Job Summary

Provide strategic and operational financial leadership to the hotel, ensuring robust financial compliance, governance, and internal controls, while acting as a trusted business partner to the General Manager, Executive Committee, Owners, and Global Office to drive sustainable performance and value creation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the entire finance function of the hotel, ensuring integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial information across all departments.
• Establish and maintain strong finance compliance processes, internal controls, and governance frameworks to proactively identify, manage, and mitigate financial, operational, regulatory, and reputational risks across the hotel operations.
• Ensure finance operations fully comply with the Resort Management Agreement, including reporting, fee calculations, and owner governance requirements.
• Act as the primary financial liaison with Owners and Global Office, ensuring transparent communication and alignment with group policies and expectations.
• Ensure relevant IT procedures and interface setup of IT Systems to establish Control and Procedures.
• Drive automation and standardisation of finance processes and systems to strengthen internal controls, improve data accuracy, enhance productivity, and enable timely, insight‑driven decision‑making.
• Ensure strict adherence to inventory, purchasing, accounts payable, payroll, income audit, and cash handling controls, with timely escalation and resolution of discrepancies.
• Ensure Daily Revenue reconciliation is done for all interface applications and relevant compliance report is prepared with variances shared with all resort stakeholders. Ensure all procedures in terms of Income Auditing are respected and enforced.
• Monitor and review purchasing, delivery, and requisitioning procedures to ensure compliance and cost control.
• Oversee effective cash flow planning and working capital management to ensure operational cash is deployed efficiently, responsibly, and in line with business priorities.
• Ensure the fixed asset register is accurately maintained and kept up to date for owned properties.
• Oversee accurate balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset management, bank reconciliations, and statutory reporting at each month‑end.
• Manage finance operation of the Private Homes, collection of service fees as well as distribution of rental income, management of Private Home accounts and balance sheets.
• Lead and coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring audit findings are addressed promptly and control gaps are closed.
• Lead the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, and long‑range financial plans in collaboration with operational leaders.
• Deliver accurate, insightful monthly management reporting to Owners and Global Office, including variance analysis and performance commentary.
• Ensure finance systems (PMS, POS, payroll, accounting systems) are effectively integrated, controlled, and optimised to support reporting and operational efficiency.
• Act as a strategic finance business partner to the General Manager and Executive Committee, providing financial insight, analysis, and challenge to support informed decision‑making.
• Partner with department heads to drive cost control, productivity improvements, and margin optimisation, while maintaining brand and service standards.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the finance team, fostering a strong culture of compliance, accountability, and business partnering.

General Accounting functions

• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of the month end accounting package.
• Ensure that financial controls are adhered to and developed alongside the business.
• Control and seek to reduce all operating costs of all departments in the hotel whilst maintaining standards set.
• Ensures that the accounting department and any other department are respecting the Hotel accounting policies and procedures at all time
• Ensures that all accounting entries are made according to the Uniform System of Account and or to the guidelines provided by Global Office or the Executive Vice President of Global Finance 
• Responsible for the revenues received and dispersed in all departments under his/her direct supervision by maintaining proper internal controls and auditing procedures

Experience / Qualifications  Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• Professional certification preferred: CPA / CA / ACCA / CMA
• Minimum 3–5 years in a senior finance leadership role within hospitality