Director of Finance

WE ARE BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION HOSPITALITY BRAND

Our mission is to design experiential places for individual wellbeing and corporate culture optimization.

Our purpose is to make city breaks and workations less apologetic, more purposeful, and tuned to the self.

Modern properties and offbeat places immersing guests within local experiences. A combination of public and private spaces flexing between community and quiet reflection. Hospitality transcending the whole and delivering a sense of self. A service geared to and placing emphasis on our guests’ and employees’ emotional intelligence.

It is all about the brand experience, the brand story, and the location; It is focused on the hotel, its design and art curation, its experiences, and cultural programming.

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Job title: Director of Finance

Reports directly to: General Manager

Direct Reports: Accounting Department

Overall Job Purpose

• Functions as the property’s strategic financial business leader.
• The position champions, develops, and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target customer and property employees.
• The position provides the financial expertise to enable the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and hotel initiatives while maximizing the return on investment.
• Creates and executes a business plan aligned with the property and brand’s business strategy, focusing on financial activities and desirable financial results.

Competencies

• Action-oriented with a drive for results
• Analytical Skills
• Strong math skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem solver
• Positive approach
• ERP Software and Opera experience

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Fluent in both Italian and English
• Strong understanding of finance and accounting
• Internationally experienced
• Affinity with a more refined lifestyle

Candidate profile

Education and Experience

Minimum 4-year experience in a similar role in a comparable property with sizeable rooms and meeting spaces.

Preferred

• Has demonstrated the ability to always work on behalf of Guests
• Has demonstrated the ability to work with other Team Members
• Successful track record of working in a collaborative/matrixed environment
• Ability to evaluate and identify business opportunities for a business

Principal Accountabilities

Engaging in Strategic Planning and Decision Making

• Develop means to improve profit, including estimating costs and benefits, exploring new business opportunities, etc.
• Analyze information, forecast sales against expenses, and create annual budget plans.
• Compile information, analyze, and monitor actual sales against projected sales.
• Analyze differences between actual budget wages and forecasted wages for more efficient budget planning.
• Identify the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down data into parts.
• Think creatively and practically to develop, execute, and implement new business plans
• Create the annual operating budget for the property.
• Provide analytical support during budget reviews to identify cost-saving and productivity opportunities for property managers.
• Implement systems of controls to manage business risks.
• Ensure a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard assets, improve operations, and profitability.
• Analyze financial data and market trends.
• Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive annual business plan aligned with the company’s and brand’s strategic direction.
• Provide ongoing analytical support by monitoring the operating department’s actual and projected sales.
• Produce accurate forecasts to enable operations to react to changes in the business.