Are you ready to elevate your business to the next level? Upgrade to a premium account today and unlock a range of exclusive features designed to enhance your experience and drive success...
Read more
Full job description
YOUR DAY TO DAY
-People
Manage everyday activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers
Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals - recognize good performance
Train your team to make sure they deliver with compliance, to our standards and have the tools they need to work efficiently
Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed
Direct the team on how decision-making impacts profits
Drive a great working environment for teams to thrive – connect departments to create sense of one team
Responsible Business
Implement and maintain acceptable accounting practices as required by company policy and procedures
Ensure financial control procedures and systems are ethical and legal
Participate in local recognized professional and industry organizations
Manage hotel contracts (example: vendor leases and/or service contracts)
Other ad-hoc duties – unexpected moments when we have to pull together to get a task done.
Financial
Use financial analysis, data trends and market information to anticipate needs, identify operating/financial issues, and recommend actions to maximise financial return
Create the annual operating budget for the property and provide analytical support during budget reviews to identify cost saving and productivity opportunities for department heads
Ensure all accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis and oversee the process of credit extension and collection of overdue accounts
Review rates and recommend rate strategy to the General Manager; participate in sales strategy meetings
Manage accounts payable to balance cash flow and reputation with suppliers
Analyse ROI for capital projects prior to committing funds and, upon completion, determine if anticipated results were achieved
Maximise cash flow performance of the hotel through controls on inventory (avoid excessive supply), credit and collection, disbursements, deposits and remittances
Guest Experience
Help guests - you’ll be happy to help if someone needs assistance with a request or complaint
Ensure accounting practices, support the guest experience through payment options (e.g. credit card systems, room charges), inventory controls and financial dispute resolution
Accountabilities
This is the top accounting job in a large, luxury, or resort hotel. Typically supervises clerical accounting employees in a full range of functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit/Collections, Purchasing, Audit, Payroll, and/or Accounting Operations.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
Bachelor’s degree / higher education qualification / equivalent in Accounting and Finance
4-8 years of experience in hotel accounting, or an equivalent background suitable for a Director of Finance role, with no less than one year of experience in that capacity or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience - please rewrite
Knowledge of accounting management duties e.g. negotiating hotel space and tenant leases; processing payroll; performing asset management duties; providing business projections, displacement analysis, preparing government reports, filing tax returns etc
Professional accounting or finance designation or certification preferred.
Must speak local language(s). Other languages preferred.
APPLY NOW
careers.ihg.com/en/job-details/?jobref=Director+of+Finance+and+Business+Support%7cUK%7c126507&src=JB-10920
Introducing the first Qatari social business platform, fostering collaboration between Government, private sectors, and users for easy access and communication, promoting innovation and success in business....
Read more