Staff Accountant
Highgate Hotels, LP
Seattle, WA
Apply
JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Accounting, Accounting Close, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Chargebacks, Check Processing, Communication Skills, Credit Cards, Credit Reports, Establish Priorities, Federal Laws and Regulations, File Maintenance, Finance, Financial Reporting, Hospitality and Tourism, Hotel Management, Identify Issues, Investment Management, Journal Entries, Maintain Compliance, Meeting Minutes, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Operating System, Microsoft Word, Multitasking, Past Due Accounts, Performance Management, Problem Solving Skills, Productivity Management, Purchase Orders, Real Estate, Reconciliation, Regulations, Returns Processing, Revenue Management, Revenue/Sales Reporting, Root Cause Analysis, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), State Laws and Regulations, Time Management
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Requisition ID
2026-74093
Category
Accounting/Finance
Job Location
US-WA-Seattle
Property
Kimpton Palladian Hotel
Compensation Minimum
USD $27.81/Yr.
Compensation Maximum
USD $27.81/Yr.
Compensation Type
Hourly
Highgate Hotels
Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in U.S. gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Highgate's portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues. The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry-leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the industry's most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle.
Location
Located on the seam of Belltown and the retail core, the 97-room Kimpton Palladian Hotel is within walking distance of landmarks like Pike Place Market, the waterfront, and Seattle's best new restaurants, live music venues, cafes, and boutiques. When you're not exploring, your home base is a 1910 landmark reinvented in a masculine-chic style with luxe amenities, edgy design elements, and contemporary furnishings that reflect Belltown's hip heritage. You'll also find a heralded seafood restaurant in Shaker + Spear, a speakeasy-style social lounge called Pennyroyal, and a lobby you won't soon forget. The Palladian beckons today's tech titans and tastemakers.
Overview
The Staff Accountant is responsible for assisting the Director of Finance and Assistant Director of Finance in maintaining accurate and timely financial resporting; ensuring acceptable levels of internal control; ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and Highgate Hotels Standard Operating Procedures; and safeguarding owners/investors assets. For this role, the emphais is placed on the management of Accounts Payable processing and General Cashier.
Salary 27.81/hr
In addition to travel discounts at our hotels, Highgate offers competitive benefits, including three pricing tiers of medical coverage as well as Dental and Vision to full-time associates. Retirement 401k Program is open to both full-time and part- time staff who qualify.
Applications will be accepted until 3/1/26
Responsibilities
Monitor, prepare, and communicate financial reports in accordance with Highgate Hotels required due dates.
Create purchase orders for recurring contract expense
Monitor accounts payable email communications and verify invoice details and purchase orders
Prepare a daily invoice upload package
Prepare and process check runs, ACH payments, and wire transfers
Reconcile vendor statements and resolve discrepancies, skipped invoices, or delivery variances
Communicate with vendors regarding payment status, missing invoices, or billing issues
Assist with month-end closing tasks, including accruals and AP aging reports
Monitor/reconcile accounts to ensure timely payments and avoid late fees
Monitor payment requirements on groups or functions and process deposits.
Approve or decline credit requests.
Complete collection calls on each appropriate outstanding accounts and maintain collection files on each outstanding issue.
Handle customer inquries in a professional and timely manner, provide customers with accurate invoices, statements, and schedules.
Process returned checks and credit card chargebacks.
Conduct monthly credit meetings and maintain minutes (including returned checks/chargeback logs, credit trace reports, write-off, bad debt allowances, etc.)
Collect, count, and verify daily cash envelopes
Prepare daily bank deposits
Reconcile cash receipts with system-generated reports
Investigate and resolve cash discrepancies
Prepare daily cashier summaries and reconciliation reports
Ensure compliance with hotel cashhandling policies and audit standards
Provide change funds and maintain house bank
Securely store cash, checks, and financial documents
Update daily revenue reports both for internal distribution and corporate distribution.
Keep management aware of any unusual operation or financial occurances and/or significant deviations.
Reconcile invoices against ledgers or schedules to ensure accuracy of invoicing.
Assist in the monthly close process by posting journal entries that are related to daily/monthly responsibilities.
Ensure overall guest satisfaction by attentive listening and then immediately resolving guest issues or elevating to the Director of Finance or General Manager.
Cross-Train in other areas within the Accounting Department including accounts receivable.
Ability to identify root causes of issues that may affect staff or guests and provide actionable and measurable solutions to improve efficiency, overall work environment, and/or guest experience
Qualifications
College courses in an associated or related field and/or related experience in an Hotel or Hospitality environment
Must be proficient in Windows, Microsoft Office (Intermediate Excel and Basic Word)
Accounts Payable and General Cashier experience required
Hotel PMS OnQ is required
Flexible and long hours sometimes required, especially during the last and first few days of the month
Sedentary work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
Maintain a warm and friendly demeanor at all times.
Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and written, with all level of employees and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous and service oriented manner.
Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns raised by employees and guests.
Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines.
Approach all encounters with guests and employees in a professional, attentive, friendly, courteous and service-oriented manner.
Attend all hotel required meeting and trainings.
Maintain regular attendance in compliance with Highgate Hotels Standards, as required by scheduling, which will vary according to the needs of the hotel.
Maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming.
Comply with Highgate Hotels Standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations.
Maximize efforts towards productivity, identify problem areas and assist in implementing solutions.
Must be effective in handling problems, including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving problems as necessary.
Must be able to understand complex information, data, etc. from various sources to meet appropriate objectives.
Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
Must be able to show initiative, including anticipating guests or operational needs.
Perform other duties as requested by managment.
Highgate Hotels and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to an applicant’s race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or any other legally protected classification. Highgate Hotels will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested.
About the Company
H