Management Trainee – CEO & CFO Office

1912 Hotels; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Growth opportunities

Direct access to CEO and CFO

International exposure

Travel across Europe

Entrepreneurial environment

Job summary

1912 Hotels GmbH is seeking a Management Trainee to work directly with the CEO and CFO at the Hamburg Head Office. You will be involved in financial analysis, business cases, and development projects across Europe, learning by doing in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

The programme aims to develop you into a future senior manager with increasing responsibility and exposure to owners, investors, and partners.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent academic background.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong numerical and analytical capabilities.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively.

Responsibilities

• Analyse the financial performance of a hotel.
• Prepare a business case for a new hotel project.
• Support with budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Work with CEO and CFO across strategic, operational and development tasks.
• Prepare materials for management and board meetings.

Skills

English proficiency

Numerical analysis

Analytical thinking

Excel & PowerPoint

Travel willingness

Education

University degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Full-Time 1912 Hotels GmbH Management Trainee – CEO & CFO Office
1912 Hotels Headquarters – Hamburg, Germany

Management Trainee – CEO & CFO Office

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Company: 1912 Hotels GmbH

Reporting to: CEO & CFO

Are you ambitious enough to want to understand how an international hotel company is really built and operated?

1912 Hotels GmbH is a growing European hotel company with an ambitious development strategy. We are looking for an exceptional Management Trainee to work directly alongside our CEO and CFO at our Head Office in Hamburg.

This is not a traditional management trainee programme.

You will not spend your time following a fixed rotation programme or working within one department. Instead, you will work closely with the CEO and CFO across the full spectrum of responsibilities involved in running and developing a growing hotel company.

You will be exposed to strategic decisions, operations, finance, acquisitions, development projects, commercial performance, negotiations, organisational development, owner relations and many other aspects of the business.

The tasks will vary significantly—from analytical and highly detailed assignments to important strategic projects involving senior management, owners, investors and business partners.

For the right person, this can be the beginning of a career towards a senior leadership position within 1912 Hotels.

The Role

We are looking for a person with high potential, strong intellectual curiosity and a genuine passion for the hotel industry.

You will report directly to the CEO and CFO and work closely with both throughout your training period. Your role will be deliberately broad. You will learn by being involved in the real work of the company and by taking increasing responsibility as your knowledge, experience and capabilities develop.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Analysing the financial performance of a hotel
• Preparing a business case for a new hotel project
• Working on an acquisition or lease opportunity
• Analysing market, occupancy, ADR and profitability data
• Supporting negotiations with hotel owners, landlords and business partners
• Preparing material for management and board meetings
• Assisting with budgeting, forecasting and financial planning
• Working with hotel General Managers and operational teams
• Supporting the development of commercial strategies
• Analysing investment and development opportunities
• Helping to solve operational and organisational challenges
• Preparing presentations and reports for senior stakeholders
• Working on strategic projects across several countries
• Researching new markets, competitors and potential investments
• Taking responsibility for completely new problems that need to be solved

The variety is intentional. You will learn how the different parts of a hotel company connect—and how decisions made at Head Office ultimately affect performance at property level.

Your Development

Our objective is not simply to employ you as a trainee. Our objective is to develop you into a future senior manager within 1912 Hotels.

During the programme, you will work directly with the CEO and CFO and gain an understanding of:

As you demonstrate your ability and take on more responsibility, the role will develop accordingly.

We expect the successful candidate eventually to take responsibility for significant areas of the business, potentially progressing into a senior management, corporate, operational or financial leadership position within 1912 Hotels.

There is no predetermined career path. We will build the path around your strengths, ambitions and performance.

Who Are We Looking For?

We are looking for someone who has the potential to become a future leader, not someone simply looking for their next job.

• Hard-working: You are prepared to put in the effort required to achieve ambitious goals.
• Curious: You genuinely want to understand how things work and why decisions are made.
• Passionate: You care about hospitality, hotels and creating successful businesses.
• Fast-learning: You can absorb new information and apply it quickly.
• Structured and organised: You can manage multiple priorities without losing attention to detail.
• Solution-oriented: You do not just identify problems; you look for ways to solve them.
• Analytical: You are comfortable working with numbers, data and financial information.
• Entrepreneurial: You see opportunities rather than only limitations.
• Reliable: When you are given responsibility, you take ownership.
• Resilient: You are comfortable in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change.
• Ambitious: You want to progress and eventually take significant responsibility.
• Humble enough to learn: Regardless of your academic background or previous experience, you understand that there is always more to learn.

Most importantly, you need to understand the opportunity this position represents.

You will have access to the CEO and CFO, work on real business challenges and see how decisions are made across an international hotel company. That level of exposure is rare at the beginning of a career.

Your Background

• Professional experience in the hotel or hospitality industry
• A university degree or equivalent academic background, ideally in Business, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or a related discipline
• Strong numerical and analytical capabilities
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Working knowledge of German
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• A willingness and ability to travel extensively
• Previous experience in hotel operations, finance, commercial functions, consulting, business development or a hotel management trainee programme would be advantageous

However, potential is more important to us than having the perfect CV. We are interested in what you can become—not only what you have done so far.

What We Offer

At 1912 Hotels, you will have the opportunity to be part of a young, ambitious and rapidly growing European hotel company.

• A competitive salary reflecting your experience and potential
• The opportunity to become part of a growing European-wide hotel business
• Exposure to an exciting and diverse portfolio of hotels, properties and restaurant concepts
• Direct access to and close cooperation with the CEO and CFO
• A unique opportunity to gain insight into all aspects of running and developing a hotel company
• The opportunity to take on increasing responsibility and develop towards a senior management position
• A young, dynamic and entrepreneurial working environment
• An international working environment with colleagues, hotels and projects across Europe
• Extensive opportunities to travel and experience our hotels and markets across Europe
• The opportunity to work on real business challenges from day one rather than simply observing from the sidelines

We believe that the best way to develop future leaders is to give them responsibility, exposure and the opportunity to learn by doing.

The Way We Work

1912 Hotels is an entrepreneurial company. We are building a growing international hotel platform and therefore operate differently from a large, established corporate organisation.

You will be expected to take responsibility, ask questions, challenge assumptions and get things done.

You will sometimes be given a clearly defined task. At other times, you may simply be told: “Here is the problem. Find a solution.”

We expect you to be comfortable with both.

You will work with people across different countries, cultures and functions and will regularly interact with senior executives, hotel General Managers, owners, investors and external partners.

Location & Travel

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Company: 1912 Hotels GmbH

Reporting to: CEO & CFO

Our hotels and projects are located across Europe, and the position therefore involves regular travel to our properties and project locations.

Why 1912 Hotels?

Because you will have the opportunity to learn the hotel business from the top down and the bottom up.

You will understand what makes a hotel successful operationally, commercially and financially—while simultaneously seeing how a growing hotel company makes strategic decisions and allocates capital.

You will work directly with senior management rather than observing from the sidelines. If you perform, your responsibilities will grow with you.

We are looking for someone who wants to build a career, not simply find a job.

If you are ambitious, curious, analytical, hard-working and passionate about hospitality, we would like to hear from you.

Join us in Hamburg and help us build the next generation of 1912 Hotels.