The role aims to be recognized as trusted advisors to the business. This role attracts and retains best-in-class finance professionals, develops their finance team and enables them to thrive. The role communicates with impact to all stakeholders, ensures a robust control and compliance environment and enables the emea finance management company value proposition which is attractive to existing and new owners. The role partners with our business to maximize profit for our shareholders and owners and innovates to deliver an industry leading efficient finance organization.
What will i be doing?
The cluster director of finance is accountable for their portfolio of hotels in respect of understanding and driving financial performance and is responsible to perform all finance activities within the policy, regulatory and contractual framework.
The role will business partner with the general managers and has accountability for developing excellent working relationships across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including within hotel finance, commercial, it, procurement, human resources, operations, shared service centers (where applicable), owners and asset managers as well as regional operations finance. The cluster director of finance works closely with all business partners to develop best-in-class hotel finance teams, including the participation in all relevant finance development programs.
You will be and remain familiar with the management agreement for the hotel and implement processes and procedures to ensure the hotel is operated in compliance with the management agreement, reporting issues of non-compliance to your supervising manager.
What are we looking for?
Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate effective goals, objectives and priorities with a long term perspective
strong communication and negotiation skills (all levels of management and external customers)
financial