Controller

DANIEL STOICA

**** ****** ***** ****** ***. *B Phone: 630-***-****

Mishawaka, Indiana E-mail: ******.******.*@*****.***

Objective

Hotel Accounting Professional with twenty years of demonstrated skills, abilities, and strong work ethic will

efficiently and effectively contribute to the success of your company in a timely and accurate manner by

providing:

• Budget and Forecast planning, development, preparation, and follow-up management

• Financial statements preparation and analysis including management recommendations

• Cash Flow planning, budgeting, forecasting and management

• Tax preparation and filing for federal, state, county and local requirements

• Bank and credit card accounts reconciliation

• Credit and Collection management

• Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Payroll management

• Balance Sheet and General Ledger accounts reconciliation

• Reorganization and Receivership accounting

Experience

Controller – The Hotel Group, Doubletree by Hilton South Bend 07/2014- Present

• Directing and administering all financial operations of the hotel including asset protection, financial

reporting, hotel-wide budgeting and forecasting, and department management.

• Preparing annual budgets for Hotel and Common Area Management (CAM).

• Maintaining spending controls to ensure budgetary limits are met.

• Forecasting expenses sixty days out on a continuous basis.

• Developing, implementing, evaluating and updating internal control procedures to maximize revenues and

minimize expenses.

• Maximizing cash flow by proactively managing accounts payable and accounts receivable functions.

• Assisting and counseling department heads in the interpretation and analysis of financial data,

recommending courses of action to maximize hotel profitability.

• Optimizing labor productivity by coaching and mentoring department managers.

• Developing programs for improving productivity and staff effectiveness.

• Establishing departmental organization an staffing with quality personnel.

• Monitoring and developing team member performance by providing supervision and professional

development, scheduling, conducting counseling and evaluations and delivering recognition and rewards.

• Establishing and maintaining effective standards, measurements and controls.

• Recommending product improvements, innovations, and changes.

• Assuming the timely flow of evaluated financial information.

• Establishing procedures on financial and administrative subjects.

• Evaluating data and presenting solutions to problems for which there may be no established approach.

• Maintaining effective working relationships with Employees, Owners, General Manager, and department

managers.

• Assuring teamwork and active, constructive participation with all managers and employees.

• Providing functional support to all employees and individual departments.

Daniel Stoica Pg. 2-630-***-****

Independent Accountant 06/2001- 07/2014

Providing companies with short and long term Accounting Services and Consulting for start-up, receivership,

transitional and project needs resulting in substantial cost saving compared to in-house staff.

Current and past engagements:

Quality Inn and Conference Center Burr Ridge 2014

Vega Hospitality 2014

Burr Ridge Hospitality 2014

RoTrade 2004-2014

D. C. Construction 2004-2014

Platinum Success Inc. 2008-2011

DCB Investment Co. 2001-2003

Home & Hearth, Inc. 2001-2003

• Managed accounting for multiple hotels in receivership through a severe economic slowdown, meeting

the increased reporting requirements and improving the Cash Flow Planning and Management

The Stoneleigh Hotel 2001

• Managed the accounting department as a Controller through an ownership and management transition

Corporate Accounting Manager - MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 10/1998-06/2001

Prepared operational and REIT financial statements for full service and resort hotels, transitioned them from

decentralized to centralized accounting.

Corporate Senior Accountant - Metro Hotels 10/1997-10/1998

Prepared operational financial statements for hotels in a shared services, centralized accounting corporate

office.

Assistant Controller - Metro Hotels, Holiday Inn Select North Dallas 01/1997-10/1997

Managed the accounting department comprised of eight team members and supervised all functional areas in a

decentralized accounting setting.

Accounting Manager - Metro Hotels, Holiday Inn Mundelein 01/1996-01/1997

Supervised and performed all areas of accounting including accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit,

payroll, audit, and tax in centralized accounting setting supervising three staff members.

Night Manager - Accounting Assistant - Sheraton Suites Elk Grove 04/1994-01/1996

Redesigned the Night Audit resulting in cost reductions of 75% labor, 80% supplies, and 90% storage

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelor of Science Marketing and Management. 12/1993

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