Finance Business Partner - ABM Corte Rosada

Melia Hotels International S.A.(Meliá); Sassari; In loco; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading global hospitality group in Italy is looking for a Finance Business Partner to oversee financial analysis, budgeting, and operations optimization in their hotels. The role requires at least 3-5 years of experience in hospitality and a degree in Business Administration or Finance. Candidates should possess strong knowledge of financial regulations and hotel management. This position encourages collaboration across departments, aiming to enhance profitability and efficiency within the organization.

Competenze

• At least 3/5 years of experience in Hospitality or Hotellerie.
• Advanced English and Spanish will be a plus.
• Knowledge of hotel business management and specific requirements.

Mansioni

• Consolidate and analyse feedback from hotels about needs and opportunities.
• Analyse investment requests from business units and prepare Business Cases.
• Monitor payment collections, ensuring compliance with SLAs.

Conoscenze

PMS

SAP

Office Package

Accounting knowledge

Financial regulations knowledge

Budgeting knowledge

Formazione

University education in Business Administration, Finance and Accounting

Descrizione del lavoro

Finance Business Partner – ABM Corte Rosada

Area: Administration

Location: Sassari, IT

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REMEMBER: Before applying, you must inform your direct supervisor and/or Hotel Director, and your HR manager of your interest in participating in the internal selection process. Your line manager will not have the authority to authorize or halt your application, but must be properly informed.

Mission

Analyzes the P&L of the business units to optimise results and achieve objectives. Performs control functions within the business unit.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate and analyse feedback received from hotels in the area of responsibility about needs and opportunities.
• Advises the business, providing an overall vision to the different departments, supporting decision-making and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Analyses relevant information (financial or otherwise) from operational departments to maximise results.
• Proactively aims to improve profitability in the business unit, detecting synergies and maximising results.
• Ensures the correct opening or disaffiliation of business units from the perspective of Administration and Dry Storage functions.
• For new hotel openings, implements procedures, manages duties specified in the contract and controls the pre‑opening budget.

Budget and Accounts Close

• Prepares cost and revenue budgets following the guidelines received.
• Ensures compliance with the budget, detects causes of deviations, defines corrective measures and monitors them.
• Implements the local close of accounts and reviews the correct implementation of the centralised monthly closure process, ensuring that results reflect reality.
• Implements the forecasting and reforecasting process with the executive committee, analysing actual data evolution and future trends, developing scenarios.
• Analyses reasons for deviations and supports implementation of corrective actions in the business unit.

Control

• Applies Hotel Management and Accounting rules, processes and procedures.
• Safeguards supplier contracts, insurance policies and legal documents for the business unit.
• Assists with internal audits, defining action plans to resolve incidents reported.
• Assists in external audit processes.
• Supervises and ensures proper internal control.
• Receives a monthly copy of cash control reports for the hotel and reports on any relevant incident.
• Supervises and ensures optimisation of cost items that affect results of each hotel.
• Supervises warehouse management in the business unit.
• Directly supervises the team carrying out tasks that require a local presence, ensuring correct delivery of administration and dry storage services.

Investments

• Analyses investment requests from business units, preparing Business Cases to determine viability.
• Supervises progress of works with regard to their cost compared to budget.
• Monitors projects and investments made within business units to ensure commitments are met.

Corporate and Financial

• Is responsible for an entire country, prepares annual accounts for the companies and coordinates external audit process.
• In managed hotels or joint ventures, supports relationship and prepares reports for hotel owners.
• Assist in preparation and monitoring of the cash budget for business units under responsibility.
• Has joint power of account management together.

Transactional

• Monitors pending payment amount, service received and SLAs compliance in hotels that receive centralised Credit Management service from Hotel Services.
• Monitors payment collection process in other hotels, ensuring request for payment and collection within defined deadlines to reduce average collection period and avoid non‑payments.
• Monitors service received and compliance with SLAs in hotels that receive centralised service from MHS.
• Monitors processes and compliance with standards and provides constant training for the team under responsibility.
• Identifies and proposes improvements to optimise efficiency in their work and the work done by the administration team under responsibility.

Real Estate

• Handles required documentation for (sub)leasing and space leasing contracts, ensuring all documents are valid; deposits security deposits timely; invoices agreed leases, calculating variable rents, scaling such as CPI updates; follows up on non‑payment.

Requirements

• At least 3/5 years of experience in Hospitality or Hotellerie.
• University education in Business Administration, Finance and Accounting.
• Advanced English and Spanish will be a plus.
• Knowledge of hotel business management and specific requirements.
• Knowledge of projections, budgeting, financial results reporting.
• Knowledge of accounting and financial regulations.
• Management of economic and financial systems.
• Knowledge of hotel operations.
• Tool management: PMS, SAP, Office Package.

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