Senior Accountant

Soni

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Posted May 21, 2026
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Job Overview

Position

Senior Accountant

Company

Soni

Location

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4416549547

Job Description

A fast-growing hospitality and lifestyle company is seeking a Senior Accountant to support accounting operations across multiple business units and locations throughout NYC. This is a highly visible role working closely with senior finance leadership, offering strong long-term growth potential within the organization. The ideal candidate will come from a hospitality, restaurant, hotel, or multi-unit environment and enjoy operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting.

Responsibilities:

  • Support month-end and year-end close processes

  • Prepare journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations

  • Maintain general ledger activity and supporting schedules

  • Assist with AP, AR, cash management, and bank reconciliations

  • Analyze revenue reporting and operational financial data

  • Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting initiatives

  • Assist with audits, compliance, and sales tax filings

  • Partner cross-functionally with operations and leadership teams

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

  • 5+ years of accounting experience within hospitality, restaurant, hotel, or multi-unit operations

  • Strong understanding of GAAP and operational accounting

  • Experience with ERP/accounting systems and advanced Excel skills

  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail

  • CPA or CPA-track preferred

Preferred Experience:

  • Hospitality POS systems and payroll platforms

  • Multi-entity or multi-location accounting environments

Compensation:
$90,000-110,000

Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications.

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💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Walk me through your process for executing the month-end close in a multi-unit hospitality environment, specifically focusing on how you handle revenue recognition and accruals.
  • 2.How do you approach bank reconciliations and cash management when dealing with multiple high-volume restaurant or hotel locations?
  • 3.Describe your experience with sales tax filings and compliance across different jurisdictions, particularly in a multi-location setting like NYC.
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to explain a complex accounting discrepancy to a non-financial operations leader in the hospitality space.
  • 2.Give me an example of a time you had to manage a tight deadline during the year-end close while dealing with constant operational changes in a fast-paced environment.
  • 3.Describe a situation where you identified an inefficiency in an accounting process and how you improved it.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are closing the books for the month, but a newly opened hospitality location has not submitted their expense receipts, and their POS revenue numbers don't match the bank deposits. What do you do?
  • 2.Senior leadership wants to roll out a new budgeting and forecasting initiative across all NYC locations, but the operations teams are resistant to the extra reporting workload. How do you partner with them to ensure success?

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Month-end closeMulti-unit accountingHospitality accountingGeneral ledgerAccount reconciliationGAAPSales tax complianceERP systemsFinancial reportingCash managementAdvanced ExcelCross-functional collaboration

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