Cluster Finance Controller - Sardinia, Italy

Belmond; Porto Cervo; In loco; EUR 110.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Permanent contract

Bonus

Accommodation

Company car

Descrizione del lavoro

A luxury hotel group is looking for an experienced Cluster Finance Controller to oversee financial operations across two ultra-luxury resorts in Sardinia. Responsibilities include managing financial controls, reporting, budgeting, and advising General Managers on financial matters. The ideal candidate will have experience in luxury hotels, strong leadership skills, and fluency in English and Italian. This position offers a permanent contract, bonus, accommodation, and a company car.

Competenze

• Proven experience as Director of Finance / Financial Controller in luxury or ultra-luxury hotels or resorts.
• Solid leadership skills with a commercial mindset and hands-on approach.
• Strong cluster/multi-property exposure preferred.
• Fluent in English and Italian

Mansioni

• Oversee all sales, purchasing, salaries, and expenses.
• Implement and review financial policies.
• Produce monthly financial reporting under GAAP.
• Monitor budgets and report major deviations.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning.
• Monitor budgets and report variances.
• Partner with two General Managers to implement controls.
• Advise GMs and finance teams on financial matters.

Conoscenze

Leadership skills

Commercial mindset

Financial analysis

Team management

Fluency in English

Fluency in Italian

Descrizione del lavoro

We're Hiring | Cluster Finance Controller

An exceptional career opportunity for a senior hospitality finance leader to join two ultra-luxury resort hotels in Sardinia in a cluster leadership role.

We are seeking a strategic, commercially minded Cluster Finance Controller to lead financial operations, controls, and business performance across two flagship luxury properties.

Primary Responsibilities

Financial Control

• Overseeing all sales, purchasing, salaries and expenses
• Implementing and reviewing financial policies
• Audit compliance including actioning recommendations and liaising with internal stakeholders

Financial Reporting

• Production of monthly financial reporting GAAP
• Overseeing budgeting & forecasting process and long term planning
• Monthly and annual reporting

Financial Performance

• Responsible for monitoring budgets and for reporting major deviations of over-expenditure, under-budgeting or non-compliance to the approved budget
• Business partner with two General Managers implementing controls, solutions, and action plans
• Assist the General Managers in establishing local policies, rules, internal controls and safeguards that ensure profitability and control of operations
• Advise and provide counsel to the General Managers, HODs and finance teams on all financial matters

Treasury & Tax

• Treasury management, cash planning, reviewing the cash position in order to optimize the use of funds and minimize the volume of cash being held in the business
• Review all changes of tax laws and accounting policies, assess their implications on the business and ensure the finance team implements appropriate changes

Other

• Support the financial function of any opening of new products
• Assist with the accounting related to any hotel or other asset sales, product closure and ownership changes
• Together with the General Managers, manage the relations with third party, owners and/or partners
• Facilitate the best communication and reporting between the Belmond regional office in Milan and the Cheval Blanc corporate offices in Paris
• Communicate relevant information to the Divisional Financial Controllers and the General Managers

Requirements

• Proven experience as Director of Finance / Financial Controller in luxury or ultra-luxury hotels or resorts
• Strong cluster / multi-property exposure preferred
• Solid leadership skills with commercial mindset and hands‑on approach
• Fluent in English and Italian

Benefits

• Permanent contract according to C.C.N.L. Settore Turismo (Confindustria)
• Bonus
• Accommodation
• Company car