Wedgewood Weddings & Events is growing — and our Accounting team is looking for a Senior Accountant who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and is ready to hit the ground running.
Wedgewood Weddings is a multi-state business, offering full-service wedding packages. Currently, we have more than 90 locations and are set to continue expanding rapidly each year. This makes for a very fast-paced, high-volume work environment, and we are looking for someone who thrives in this environment and will hit the ground running. This is a full-time, exempt position based onsite 3 days a week in Temecula, CA and remote two days a week.
The Senior Accountant reports to the Controller and is responsible for key parts of the daily, weekly and monthly accounting cycle across multiple locations and companies, including preparing and posting journal entries, reviewing bank transactions and analyzing financial results.
Duties and Responsibilities
What You’ll Do
- Prepare and post monthly accruals (COGS, CAM, property tax, percentage rent, utilities) and monthly pre-opening cost adjustments
- Post rent adjustments per ASC 842 lease schedules; maintain intangible asset schedules and monthly amortization
- Prepare and post insurance claims and maintain insurance schedules
- Review legal expenses, and review and allocate medical and HRA claims
- Review and approve balance sheet and bank reconciliations
- Review and analyze monthly preliminary financials; research and resolve posting issues and propose solutions
- Prepare annual audit schedules and financial reports for external agencies
- Serve as the accounting liaison between the event centers and corporate
- Help train and advise staff, and support other accounting projects as assigned
- Work outside normal hours during month-end close, the annual audit and special projects
Skills and Competencies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize against tight deadlines
- Attention to detail, sound recordkeeping, and working knowledge of GAAP and internal controls
- Advanced Excel; experience using AI tools to improve business processes
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the tact and poise to explain issues to all levels of management
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field
- 5+ years of staff accountant or higher experience
- Strong skill reviewing and analyzing financial statements and KPIs
- A team-first, positive attitude
- Preferred: 2+ years of audit or public accounting experience, CPA or CPA track, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Why You'll Love Working for Us
Competitive pay and performance-based bonus opportunities
Medical, dental, vision, life, accident, and supplemental benefits, plus a company-funded Health Reimbursement Account
401(k) with company match
Paid time off, paid holidays, and sick leave
A collaborative, fast-paced culture where initiative is recognized and growth is encouraged
A workplace that 90% of our full-time team members recommend to others
If you're looking for a company that's growing, values its people, and offers the opportunity to build a long-term career in hospitality, we'd love to meet you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field
- 5+ years of staff accountant or higher-level accounting experience
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Strong proficiency reviewing and analyzing financial statements and KPIs
- Strong organizational, analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, communication, and attention-to-detail skills
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- 2+ years of audit or other public accounting experience
- CPA or progress toward CPA
What We Do
Wedgewood Weddings is the largest independent chain of special-event facilities in the US. We operate over 50 venues from coast-to-coast and continue to grow! Our collection of beautiful ceremony and reception venues range from country clubs and gardens to historical mansions and rustic equestrian barns. Each event location can be personalized to create the perfect wedding and event experience – and we make sure each couple gets the wedding they want by giving them a dedicated wedding planning team to support all their needs. We LOVE what we do, and it shows: thousands of couples choose Wedgewood Weddings each year on their journey from proposal to married life! For us, every wedding is an adventure. Couples can choose an exclusive package or ‘Build Their Own’ – this customization makes every wedding beautiful and unique. We’re happy to say our team at each venue often become friends with their clients. After all, we can throw a spectacular wedding in as little as three days, but usually, couples like to plan their event months or years in advance. As we progress from initial planning to final details to the big day, we get to know each couple so we can precisely tailor each element to their needs. We dedicate our time and experience to making our clients entire wedding experience equal to the joy they feel as they say, ‘I do.’ *** Part of ZGolf Food & Beverage Services, Wedgewood Weddings is proud to help venue operators at all stages of their business. We provide support to venue managers and owners who need expert advice to unlock additional revenue, owner-operators who want to step back from day-to-day tasks, and companies that find themselves overleveraged. ZGolf Food & Beverage Services works with many stand-alone venues, municipal event centers, and multi-unit private properties for short- and long-term assistance.
