Analyst, OTC Corporate

About Hilton
Hilton is one of the largest and fastest growing hospitality companies in the world, with more than 6,350 properties with more than 1 million rooms in 118 countries and territories. In the 100+ years since our founding, we have defined the hospitality industry and established a portfolio of 18 world-class brands, with the emergence of the Tempo brand and including our flagship Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand, which is the most recognized hotel brand in the world. We have more than 100+ million members in our award–winning customer loyalty program, Hilton Honors.

Department Overview
Our Finance team serves as a critical business partner responsible for managing all global activities related to financial performance, accounting, tax, forecasting, risk management, and asset management.  Within Finance, Hilton Accounting and Finance Services (HAFS) manages the accounting and finance functions, both on property and at corporate, allowing us to develop scalable, global processes. Under HAFS, our Centers of Excellence allow Finance and Accounting Team Members the chance for growth and the ability to spend more time on strategic, high value work.

Position Statement
The Analyst for Corporate OTC will work with the Senior Analysts and OTC Leadership to perform accounting, reporting and analysis of various OTC processes to tight deadlines whilst maintaining compliance with the teams SOX controls. The post holder will use their analytical skills to interpret legal agreements and apply current accounting policies when preparing entries and reports as well as analyzing revenue trends across all regions. The team member must communicate and work closely with Senior Corporate and Hotel personnel to resolve any issues and meet deadlines for management fees and revenue.

The post holder is expected to approach all tasks with a continuous improvement philosophy to identify improvements and support the wider team to deliver process changes as we seek to opportunities to drive efficiencies.

Position Summary
•    Update and reconcile Application Fee Tracker including recording all entries by journal and challenging unusual amounts
•    Perform initial review and analysis of management and franchise agreements and apply current Accounting policies to record transactions
•    Update and reconcile the Fee Tracker which is used to update BSM for franchise fee and program fee billings
•    Utilize GMFAR reports to update trackers and identify non-standard terms in Franchise Agreements which decisions are then taken on for correct accounting
•    Complete Franchise Agreement checklists and Management Agreement checklists as required based on SOX internal controls and action independently
•    Perform inputs into the Asset Management system
•    Complete and book journals in the Asset Management system for all areas impacted by the Revenue Recognition accounting changes
•    Perform Asset Rollforwards and book all the technical and GAAP accounting steps required
•    Post all manual revenue recognition and reclass long term to short term by journal by independently assessing which category a charge should be in
•    Analyze data to identify problems/issues and independently work with applicable departments, Hotel Accounting personnel and other Corporate Accounting team members to resolve
•    Perform/maintain queries or nVision reports for analyzing data used in month end accounting close
•    Provide answers to senior management on month end data without guidance from supervisors
•    Reconcile, analyze and interpret PiM reports, GMFAR reports, Gap reports to ensure completeness of legal agreement population
•    Independently prepare reports and answer questions from both internal and external auditors
•    Document all evidence required to comply with SOX controls that apply to assigned areas of responsibility
•    Perform SOX Control checks and enforce compliance
•    Continuously improve the control environment
•    Prepare monthly reports
•    Analyze movement on aged debt reports and independently comment on variances
•    Perform Intercompany Elimination Checks and book journals if corrections are required
•    Deal with large number of internal and external audit requests
•    Assist Shared Service Centre with all billing, cash application and helpdesk queries
•    Produce Receivable reports and provide analytics to management
•    Find ways to improve Hilton’s cashflow
•    Perform Revenue Audit function and independently prepare journals and challenge owners
•    Calculate and book internal and external fee income and present end result to line manager
•    Issue Wire Transfers
•    Monitor Multicompany accounts eliminate and take corrective action if need be
•    Independently report results to others to explain and decipher findings 
•    Anticipate audit and management questions and prepare answers
•    Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with other finance departments and the corporate departments they support
•    Collaborate with manager to establish specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish project/department goals as well as meet continuous improvement plans
•    Attend and participate in staff meetings pertinent to work assignments
•    Research and respond to information requests from internal departments and management
•    Change and improve processes to make more efficient use of time and strengthen the control environment
•    Prepare monthly financial statement analytics for review