Description
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Staylah is a dynamic hospitality brand growing by delivering extraordinary vacation rental experiences to guests and superior returns for owners. Our genesis came from firsthand experience with lackluster property management and care for our owned portfolio of short-term rental properties in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Dwindling returns, poor emphasis on quality, and unhappy guests drove us to find a better way. As Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
Recognizing tremendous potential in delivering a consistent hospitality vacation rental branded experience, our founder, Matt Hammer, left a stable, lucrative, 20-year career in risk and insurance to pursue this once in a lifetime opportunity. Leveraging experience in growing a startup to a public company, this passion is now directed towards building the preeminent vacation rental hospitality brand in the world.
Vision
Inspiring cherished moments through extraordinary vacation rental experiences that bring vitality to communities.
Core Values
- Faith – Honor God in everything. Passionately pursue your higher purpose. Believe and align with the vision for ultimate fulfillment.
- Adventure – Blaze new trails. Challenge the status quo. Live fearless with no regrets. Engage with boldness, enthusiasm, and care.
- Connection – Cultivate relationships. Care for others. Appreciate and embody beauty. Live for the common good.
- Utmost – Stewardship of our time, talent, and treasure to best fulfill our purpose, priorities, and commitments.
- Rest – Prioritize care for mind, body, and spirit to live fulfilled and perform as your best self.
POSITION SUMMARY:
As we continue to grow, we're looking for someone to fill our Bookkeeper/Accountant/Controller role who is meticulous, values precision, and is ambitious about the future. If you take pride in accuracy, spot an error a mile away, and thrive in a young and growing company, you’ll excel here.
This colleague / adventurer will be at the heart of our financial operations and is responsible for helping manage books, finances, and records for our vacation rental property management, real estate ownership and development platforms, while keeping us compliant with relevant tax and licensing requirements.
In conjunction with another team member, they will handle bookkeeping, invoicing, A/P, payroll, owner statements, journal entries, closing the books, and bank reconciliations for territories in Tennessee and Florida. This colleague will help to establish workflows, policies, and procedures to support growth and expansion into new territories. Considering our growing organization, this position has tremendous opportunity for advancement.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Vacation rental, property management, real estate development, hospitality, or hotel industry experience preferred.
- Highly organized and ability to multi-task.
- Establish and maintain trust accounts including monthly owner statements.
- Maintain records of financial transactions by posting and verifying.
- Establish and monitor variances to budgets.
- Manage invoicing, A/P, insurance renewals, and account reconciliation.
- Help create bookkeeping workflows, policies, and procedures.
- Establish and maintain the chart of accounts.
- Reconcile entries to balance subsidiary accounts.
- Prepare a trial balance and financial reports and maintain financial dashboards.
- Oversee expenses and purchasing.
- Compliance with tax and licensing requirements.
- Other duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years of bookkeeping/accounting experience (property management/vacation rental space preferred)
- Experience using property management and bookkeeping software (Familiarity with Track, OwnerRez, Quickbooks, or similar software preferred)
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related discipline is preferred.
- Able to work independently as well as in a team.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Annual Salary: $45,000 - $65,000
Benefits:
- Paid time off such as PTO, sick days, and vacation days
- Employee recognition programs
- Telecommuting options
- Workplace perks such as recreation activities, food and coffee, and flexible work schedules