What You’ll Do

This position plays an integral role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting compliance requirements, and ensuring timely completion of month-end close activities across the Company’s operating entities.

Responsibilities and Essential Duties:  

Period-End Close & Financial Reporting

• Support the month-end close process for the Company’s operating entities, including preparation of journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare files and retrieve reports needed for account reconciliations and period-end analysis.
• Review, post, and reconcile daily, weekly, and monthly banking transactions.
• Initiate bank sweeps, deposits, and other related banking or financial processing activities.
• Participate in the reconciliation of third-party delivery activity and related reporting.

Sales Reporting & Operational Accounting

• Prepare and reconcile sales reporting from multiple sales platforms – POS, RTI, Toast.
• Review and reconcile sales data to ensure accuracy between operational systems and the general ledger.
• Assist with maintenance allocation calculations and related journal entries.
• Review capital expenditure activity and ensure proper account assignment and coding.

Inventory & Accruals

• Support inventory accounting processes, including analysis and reconciliation of inventory balances.
• Assist with preparation and review of the Corrigo accrual and related expense recognition processes.
• Collaborate with operations and accounting teams to ensure accurate recording of operational expenses.

Prepaid Assets & Balance Sheet Management

• Maintain and reconcile prepaid accounts including:
• Track contract terms and ensure proper amortization and expense recognition.

Tax Compliance & Filings

• Prepare and file Sales & Use tax returns and assist with related reconciliations.
• Review Sales & Use tax filings for accuracy and completeness.
• Assist with property tax reporting and filings, including coordination with Avalara and internal teams.
• Prepare and maintain documentation supporting various tax obligations and compliance activities.
• Facilitate responses to tax audits, notices, and regulatory inquiries.

Compliance & Regulatory Reporting

• Assist with unclaimed property filings, including cleanup and reconciliation of historical balances and supporting documentation

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Accounting, Operations, and external partners to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.
• Support process improvement initiatives across accounting workflows and reporting processes.
• Assist the Accounting Department and Director of Accounting with special projects and ad-hoc analysis as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

• Perform other duties and lead special projects as assigned, consistent with the scope, discretion, and level of responsibility of this position.

What We Expect From You

The team at Meritage is made up of dedicated, hard-working individuals who exemplify the core values of Meritage. The team has high expectations for themselves and anyone who desires to join them. They also have a lot of fun together and truly enjoy working with one another. It is a team where excellence is expected and accomplishments are celebrated. To join this team, you’ll need to demonstrate the same high standards. You’ll also need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience
• Experience supporting month-end close, account reconciliations, and general ledger accounting
• Experience working with ERP or accounting systems
• Strong understanding of GAAP and general ledger accounting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis)
• Ability to analyze financial data and identify discrepancies

What You Can Expect From Us

As a member of Meritage, you will enjoy the following benefits:

• Competitive base salary and bonus plans
• Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and HSA options
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k
• Meal discounts at all Meritage affiliated restaurants
• Plus various additional perks and benefits

Who We Are

Meritage Hospitality Group, headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, is one of the nation’s premier restaurant operators with more than 350 restaurants operating in 15 states. We are one of the largest Wendy’s franchisees and just opened our first Bojangles restaurant. In addition to quick service, we have developed West Michigan casual dining concepts The Blue Porch and Morning Belle. Each of our concepts deliver a distinct dining experience for our guests and a work environment rich with opportunity for our approximately 10,000 team members.

At Meritage, we are Inspired by Opportunity and Achieve Success Through Service. We live by our five Core Values – Uncommon Hospitality, Run It Like You Own It, Collective Genius, The Sky is the Limit, and We Love What We Do.

Now is the time to join!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Inclusion is at the heart of our business.