Finance Director: Strategic Growth & Compliance Leader

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Çankaya; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

InterContinental Grand Ankara is seeking a strategic Finance Director to lead the Finance Department, ensuring accurate, compliant financial operations and timely reporting.

You will partner with the General Manager and Executive Committee to drive profitability, implement robust control frameworks, and oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and statutory compliance across the hotel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all day-to-day activities of the Finance Department, ensuring efficient, accurate, and compliant financial operations.
• Prepare and deliver monthly financial statements, management reports, budgets, forecasts, and business plans within established deadlines.
• Analyse financial performance, identify trends and variances, and provide commercial recommendations to improve profitability and operational results.
• Partner closely with the General Manager and Executive Committee by providing financial insight to support strategic planning and business decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with IHG policies, IFRS where applicable, Turkish tax legislation, statutory reporting requirements, and internal control standards.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and continuously improve financial control procedures covering purchasing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, cash management, inventory, and fixed assets.
• Manage month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring timely reconciliations and accurate financial reporting.
• Oversee cash flow, treasury functions, banking relationships, working capital, and liquidity management.
• Ensure all tax declarations, statutory filings, licences, insurance requirements, and regulatory obligations are completed accurately and on time.
• Review and approve financial transactions, journal entries, reconciliations, payroll submissions, purchase orders, and cash transfers within delegated authority.
• Oversee billing, invoicing, collections, and credit management to ensure effective administration of accounts receivable.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities while driving cost efficiencies, process improvements, and sound financial governance.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and maintain effective relationships with auditors, banks, government authorities, and business partners.
• Actively contribute as a member of the Executive Committee, supporting the achievement of the hotel’s strategic, financial, and operational objectives.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing Finance team while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and talent development.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

MS Excel

PeopleSoft

Opera PMS

Hyperion

Delphi

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related

CPA/ACCA/CMA or equivalent

Tools

PeopleSoft

Opera PMS

SUN Systems

Hyperion

Delphi

Micros

Job description

InterContinental Grand Ankara is seeking a strategic Finance Director to lead the Finance Department, ensuring accurate, compliant financial operations and timely reporting.

You will partner with the General Manager and Executive Committee to drive profitability, implement robust control frameworks, and oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and statutory compliance across the hotel.