanding and care. We strive to be the first choice in vacation travel, enriching lives and uniting the world.

Grow your career as a **Regional Sub-Controller** within **Inclusive Collection**, one of our 14 industry-leading brands. In this role you’ll be responsible for lead Accounting into compliance with Corporate and Hyatt requirements (Reporting, SOX Controls, best practices) through coordination, rationalization and consolidation of Country Controller’s work and deliverables.

**A successful Regional Sub-Controller will**:

- Prepare internal & external assertion & US GAAP compliant Financial Statements (Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss and Cashflow) with footnotes, providing insight over current operation and variance explanation to historic periods (monthly, quarterly or annually) and to budget & forecast in conjunction with FP&A, all within Hyatt’s month-end reporting timeframe
- Accounting record’s Compliance (to Hyatt’s policies, US GAAP, local and tax regulatory requirements [including Electronic Accounting in Mexico] and SOX controls [around preparation, posting, archive, etc..]), ERP management (SAP best practices [i.e. open items, clearings, revaluations] and system effectiveness); and CoA Structure (account creation rationalization in coordination with Corporate, ensuring mapping across SAP, HFM and Electronic Accounting [in the case of Mexico])
- Blackline account reconciliation compliance with Public Company quality standards, Blackline best practices while being Big4 auditable (self explanatory to external parties)
- COSO Framework compliance across the company, acting as Compliance Officer, evaluating and monitoring control systems, improving and implementing new processes (innovation)
- Business Partner internally (recommendations, developing & monitoring KPIs to increase efficiency and improve control over the business, adhoc reporting to Business Leaders easing decision making process) and externally (operating commercial conditions in favour of both parties involved, i.e. payment term enforcement, billing, etc...).
- Shared Services Center oversight (Receivables, Payables and Treasury), review and monitor Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance on deliverables (i.e. Blackline account recs preparation, accounting journals posting and clearing, ad-hoc reporting, etc..), activities and KPIs (DSO, DPO, agings, etc ).
- Lead Financial & Tax Audits, ensuring compliance while properly communicating and articulating relevant or material transactions to Senior Management and Corporate as needed
- Hire, train and retain skilled accounting staff.
- Drive a Digital transformation agenda, where manual processes will irrevocably be replaced by automated ones, replacing manual input to the best of our ability
- Streamline upward communication channels on relevant matters for SOX 302 Certification purposes

**A successful Regional Sub-Controller will have**:

- Bachelor’s degree in accounting (preferred), Business Management or Economics
- Masters in finance-related areas (preferred)
- +5 years of experience supervising a team of 3+
- +3 years in the position or a similar role
- Preferred Public Accountant certification Full proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (mostly, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)
- Power BI (preferred)
- Oracle Hyperion (Financial Management and Planning)
- SAP S/4 HANA (must), Fiori (is a plus)
- Blackline (preferred)
- Ability and willingness to operate in a fast-paced, complex corporate environment
- Ability to travel as required (5-10%)

**About Apple Leisure Group**

As North America’s only vertically integrated travel, hospitality and leisure management group, Apple Leisure Group is an industry innovator that combines the expertise of 14 leading brands. Our unique niche allows us the special opportunity to oversee every aspect of the travel experience, from the moment a guest books a trip to the time they return home. ALG consistently delivers exceptional value to travelers and strong performance to resort owners and partners by strategically leveraging the power of its portfolio of brands across five segments, comprising:
Vacations: The largest seller of vacation packages and charter flights in the U.S. for travel to Mexico and the Caribbean, moving approximately 3.2 million passengers annually through well-established vacation brands

Resort Brand Management: management of 5-star and 4-star luxury resorts

Destination Management Services: Best-in-class destination management services provided by Amstar® DMC and Worldstar®

Loyalty Program: Exclusive loyalty program Unlimited Vacation Club®

Technology Solutions: Innovative technology solutions provider Trisept Solutions®, connecting over 88,000 travel agents with leading travel suppliers.

**About INCLUSIVE COLLECTION**

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