Director of Finance & Business Support

Your day to day

People

Manage everyday activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers

Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals - recognize good performance

Train your team to make sure they deliver with compliance, to our standards and have the tools they need to work efficiently

Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed

Direct the team on how decision-making impacts profits

Drive a great working environment for teams to thrive – connect departments to create sense of one team

Responsible Business

Implement and maintain acceptable accounting practices as required by company policy and procedures

Ensure financial control procedures and systems are ethical and legal

Participate in local recognized professional and industry organizations

Manage hotel contracts (example: vendor leases and/or service contracts)

Other ad-hoc duties – unexpected moments when we have to pull together to get a task done

Financial

Use financial analysis, data trends and market information to anticipate needs, identify operating/financial issues, and recommend actions to maximize financial return

Create the annual operating budget for the property and provide analytical support during budget reviews to identify cost saving and productivity opportunities for department heads

Ensure all accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis and oversee the process of credit extension and collection of overdue accounts

Review rates and recommend rate strategy to the General Manager; participate in sales strategymeetings

Manage accounts payable to balance cash flow and reputation with suppliers

Analyze ROI for capital projects prior to committing funds and, upon completion, determine if anticipated results were achieved

Maximize cash flow performance of the hotel through controls on inventory (avoid excessive supply),credit and collection, disbursements, deposits and remittances

Guest Experience

Help guests - you’ll be happy to help if someone needs assistance with a request or complaint

Ensure accounting practices, support the guest experience through payment options (e.g. credit card systems, room charges), inventory controls and financial dispute resolution

Accountabilities

This is the top Accounting job in a large, luxury, or resort hotel. Typically supervises clerical accounting employees in a full range of functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit/Collections, Purchasing, Audit, Payroll, and/or Accounting Operations.

What we need from you

Bachelor’s degree / higher education qualification / equivalent in Accounting and Finance

10-12years’ experience in hotel accounting or audit with at least one year in an Assistant Controller or similar supervisory role, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience

Knowledge of accounting management duties e.g. negotiating hotel space and tenant leases; processing payroll; performing asset management duties; providing business projections, displacement analysis, preparing government reports, filing tax returns etc

Professional accounting or finance designation or certification preferred.

Must speak local language(s). Other languages preferred

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