Complex Director of Finance

reitmr; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonesta International Hotels is seeking an Area Director of Finance to oversee financial operations across multiple properties in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

The role partners with hotel leadership, ownership groups, and corporate stakeholders to drive profitability, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Hospitality Management, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive hospitality finance or multi-property financial leadership experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of hospitality accounting, forecasting, budgeting, and labor management.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial operations across multiple hotels including accounting oversight, budgeting, forecasting, and audit compliance.
• Partner with General Managers and ownership groups to drive portfolio performance and financial accountability.
• Review monthly financial statements, forecasts, variance reporting, KPIs, and labor metrics across hotels.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, labor planning, expense management, and financial decision-making initiatives.

Skills

Financial leadership

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business/Hospitality Management

Tools

Excel

PMS platforms

BI tools

Job description

We’re People People. Are you?

We’re Sonesta International Hotels-the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. (and growing fast ).

With a dynamic mix of full-service and focused hotels across major cities, our diverse portfolio of owned, managed, and franchised properties means we’re everywhere our guests need us to be.

But here’s the thing-we’re not just in the business of hotels, we’re in the business of people. We bring service with passion, loyalty with purpose, and create experiences that genuinely connect-delivering quality, value, and memorable stays across 1,000+ properties in eight countries (and counting).

What this role is all about

Strong financial leadership helps drive operational excellence, portfolio performance, and long-term business growth. As the Area Director of Finance, you’ll oversee financial operations across multiple hotels within a region or portfolio while serving as a strategic business partner to hotel leadership teams, ownership groups, and corporate stakeholders.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced hospitality environment and enjoys balancing strategic finance leadership, operational partnership, portfolio analysis, compliance, forecasting, and team development. You’ll support multi-property financial performance across accounting, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, audit compliance, labor management, and operational strategy while helping maximize profitability and business performance across the market.

If you’re analytical, collaborative, and passionate about hospitality finance leadership - we’d love to meet you.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead financial operations across multiple hotels including accounting oversight, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, audit compliance, labor analysis, and operational finance strategy.
• Partner closely with General Managers, Area leadership, Operations teams, and ownership groups to drive portfolio performance, profitability, and financial accountability.
• Review and analyze monthly financial statements, forecasts, variance reporting, operational KPIs, labor metrics, and business performance trends across assigned hotels.
• Support hotel leadership teams with budgeting, forecasting, labor planning, expense management, and financial decision-making initiatives.
• Monitor portfolio-wide revenue performance, operational expenses, purchasing controls, inventory management, and departmental profitability opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, audit requirements, ownership reporting, tax regulations, and company financial policies.
• Lead financial audits, balance sheet reviews, reconciliations, cash controls, operational reporting, and risk management initiatives across assigned properties.
• Coach, mentor, and support Directors of Finance, Controllers, and hotel accounting teams to strengthen financial performance and operational partnership.
• Partner closely with Revenue Management, Sales, Human Resources, and Operations teams to align financial strategies with hotel business objectives.
• Support hotel transitions, acquisitions, openings, renovations, capital planning, ownership presentations, and portfolio growth initiatives as needed.
• Maintain strong knowledge of hospitality accounting systems, PMS platforms, procurement systems, financial reporting tools, and hotel operational technology.
• Travel regularly between properties to conduct operational reviews, financial audits, leadership meetings, and strategic planning sessions.
• Help foster a collaborative, analytical, and business-focused culture aligned with Sonesta’s People People philosophy.
• Any other duties as assigned.

What great looks like

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Hospitality Management, or related field required.
• 7+ years of progressive hospitality finance, accounting, hotel operations finance, or multi-property financial leadership experience preferred.
• Previous Area Director of Finance, Regional Finance Leader, Director of Finance, Hotel Controller, or multi-property hospitality finance leadership experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of hospitality accounting, hotel financial operations, forecasting, budgeting, labor management, payroll oversight, and operational finance strategy.
• Experience managing multi-property financial reporting, audits, balance sheets, reconciliations, cash controls, and compliance initiatives preferred.
• Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, organizational, and strategic planning skills.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to partner operationally across multiple hotels and leadership teams.
• Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced hospitality environment with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience using hotel accounting systems, PMS platforms, Excel, business intelligence tools, and hospitality financial reporting systems preferred.
• CPA, MBA, CHAE certification, o