Finance Manager

InterContinental Hotels Group; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in hospitality is seeking a proactive Finance Manager to join their vibrant team at a stunning waterfront hotel. This role involves managing financial systems, ensuring accurate payroll, and collaborating effectively with various departments. With a focus on improving processes and solving complex problems, you will play a crucial part in the hotel's financial operations. The position offers a range of benefits, including a complimentary stay at the hotel after probation, medical benefits, and generous holiday allowances. If you're passionate about finance and hospitality, this is your chance to shine!

Benefits

Complimentary hotel stay

Wagestream financial wellbeing app

Medical Benefits

Life Insurance

Meals while on duty

31 days holiday (increasing to 33)

Company sick pay

Discounts on hotels and restaurants

Retail discounts from 15,000 stores

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality finance roles with direct relationships to accounting functions.
• Strong understanding of AP, AR, and payroll processes.
• Proven ability to lead teams and improve financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Procure Wizard system for Accounts Payable and daily Accounts Receivable tasks.
• Ensure accurate payroll processing and resolve discrepancies.
• Support team performance and identify training needs.

Skills

Accounts Payable (AP)

Accounts Receivable (AR)

Income Audit

Payroll Processing

Team Collaboration

Problem Solving

Financial Systems Proficiency

Education

Accounting Qualification

Tools

PeopleSoft

Opera/Micros

Procure Wizard

Oracle

Job description

voco St David's Cardiff have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our Cardiff Bay 5-star hotel!

Salary of up to £38,510.67 per annum.

At voco, everyone’s a host and ready to provide our guests with the relaxed but attentive stay that they desire. We are reliably different, a trusted name offering an informal, non-pretentious stay that leaves our guests with a lasting impression. With a focus on our environment, you will be greeted by environmentally conscious innovations from start to finish.

Set on Cardiff Bay's waterfront, voco St David's Cardiff makes a bold statement, with its glass-fronted façade, private balconies, floor-to-ceiling windows, and coastal setting.

The Tir a Môr at voco St David’s Cardiff is our eclectic restaurant and bar. Our bold flavours draw inspiration from world food cultures and blend perfectly with the best seasonal produce Wales has to offer.

The Spa, located in the hotel, offers just the place to unwind and has been voted one of the best spas in the UK. voco St David's Cardiff is a wonderful setting for meetings, conferences, weddings, and celebrations alike.

As our Finance Manager, you'll manage the Procure Wizard Procurement system for Accounts Payable and assist with daily Accounts Receivable tasks, including billing and debt chasing. You'll ensure the completion of the daily income audits, resolve discrepancies with hotel teams, and ensure payroll is processed accurately in collaboration with HR. Additionally, you'll maintain relationships with the BSC team, support ad hoc management accounting requests, and oversee team performance while identifying training needs.

Your focus will be on improving processes, solving complex problems, and ensuring a seamless onboarding experience for new colleagues. This role is currently dedicated solely to voco St David’s Cardiff, with exciting plans to expand its scope to include Hotel Indigo Gloucester, due to open at the end of 2025, evolving into a cluster position. Once this transition occurs, the role may involve travel to Gloucester, which could include overnight stays at our Gloucester property as part of the responsibilities.

To truly excel as our Finance Manager, you'll need a blend of expertise, passion, and a proactive mindset. An accounting qualification is preferred, along with relevant work experience in the field. In addition, we are looking for someone who…

• Has experience working in a team environment and ideally has had direct relationships with Head Office, Area, or Offshore Accounting functions within a similar organisation.
• Has a solid understanding of Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Income Audit, and Payroll is essential, particularly within a hospitality context.
• Demonstrated functional expertise and a strong grasp of relevant financial topics, along with a proven ability to take initiative and lead a team when necessary.
• Is an effective collaborator. Collaboration with other departments within the hotel is crucial, as is the ability to coach and support team members in their professional development.
• Proficiency in financial systems such as PeopleSoft, Opera/Micros, Procure Wizard. Having worked with Oracle is essential for this role.

Our Finance Manager enjoys a range of benefits including:

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities
• The voco St. David’s Colleague experience stay – a 1-night complimentary stay, with two course dinner & breakfast, at the hotel following a successful probation period
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Medical Benefits & Life Insurance
• Meals whilst on duty
• 31 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated)
• We provide every employee company sick pay and life insurance
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema

If you are someone who wants to join a company which favours laid-back but attentive connections with a focus on the environment, apply today to join our team as a Finance Manager!

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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