Director of Finance - Hilton

HiltonThis role aims to be recognized as a trusted advisor to the business. This role attracts and retains best-in-class finance professionals, develops their finance team and enables them to Thrive. The role communicates with impact to all stakeholders, ensures a robust control and compliance environment. The role partners with our business to maximize profit for our shareholders and owners and innovates to deliver an industry leading efficient finance organization.
 
What will I be doing?

The Director of Finance is accountable for the hotel in respect of understanding and driving financial performance and is responsible to perform all finance activities within the policy, regulatory and contractual framework.

The role will business partner with the General Manager and has accountability for developing excellent working relationships across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including within Hotel Finance, Commercial, IT, Procurement, Human Resources, Operations, Shared Service Centers (where applicable), Owners and Assett Managers as well as Regional Operations Finance. The Director of Finance works closely with all Business Partners to develop best-in-class hotel Finance teams, including participation in all relevant Finance development programs.

What are we looking for?

• Previous Hospitality industry experience
• Strong communication and negotiation skills (all levels of management and external customers)
• Financial and operational analytical skills (operational analysis)
• Knowledge of departmental and hotel operations
• Ability to exercise judgment in evaluating situations and in making sound decisions
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data
• Leadership and organizational skills (team orientated, flexible, adaptable)
• Ability to analyze large volume of complex financial information from many sources and create reports, forecasts projections
• Proficiency in MS Office suite applications (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)                                                                                                                                   • Strategic thinker with the ability to formulate effective goals, objectives and priorities with a long term perspective

Additional Preferences:
University degree in Accounting or Finance / Accounting certification