Finance Manager

• Ensure all capital purchases / disposals are in accordance with policies and procedures and to review all management and depreciation reports.

Communication and relationship:

• Establish a professional and strong relationship with owner and asset managers.
• Report monthly to regional, corporate and asset management group on the property financial performance.
• Work closely with the General Manager and Executive committee of the property and act as a business advisor and risk advocate.
• Provide training in hotels to enhance the financial skills of the Management Team as a whole. You should be the "coach" to both the Hotel Finance teams and non-Financial Managers.
• Maintain appropriate records of education, training, skills and experience of each individual colleague.
• Ensure that responsibilities and authorities are defined and communicated within the organization.
• Set individual development plan for each individual colleague and strive for their future development.
• Work on special assignments set by GM or Regional DOF and meet specific deadlines.

Risk, Audit and Compliance responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with company finance directives and delegation of authority.
• Ensure that the company complies with all legal and local regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit on compliance according to company financial policies, governance, risks and fraud.
• Comply with the company’s ethic code of conduct and report any variation.
• To devise and maintain a system of internal accounting control sufficient to ensure that transactions are executed in accordance with Management’s general and specific authorization and in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and specific country legislation.
• Contribute to company finance policy drafting, implementation and ensure compliance within the Area.
• Conduct monthly performance reviews with HODs and establish a combined action plan.
• To regularly organize credit meetings with the participation of the General Manager and all concerned Heads of Department where all debtors’ balances are analyzed.

Others:

• Ensure the right person in the right role, in an environment of continuous development.
• Implement and create best practices that could be shared with Finance Leadership Committee.
• Complete ad hoc requests when required.

About you:

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree level education, preferably with Finance related degree.

Desirable:

• Partly or fully qualified professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CMA, etc)

Experience

Essential:

• Strong background in hospitality Finance function
• At least 2 years management level experience
• Displayed a strong track record of solid career progression to date
• Fluent command of English-spoken and written
• Knowledge of the Uniformed System of Account for Lodging Industry.

Desirable:

• Hotel pre-opening experience.

Skills

Essential:

• Written and spoken Arabic would be highly preferable
• Excellent Excel skills essential
• Good knowledge of ERP systems an advantage (Oracle, Sun, etc)

Desirable:

• Hyperion knowledge