Accounts Payable Specialist

 The Westin Fort Lauderdale is seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist to support accurate, timely invoice processing and vendor payments. This role partners closely with hotel leaders and vendors to verify documentation, secure approvals, maintain organized records, and ensure transactions follow company accounting policies and procedures.

The right candidate is organized, dependable, comfortable working with numbers, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Review invoices and purchase orders for accuracy, including pricing, quantities, purchase order numbers, account coding, approvals, and supporting documentation.
• Route invoices to the appropriate leaders for approval and follow up to ensure timely return.
• Process approved invoices for payment accurately and on schedule, applying available discounts when appropriate.
• Respond promptly and professionally to vendor questions and help resolve routine discrepancies.
• Maintain organized and current files for open invoices, paid invoices, and voided checks.
• Run departmental trial reports, distribute them to the appropriate managers, and confirm required interfaces are completed.
• Follow company, hotel, brand, privacy, safety, security, and emergency procedures.
• Attend scheduled meetings and assist with special projects, task forces, committees, and other duties as assigned.
• Additional accounting tasks may assigned.

What you bring: (Skills and Abilities)

• High school diploma or equivalent experience required.
• Accounting experience and familiarity with hospitality industry practices preferred.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and time-management skills.
• Ability to compile facts and figures, investigate routine issues, and follow established policies and procedures.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and basic Excel formulas.
• Ability to use standard office equipment, including a computer, calculator, telephone, copier, and scanner.
• Professional communication and listening skills with a positive, service-focused approach.
• Ability to remain flexible, accurate, and efficient in a fast-paced environment, including at times under pressure.

Working Conditions & Physical Effort:

Physical work is a primary part of many of our hotel and resort jobs.  Physical requirements include extended standing and walking, climbing, bending, reaching, pulling, pushing, kneeling, and lifting to 50 lbs.  Some work is performed in an interior hotel environment with equipment and machines.  The work involves exposure to extreme temperatures, chemicals, dirt, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises.  The exposure to hazards or physical risks requires following basic safety precautions and use of applicable protective equipment. 

Benefits:

Benefits for Full Time employees may include:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurances
• Disability Insurances
• Supplemental Life Insurances
• Identity Theft Protection
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off, Vacation and Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• AMAZING HOTEL DISCOUNTS to any property in the TPG portfolio and MUCH MORE!

*Benefits vary by location*

Part-Time Benefits Also Available!

EEO/VET/DISABLED