Strategic Financial Controller – Hotels (Dublin)

JMK Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Holiday Inn Express Dublin City Centre is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to lead the hotel's finance function, working with the General Manager and Group Finance to drive performance and ensure robust controls.

The ideal candidate brings hospitality finance experience, accounting qualifications, strong reporting and budgeting skills, and a proactive, commercially minded approach to support profitability.

Qualifications

• Experience as Financial Controller or Finance Manager in hospitality.
• Accounting qualification or strong equivalent experience.
• Excellent reporting, budgeting and analytical abilities.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to turn data into insights.
• Organised, detail-oriented and deadline-driven.
• Proactive, solutions-focused and effective communicator.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day financial operations of the hotel.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, financial reports and forecasts.
• Lead the annual budgeting process and monitor performance against targets.
• Analyze revenue, costs, profitability and key hotel KPIs.
• Manage cash flow, reconciliations, A/P and A/R.
• Ensure strong financial controls, compliance and policies.
• Support payroll accuracy, labour cost management and departmental cost controls.
• Partner with the General Manager and department heads to identify opportunities.
• Collaborate with the wider JMK Group Finance Team.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Communication

Education

Accounting qualification

Job description

Holiday Inn Express Dublin City Centre is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to lead the hotel's finance function, working with the General Manager and Group Finance to drive performance and ensure robust controls.

The ideal candidate brings hospitality finance experience, accounting qualifications, strong reporting and budgeting skills, and a proactive, commercially minded approach to support profitability.