Finance Operations Manager

This broad and diverse role involves a considerable amount of reactive transactional fire fighting and you will be tasked with driving process improvements & reducing Hotel query-handling.

Client Details

The client are a leading global hospitality company, spanning from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. Having been around for decades, they offer business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value.

Description

The key responsibilities include:

• Manage the PTP team at Hilton Canary Wharf
• Perform analytic reviews on the P&Ls to ensure that they are materially accurate
• Understanding the Balance Sheet accounts, review reconciliations and investigate and resolve open/aged balance sheet items
• Assist with the liaison on behalf of Hotels for Financial external and internal audits & ensure that Operations Finance aspects of audits are complied with
• Support partnering with the Compliance team to optimise and evolve the Controls framework to ensure that controls are relevant to business risks & take the centralised model into account
• Deliver the continuous improvement agenda to drive improvements across the divisions and to reduce exception-handling and queries at the hotels
• Work with the team to build KPI dashboard that builds on current KPI reports to show measures that will identify issues and allow progress to be monitored
• Build in regular stakeholder feedback to measure the effectiveness of the service
• Serve as a strategic business partner and financial advisor to hotel management and ownership, area management and corporate offices
• Work with the team to ensure that SLA and KPI targets are updated according to business needs
• Oversee to ensure operations compliance with all internal controls at property level
• Hire, manage and evaluate Operations Finance team members - drive high performing culture
• Ensure hotels are in compliance with Corporate Policies (SPI's) and governmental rules and regulations
• Report irregularities and non-compliant situations to General Manager and Regional Finance Director as required by corporate guidelines
• Oversees and evaluates business processes to maximise efficiency and effectiveness within the department.

Profile

The successful candidate will:

• 3+ years relevant and progressive work experience 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 ability to effectively address any issue in collaboration with others as appropriate; ability to proactively identify and prevent potential problems; ability to help develop problem solving skills among direct reports and other team members as appropriate
• Ability to take initiative to identify, prioritise and implement all elements required for team to fulfil responsibilities
• Ability to manage and develop staff
• 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)

Job Offer

On offer to the candidate is:

• A salary between £45k - £60k
• 9-5 working day
• Free canteen lunch
• 28 holidays (incl. bank holidays)
• Up to 100 days discounted hotel room stays