Senior Staff Accountant

Essential Job Functions

• Portray a positive attitude under all circumstances, understand and represent the core values of Apache Casino Hotel and live the mission of always providing exceptional service.
• Work effectively with peers, team members and regulatory agency personnel.
• Ensure financial activities comply with all laws, rules, regulations, and controls applicable to Apache Casino Hotel operations including, but not limited to, NIGC, MICS, State Compact, Tribal Gaming Commission, etc.
• Support the Accounting Manager and Director of Finance in carrying out department responsibilities.
• Prepare reports related to casino business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and expected operations.
• Responsible for monthly balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Prepare documentation and coordinate various audits; prepare reports required by regulatory agencies.
• Prepare accounting-related entries to numerous registers, journals, and logs.
• Perform other related duties and projects as assigned.
• Follow Apache Casino Hotel’s established accounting processes.
• Regular attendance is required.

Core Competencies

• Adhere to and act in accordance with all casino policies and procedures, and applicable federal, state and local regulations.
• Maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance (specific standards may apply departmentally based on uniform requirements). Where uniforms are required, they must be clean and pressed at the beginning of each shift.
• Understand and comply with the Eye, Hi, Goodbye program.
• Competency to follow detailed procedures and ensure accuracy in documentation, carefully monitoring processes and routine work details.
• Ability to clearly present information verbally and in writing; read and interpret complex information; actively listen and talk with guests and team members.
• Ability to maintain a calm demeanor during stressful situations.
• Demonstrate a high level of service delivery to ensure guest and team member satisfaction; handle service failures and prioritize guest and team member needs.
• Prepare for known problems and opportunities in advance; willingness to undertake additional responsibilities and respond to situations as they arise.
• Maintain high standards despite pressing deadlines; reinforce excellence as a fundamental priority.
• Capable of using tact, maintaining confidences, and fostering an ethical work environment; giving proper credit to others, and handling situations honestly.
• Ability to adapt behavior to others’ styles, interact with people who have different values, culture, or backgrounds, be of service to difficult people, optimize the benefits of having a diverse workforce, developing rapport with others, and recognizing their concerns and feelings to build and maintain long-term associations based on trust.
• Share due credit with team members; display team spirit, enthusiasm and promote a friendly group working environment; work closely with other departments as necessary; support group decisions and solicit opinions from fellow team members.
• Ability to operate various types of equipment used in your department, for example personal computers, printers, copy machines, facsimile machines, and telephone.