Hotel Accountant & Finance Administrator

Responsibilities

• Manage the complete accounting and finance function for a Tulum boutique eco-property: as the sole accounting professional at a 20–60 room property, manage the full spectrum of financial operations — CFDI compliance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll processing, IMSS compliance, and the monthly P&L that ownership requires
• Execute the hotel's SAT CFDI compliance in a connectivity-challenged environment: the Tulum beach road's limited internet connectivity makes real-time SAT portal access unreliable — the accountant manages the CFDI submission schedule to execute during connectivity windows, maintains local records during offline periods, and processes the timbrado backlog efficiently when connectivity is restored
• Manage the property's payroll for a small, mixed-contract workforce: Tulum boutique properties often employ a mix of permanent Mexican staff, seasonal contract workers, and international staff on FM3 work visas — the accountant manages the payroll and IMSS compliance for each contract type with the LFT precision each requires
• Process IMSS Quintana Roo zone obligations with deadline discipline: IMSS SUA payments and IDSE movements have legal deadlines regardless of connectivity challenges — the accountant maintains a compliance calendar and uses the beach road's connectivity windows to execute submissions before deadline
• Manage the hotel's OTA and direct booking revenue accounting: Tulum boutique properties generate significant revenue through Booking.com, Airbnb, Hipaway, and direct Instagram/WhatsApp bookings — the accountant reconciles revenue from all channels, accounts for OTA commissions as AP, and produces the net revenue position that ownership monitors for direct booking versus OTA mix improvement
• Coordinate the hotel's SEMARNAT-related accounting: eco-properties pay SEMARNAT compliance costs (environmental assessments, cenote monitoring studies, waste management contracts) — the accountant accounts for these costs correctly in the property's departmental P&L

Requirements

• Hotel or boutique property accounting experience in Mexico
• SAT CFDI compliance under connectivity constraints
• IMSS SUA and IDSE compliance management
• Multi-channel revenue reconciliation (OTA + direct)
• CONTPAQi Contabilidad or Aspel COI; English and Spanish bilingual preferred for Tulum's international ownership community

Benefits

• IMSS, aguinaldo, paid vacation + premium
• Staff meals from the property kitchen
• Access to property wellness programming
• Fixed monthly salary
• Career development in Tulum's high-profile boutique hospitality sector

Work environment

Hotel accountant and finance administrator at a Tulum boutique eco-luxury property. Full-function solo accounting in a small, values-aligned property with connectivity constraints, mixed international and Mexican workforce, and sophisticated ownership reporting requirements.

About the role

The Tulum hotel accountant who processes the February payroll — the highest-revenue month of the year, the month when the property is at 95% occupancy with its highest nightly rate and a full eco-programming calendar — who executes the 45-person payroll with all IMSS altas for the 8 seasonal staff processed in January, who closes the February books by March 7, who delivers the P&L showing the strongest February RevPAR the property has ever recorded — has provided the financial foundation that confirms the ownership's investment strategy. The high-season P&L that is produced accurately and on time is the scorecard the Tulum boutique owner uses to decide whether to expand the villa collection, add another eco-suite wing, or invest in the wellness pavilion. The accountant who produces that P&L is not a back-office function. They are the financial intelligence that guides the owner's next decision.