Task Force Finance Director – Luxury Hospitality

Auberge Resorts LLC; Bethesda (MD); À distance; USD 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) employer match

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Team member hotel stay program

Résumé du poste

Auberge Collection seeks a Task Force Director of Finance to provide hands-on financial leadership across properties during leadership transitions, openings, and operational challenges. The role travels between assignments and to properties as needed, delivering accurate reporting and strong balance-sheet management.

Lead the accounting function, implement improvements, and partner with property and corporate leaders to drive profitability and disciplined financial planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Five or more years of progressive hotel or hospitality finance and accounting experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Strong command of accounting fundamentals, USALI 12th Edition, financial reporting, month‑end close, balance‑sheet reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and internal controls.
• CPA, CMA, CHAE, or another relevant professional certification is preferred.
• Experience leading and developing property Finance teams and partnering effectively with General Managers, department leaders, owners, auditors, and corporate stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Serve as the senior property finance leader during task force assignments, establishing immediate priorities and maintaining continuity across the accounting and finance function.
• Lead month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring timely, accurate financial statements and complete, well-supported balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Review balance-sheet accounts, identify aging or unsupported items, develop practical remediation plans, and work with property and corporate teams to resolve issues promptly.
• Oversee core hotel accounting activities, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, income audit, payroll coordination, purchasing, cash management, credit, and banking controls.
• Evaluate the property’s control environment and accounting processes; implement sustainable improvements.
• Prepare and review budgets, forecasts, cash-flow projections, variance analyses, and other financial reporting.
• Partner with the General Manager, Executive Committee, department leaders, and corporate Finance to analyze financial results, labor, operating expenses, working capital, and opportunities to improve profitability.
• Support owner reporting, internal and external audits, tax and licensing requirements, capital planning, and other property or corporate requests.
• Build clear, repeatable processes and documentation; identify opportunities to simplify work, improve accuracy, reduce risk, and strengthen accountability.
• Lead, coach, and develop property Finance team members, clarify roles and expectations, and provide effective training and knowledge transfer.
• Support onboarding and transition to permanent Finance leadership, including a disciplined handoff of open items, risks, deadlines, processes, and stakeholder commitments.
• When not assigned on property, support portfolio balance‑sheet reviews, reconciliations, cash‑flow reviews, pre‑opening budgets, process‑improvement initiatives, and other Finance Operations projects.

Connaissances

Accounting basics

USALI knowledge

Financial reporting

Month-end close

Balance-sheet reconciliations

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash management

Internal controls

Leadership

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration/Hospitality

Description du poste

Auberge Collection seeks a Task Force Director of Finance to provide hands-on financial leadership across properties during leadership transitions, openings, and operational challenges. The role travels between assignments and to properties as needed, delivering accurate reporting and strong balance-sheet management.

Lead the accounting function, implement improvements, and partner with property and corporate leaders to drive profitability and disciplined financial planning.