HFTP Proclaims 2024 CHAE of the 12 months Award Recipient: Samantha Sheffield

HFTP introduced Samantha Sheffield, CHAE because the recipient of the 2024 Licensed Hospitality Accountant Government (CHAE®) of the 12 months Award for her excellent achievement. The CHAE of the 12 months award honors the person that scored the best on the CHAE certification examination inside a given 12 months. She might be acknowledged on the HFTP 2024 Annual Conference, going down this October 23-25 on the Mohegan Solar Resort and On line casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Sheffield is the CFO and assistant normal supervisor at Bay Colony Golf Membership in Naples, Florida, a place she has held since October 2019. Throughout this time, she has additionally been an lively member of the HFTP Gulf Coast Chapter. Prior roles embrace senior monetary supervisor of facilities and property administration at WCI Communities, in addition to audit and consulting supervisor at CPA agency Stroemer & Firm, LLC.

“My ardour for finance and accounting, coupled with a robust dedication to fostering relationships throughout the hospitality trade, drives my pursuit of excellence,” says Sheffield. “This dedication can also be mirrored in my resolution to acquire the CHAE certification. The CHAE was a pivotal step in my profession, underscoring my dedication to upholding the best requirements in hospitality monetary administration and equipping me with the specialised information and abilities essential to excel as a pacesetter within the trade.”

Concerning the CHAE

The CHAE skilled designation is an trade designation displaying competency within the space of accounting and is acknowledged all through the hospitality trade as it elevates the professionalism of each the recipient and the trade. Greater than 1,600 hospitality accountants, from a number of nations, have earned the CHAE designation by means of HFTP because the certification program started in 1981. The CHAE examination, which incorporates a extra world finance focus, is now out there on an all-in-one on-line platform. HFTP additionally administers the examination and awards the Licensed Hospitality Expertise Skilled (CHTP®).

For extra info on HFTP’s certification applications (CHTP and CHAE), please contact HFTP Director of Profession Growth Robin Bogdon at robin.bogdon@hftp.org.