Regional Finance Director, AEMEA & New Openings

AccorCorpo; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Accor is seeking a Director of Finance AEMEA for New Hotel Openings (Raffles and Fairmont) based in Dubai. You will provide day-to-day financial leadership across the region, ensure budgeting accuracy and drive performance analytics for multiple properties and openings.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in international hospitality finance, strong project management skills, and fluency in English; French or Arabic is a plus. Travel across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa is required.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or MBA in Economics, Accounting or Business.
• 10+ years in hospitality finance with leadership experience.
• Experience with hotel finance processes, systems and USALI.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day finance support and guidance to hotel Directors of Finance in response to business and corporate requirements.
• Act as a subject-matter expert on hotel finance processes, systems and USALI, including Sun and Opera.
• Provide flexible on-site support across the region based on hotel, business and corporate priorities.
• Support new hotel openings, takeovers and integrations, ensuring finance readiness and effective transition.
• Oversee the quality and accuracy of hotel budgeting, forecasting, accrual and reporting processes.
• Drive consistent onboarding of hotel Finance Directors/Managers through structured tools, SOPs and training.
• Provide interim finance leadership and support during periods of hotel Finance Director absence.
• Deliver targeted individual and group training on financial, operational and reporting topics.
• Review hotel financial performance, challenge key assumptions and identify actions to improve results.
• Support hotel Finance Directors in reviewing Management and Hotel Agreements and related financial obligations.
• Support the implementation and closure of Internal Audit remediation actions.
• Contribute to regional and global finance projects and the rollout of Raffles, Fairmont and Accor policies and procedures.
• Lead consistent trading reviews using KPIs, benchmarking and robust challenge to improve the quality and accuracy of budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare regional financial analysis, reporting and presentations, and respond to ad-hoc business requests.
• Monitor compliance with Management Agreements and the control environment, while coaching hotel finance teams and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
• Monitor hotel and Accor receivables, ensuring timely collection, appropriate escalation and follow-up of delinquent balances.
• Strong analytical and numerical capability, with sound understanding of financial valuation/ business performance.

Skills

Fluent English

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Education

Degree Qualified or MBA in Economics/Accounting/Business

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Sun Systems (USALI)

Opera

USALI

Job description

Accor is seeking a Director of Finance AEMEA for New Hotel Openings (Raffles and Fairmont) based in Dubai. You will provide day-to-day financial leadership across the region, ensure budgeting accuracy and drive performance analytics for multiple properties and openings.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in international hospitality finance, strong project management skills, and fluency in English; French or Arabic is a plus. Travel across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa is required.