Palm House Hotel · Palm Beach, Florida
Full-time · On-site · Reports to the Director of Finance

Palm House, a luxury boutique hotel in Palm Beach, is seeking an Assistant Director of Finance to lead the accounting team’s daily work, oversee month-end close, and help hotel leaders make informed operating decisions.

This is a hands-on leadership role with visibility across the property. You’ll work with Front Office, Food & Beverage, Culinary, Sales and Catering, Engineering, and People & Culture on everything from guest billing and banquet deposits to labor forecasts and inventory controls. The role calls for someone who can investigate a discrepancy, explain what it means to a department leader, and follow through on the resolution.

What you’ll do

• Lead month-end close and financial reporting. Maintain the close calendar, review journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, and prepare financial statements and departmental P&Ls for hotel leadership and Head Office. Explain significant variances against budget, forecast, and prior year, and agree on follow-up actions with department leaders.
• Oversee revenue audit and guest billing. Reconcile activity across Rooms, Food & Beverage, and Banquets. Review refunds, discounts, voids, and posting exceptions. Partner with operations to resolve guest folio disputes, group deposits, banquet billing, and chargebacks promptly and discreetly.
• Monitor payables, cash, and capital spending. Review purchase orders, receiving records, vendor invoices, and proposed payments. Monitor receivables, deposits, and cash activity, and maintain fixed asset schedules and capital expenditure records.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and cost control. Coordinate department submissions and evaluate assumptions for occupancy, room rates, dining and banquet activity, staffing, and seasonality. Partner with department leaders on labor costs, inventory counts, and cost of sales.
• Maintain internal controls and support audits. Monitor approval limits, cash handling, and system access. Prepare audit schedules, assist with sales and occupancy tax reconciliations, and follow up on control exceptions.
• Develop the accounting team. Set priorities, review work, coach and cross-train team members, and plan coverage for close and peak season. Serve as the Finance point of contact in the Director’s absence within delegated authority.

What you’ll bring

• At least five years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including hotel accounting and at least two years in a supervisory or management role.
• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience with month-end close, financial statement review, balance sheet reconciliations, budgeting, and internal controls.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and familiarity with the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI).
• Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and lookup functions, and experience with hotel property management, point-of-sale, and accounting systems.
• Sound judgment, discretion with sensitive information, and the ability to explain financial results clearly to colleagues across the hotel.

Experience in a luxury hotel, resort, or full-service hotel with multiple dining outlets and group or banquet operations is preferred. A CPA or CMA designation is also preferred.

This position is based on property and requires schedule flexibility during month-end close, audits, budget preparation, and peak season.

How to apply

Please submit your résumé for consideration. We welcome candidates who enjoy developing a team and working closely with hotel operations.

Palm House is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to 

any characteristic protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities 

• At least five years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including hotel accounting, and at least two years in a supervisory or management role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with month-end close, financial statement review, balance sheet reconciliations, budgeting, and internal controls.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and familiarity with the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI).
• Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and reconciling data across systems.
• Experience with hotel property management, point-of-sale, and accounting systems, including the ability to trace transactions and identify posting errors.
• Strong analytical judgment, discretion with confidential information, and the ability to communicate financial results clearly to accounting staff and hotel department leaders.
• Ability to work on-site in Palm Beach, Florida, with schedule flexibility during month-end close, audits, budget preparation, and peak season.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in a luxury hotel, resort, or full-service hotel with multiple food and beverage outlets and group or banquet operations.
• CPA or CMA designation.