Finance Manager
Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You
Picture yourself brightening someone’s day. When you join our Hotels team, that’s exactly what you’ll do every time you come to work! As a Finance Manager, you’re not just overseeing all hotel financial operations – you’re spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by delivering memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest.
Here's what you'll do during a typical day:
Drive financial strategy: Oversee all financial operations across the hotel portfolio, ensuring alignment with the hotels’ strategic goals to optimize profitability and efficiency
Oversee financial planning and analysis: Direct the preparation of annual plans, projections, and budgets, providing financial insights to support business decisions
Advise leadership and key stakeholders: Act as the primary financial advisor to hotel management, Area/Cluster General Managers, Owners, and Asset Managers, offering data-driven recommendations to enhance financial performance
Build cross-functional partnerships: Develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders including Hotel Finance, Commercial, IT, Procurement, Human Resources, Operations, Shared Service Centres, and Regional Operations Finance
Ensure financial compliance: Uphold adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and hotel policies, safeguarding hotel assets through strong financial controls while performing all finance activities within the policy, regulatory, and contractual framework
Optimize financial reporting: Oversee systems and processes to drive accuracy, efficiency, and transparency in financial reporting.
Monitor and approve financial transactions: Oversee and authorize hotel sales, purchases, salaries, and expenses to maintain fiscal responsibility and operational efficiency
Cultivate a high-performing team: Drive engagement and retention through performance management, professional development, and recognition programs
What are we looking for?
Similar 3 years' experience in 5* international hotels.
Excellent command of English is required
Local law and regulations expertise
University/ College degree in Accounting or Finance
Ability to analyse large volume of complex financial information from many sources and create reports, forecasts, and projections
Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to effectively address any issue in collaboration with others as appropriate
Ability to take initiative to identify, prioritize and implement all elements required for team to fulfil responsibilities
Ability to develop presentations and effectively present to all levels of company, hotels & owners
Strong communication and negotiation skills (all levels of management and external customers)
Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Outlook with the ability to quickly learn new programs when required
Hilton Hotels experience is an advantage