Mary Violet Walton

Experience

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  Kellogg West Conference Center and Lodge

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2010

  Events staff
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  The Best Western

  Jun 2009 - Sept 2009

  Front Desk Agent

  Exceed daily goals for occupancy percentage, ADR, and REV Par. Provide outstanding customer service. Check-in guests, post charges, collect payment. Assist with housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance, and security. Accomplishments: exceeded 100% occupancy consistently by turning over early departures and reselling.

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  Marriott Vacation Club International

  Jun 2010 - Sept 2010

  Front Desk Agent

  Efficiently provide outstanding customer service to owners doing 90% turnover of the 700 villa property each weekend. Create positive memories for vacation owners during check-in, create accounts, post charges and process payment. Accomplishments: Recognized two months in a row for highest number of sales referrals for purchasing the timeshare.

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  The Old Spaghetti Factory

  Mar 2011 - May 2012

  Restaurant Manager

  • Assist with hiring, training and supervising a staff of 100 including the positions of supervisors, cooks, bartenders, servers, bussers, and dishwashers.• Book and execute in-house banquets and outside catering events of up to 200 people. • Build revenue and control costs by training staff to adhere to company policies and procedures. Accomplishments: Raised profits by $10,000 for the quarter at The Old Spaghetti Factory by creating a demand for outside catering through networking and cold calling. Show less

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  InnVentures Hospitality Corp.

  Jul 2012 - Nov 2013

  Director of Food and Beverage

  • Develop, administer and control the restaurant, room service, and bar revenue and expense budget• Build revenue through in-house and local marketing, implementing a happy hour, and partnering with the sales team to maximize banquet and catering opportunities.• Manage operating expenses through P&L analysis, implementing new labor model and partnering with vendors to control costs. • Solicit feedback from guests and resolve any guest incidents to ensure 100% satisfactionAccomplishments: Lead the Food and Beverage Department at the Hilton Garden Inn out of $8,000/month net loss to $16,000/month net profit within two months.Build a new menu and update meeting packages to Hilton Standards utilizing menu mix analysis, historical sales, and calculating food and labor cost to meet budget goals. Trained other Food and beverage Managers within InnVentures. Assisted with COGS control and Hilton Standards compliance.Awarded "Manager of the Year 2012" for InnVentures Inc Show less

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  Boudin Bakeries Inc

  Feb 2014 - Apr 2015

  General Manager

  • Develop, administer and control the restaurant revenue and expense budget • Review Profit and Loss/General Ledger reports, forecasting, and revenue management • Build revenue and cut costs through industry research and labor control techniques • Review inventory management to ensure maximization of food cost and sales • Approve and monitor all negotiated catering orders and prices to ensure accuracy and detail • Exceed revenue expectations by controlling restaurant costs. Including equipment, food, and labor costs.Accomplishments: Exceeded Sales Budget by 6%, and Net Profit by 8% for 2014 year to date at Boudin Bakery. Recognized as the highest performing store in the San Diego district, exceeding sales budget and producing the highest net profit percentage for Boudin Bakeries 2015 year to date. Show less

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  Robert Half

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  Accounting Professional

  Project Specialist |Tulalip Tribes of Washington Housing Finance Department| Feb 2016-March 2016• Process payroll Bi-weekly for 80 employees. Audit times sheets to ensure hours matched punches and edits, employee hours coded to correct GL, employees coded hours to correct grant funds, overtime and leave time properly approved. • Accounts payable- check for correct signatures, check product was received, code purchases to correct project GL, request budget transfers when needed, record entries, create backup files, track processing, print checks and file according to federal grant standards.• Create and process purchase orders with correct justification forms, request approval, track purchases against purchase order contracts, communicate to requesters when order funds are exhausted.• Reconcile outstanding A/P accounts, track down invoices from vendors, process to reconcile outstanding balances, make changes to tracking system to prevent future delays in payment. • Audit leasing records to find miscoded tenant payments and adjust tenant lease accounts in accounting and property management systems.• Audit MUNIS general ledger accounts against departmental records to ensure accuracy of reporting. Show less

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  SMS-Facility Services

  Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

  • AR/ AP Manager

    Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

  • Billing Analyst

    Oct 2016 - Apr 2017
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  Pineapple Hospitality Company

  Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  Staff Accountant
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  Columbia Hospitality

  Jun 2019 - now

  Accounting Manager at Hotel Indigo Everett