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Little Creek Casino Resort Vision And Mission Expectations

Little Creek Casino Resort Team Members display their best performance with professional and energetic behavior to promote us as the friendliest casino to our distinguished guests and the best place to work with quality jobs in the region to our team members.

Summary

This position will support Accounting and Finance by performing day to day accounting tasks, account analysis, and month end closing activities, with the goal of producing accurate financial statements while adhering to appropriate internal controls and deadlines. This includes, but is not limited to, importing, and exporting data, analyzing, and explaining variances from expectations, reconciling associated general ledger accounts, and providing management with timely financial reporting information. All duties are to be performed within the guidelines of Little Creek Casino Resorts Policies and Procedures and Internal Control Standards.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Level I

• Constructs and reviews routine spreadsheet applications, prepares financial data for input into finance systems, generates reports and performs calculations.
• Assist in the month-end closing process.
• Assists with auditing and maintaining appropriate inventory levels for retail, operating supplies, and food & beverage items.
• Assists with annual financial statement audit and prepares supporting documentation for the audit.
• Manage the company credit card by recording transactions and making payments
• Reconcile assigned general ledger accounts and prepare adjusting journal entries if needed.
• Review and post accounts payable batches. 
• Track and maintain prepaids, and accurately expense them in the correct periods.
• Assist in physical inventory counts as needed
• Assist with revenue audits as needed

Level II

Performs all duties of Level I, plus:

• Reconcile assigned general ledger accounts and prepare adjusting journal entries if needed.
• Research and resolve any discrepancies identified in monthly revenue numbers and explain variances.
• Research and analyze financial information.
• Accurately and correctly maintains records of additions, disposals, and transfers of fixed assets and related depreciation.
• Assist in fixed asset audits as needed
• Ensure proper record keeping and maintain an up-to-date inventory of current assets
• Review and import daily revenue journal entries into the accounting system.
• Prepare accrual, re-class, allocation, cost of goods sold, payroll, and adjusting journal entries and schedules for month-end close process.
• Ensure all activity is properly recorded and outstanding items are cleared.
• Maintain and record daily bank transactions
• Assist in payroll processing as needed, such as processing payroll advances and submitting bi-weekly payroll and reconciling payroll balance sheet accounts

Level III

Performs all duties of Level I & II, plus:

• Supervise staff as directed by the Accounting Manager
• Reconcile Cash balance sheet accounts
• Reconcile Payroll balance sheet accounts
• Record monthly COGS Journal Entries and produce monthly COGS analysis reports
• Prepare and issue daily, weekly, and monthly financial analysis reports to operational management.
• Prepare and file tax reports for federal, state, and tribal purposes.
• Assist in projects and new system implementations 
• Assist with annual financial statement audit and prepares supporting documentation and analysis for the audit. Research and answer audit questions as requested. 
• Assist in training new accountants, payroll specialists and/or AP clerks or leads. 
• Assist with Revenue audit functions and reconciliations as needed.

Essential Behavioral Expectations

• Maintain confidentiality.
• Accountable to team members and the organization, for example, attends all meetings and trainings.
• Display sensitivity to Native American Culture and actively seek to learn more about the Squaxin Island Tribe.
• Operate within the parameters of the Little Creek Casino Resort Human Resources’ policies, departmental policies, and all other applicable regulations.
• Practice, support, and maintain the mission, vision, and values of Little Creek Casino Resort (LCCR).
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned to support the success of LCCR.
• Learn and implement LLCR’s “7 Waterways” of best guest practices.
• Build upon and diligently practice personal emotional intelligence, including self-awareness, self-management, self-regulation, social awareness, and relationship management.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence in your explicit behaviors in your interpersonal work relationships with all team members, managers and supervisors, and our guests. 
• Uphold LCCR values of focusing on engagement, strengths, and emotional intelligence.

Personal Competencies

We foster a team-oriented environment at LCCR and depend on the Accountant I, II, and III to represent our enterprise in a courteous and professional manner with special attention to detail. 

• Attention to Detail and Thoroughness: Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing all aspects involved in accomplishing a task, no matter how minute. Precisely follows procedures to ensure each element of a task is accurately completed and accurate. 
• Honesty and Integrity: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy. 
• Interpersonal Skills: Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect and gets along and interacts positively with coworkers and others. Considers and responds appropriately to the needs and feelings of different people in different situations. 
• Accounting: Knowledge of traditional accounting practices including accrual, obligations, and cost methods. 
• Compliance and Compensation: Knowledge of procedures and compensation concepts principles and practices for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects of compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance, including pay and leave administration and compensation flexibility.

S.I.G.E. Tribal State Compact & Accounting & Internal Control

Duties And Responsibilities

Responsible for Internal Control and Compact compliance regarding Casino Operations and ensure compliance with regulations of the Tribal Gaming Commission.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

Critical Skills

• Detail oriented with attention to accuracy and excellent analytical skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Strong sense of urgency with the ability to multi-task, take initiative, and follow-through.
• Must have a strong work ethic and commitment to ethical values.
• Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, adapt well to changing priorities to meet deadlines, and work on various initiatives concurrently.
• Ability to work in a flexible environment where requirements and procedures continuously evolve.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information and situations, and to appropriately use discretion and sound judgment when dealing with managers and employees.
• Must be able to work with various levels of management to accomplish goals.
• Positive approach to problem solving.

Language Skills:

• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.  
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.  
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, employees, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. 
• Ability to clearly and effectively present information to top management.  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.                   

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts.                  

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. 

Computer Skills

• Must possess advanced Microsoft Excel skills.  
• Experience with MS Great Plains and MS Management Reporter is a plus. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Level I

• Associate degree in Accounting, Business or Finance and
• 1 year of general ledger accounting experience. OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance

Level II

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and 
• 3 years of general ledger accounting experience. OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance
• Demonstrates strong understanding of Accounts payable and accounts receivable functions and accounting. 
• Effectively tracks and manages credit card transactions and prepaid assets
• Demonstrates strong excel skills and knowledge
• Meets deadlines with accuracy and efficiency 

Level III

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance
• 5 years of general ledger accounting experience, OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or Finance and
• Demonstrates strong understanding of COGS analysis and inventory
• Demonstrates strong understanding of company’s payroll processes, with experience in reconciling payroll balance sheet accounts
• Demonstrates strong excel skills and knowledge
• Demonstrates strong understanding of accounts payable and accounts receivable functions and accounting. 
• Demonstrates understanding in revenue audit functions and accounting 
• Accurately manages fixed asset records and CAPEX projects.
• Meets deadlines with accuracy and efficiency 
• Experience in year-end financial audits

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Gaming License from the Squaxin Island Gaming Commission.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

• The employee is regularly required to talk or listen.  
• The employee frequently is required to walk.  
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to tobacco fumes. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.