Finance Manager

FIVE Hotels & Resorts; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hospitality brand based in Dubai seeks a Finance Manager to join their dynamic Finance Team. This role requires a driven professional with at least 5 years of finance experience in the luxury hotel sector. Responsibilities include producing financial reports and managing budgets while ensuring impeccable standards are met. The ideal candidate possesses excellent communication, leadership, and teamwork skills, contributing to a collaborative and innovative environment. Join us to elevate your career in the vibrant world of luxury hospitality.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of finance experience in a luxury hotel environment.
• Proven track record in achieving financial targets and managing budgets.
• Impeccable communication skills with fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Produce month-end closing reports and essential management reports.
• Ensure balance sheets accurately reflect assets and liabilities.
• Prepare detailed capital reviews as required by the Financial Controller.
• Develop and implement best practices for financial accounting.

Skills

Excellent communication

Leadership

Organisational skills

Teamwork and collaboration

Proactive nature

Meticulous attention to detail

Education

Degree in Finance or related field

Professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

The Exhilarating Opportunity

An Exhilarating Opportunity to join FIVE Hotels and Resorts, disrupting by design and redefining luxury hospitality.

Are you ready for a daring challenge with the world’s hottest luxury hotel group? FIVE Hotels and Resorts is redefining ‘FIVE-star’ hospitality and setting the gold standard across the industry.

Join the FIVE Tribe and get ready to make waves.

The Candidate

A driven self-starter with excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills. As an astute creative and critical thinker, you can conceptualise and implement innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment. You pay attention to every detail and execute tasks proactively with precision and finesse. A can-do attitude and an inherent flair for taking ownership makes you a highly motivated go-getter. Your outgoing and approachable nature enables you to seamlessly connect with other ‘FIVERs’ and key stakeholders, ensuring that their journey at FIVE is nothing short of sensational. Joining our Finance Team as a Finance Manager will empower you to deliver exceptional experiences across our award-winning lifestyle destinations. Jump on board and unlock your potential in a buzzing environment that will take your career to new heights!

What we’re looking for

• A degree in Finance or a related field is preferred, from an academic institution or professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA or similar).
• A minimum of 5 years of finance experience in a luxury hotel environment in the international luxury hospitality industry.
• Proven track record in achieving financial targets, managing budgets, and implementing cost-control measures without compromising on quality and service.
• Sensational teamwork and collaboration skills to work effectively within a group and across departments with fellow ‘FIVERs’.
• Strong commitment to delivering exceptional financial services with passion.
• Impeccable communication skills, both verbal and written, with fluency in English.
• A proactive nature, coupled with a meticulous eye for detail, ensuring every aspect of the operation is curated to perfection.
• A hands-on attitude, fueled by a ‘Can-Do!’ spirit.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures the Finance Team produces month-end closing reports and all other essential management reports with exceptional precision and timeliness.
• Guards that the balance sheets accurately reflect FIVE’s assets and liabilities, showing financial stability and transparency.
• Reviews balance sheets and verifies that reconciliations are performed with the highest level of accuracy.
• Prepares detailed and insightful capital reviews as required by the Financial Controller, contributing to FIVE’s financial prowess.
• Works closely with the Financial Controller to provide comprehensive and accurate forecasting and budgeting proposals, aligning with FIVE’s world-class standards.
• Develops and implements best practices for financial accounting and control procedures, continually reviewing processes to maximise efficiency and impact.
• Complies with FIVE’s policies and procedures, enhancing performance on the finance balanced scorecard and setting industry-leading benchmarks.
• Conducts monthly finance update meetings with the Financial Controller, driving strategic financial discussions.
• Assists Department Heads in boosting their financial awareness, providing bespoke financial information to optimise their operations.

The Team

‘FIVERs’ are cultured yet chic, confident yet self-effacing, and work hard to play even harder. As a FIVE Tribe Member, you’ll personify the distinct ‘Vibe at FIVE’ and apply it to create insta-perfect experiences for our guests that keep them coming back for more. If you dream of being surrounded by like-minded individuals who share your passion for delivering unforgettable moments that last a lifetime – then look no further and unleash your next-level potential.

Sustainable Indulgence at FIVE

FIVE curates world-class entertainment and luxury living while championing environmental stewardship. Driven by its core millennial base, FIVE has aligned to lead the way in ‘Sustainable Indulgence’—trailblazing next-level, high-energy experiences within an environmentally and socially responsible framework.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The FIVE Tribe represents over 80 nationalities across its over 2000 ‘FIVERs.’ FIVE does not discriminate and is committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce as an equal-opportunity employer. Ranked regularly in the top 10 on the Great Places to Work list for large organisations in the UAE, the FIVE Tribe is more than a group of people working together—it is a family bonded by common values and goals, celebrating people, culture and diversity.

About FIVE Hotels and Resorts

FIVE Hotels and Resorts prides itself on being disruptively different and daringly unique. Our growing portfolio of lavish destinations in the Middle East and Europe epitomises glamour and experiential luxury, offering boundary-breaking experiences at FIVE’s award-winning hotels, dining concepts, and immersive nightlife venues. As part of the accomplished FIVE Tribe, you will be part of a group of high achievers who fearlessly challenge conventions on a global stage.

Find out more here: fivehotelsandresorts.com