Hotel Financial Controller - Berlin, Deutschland - e-JOBSAPP

Beschreibung

Attention:
MUST SPEAK & WRITE GREEK The location of employment is either Crete or Santorini.


A well-known and reputable humane-centric hotel management and owning company in Greece, operating 5 luxury resorts in Crete and Santorini, plans regional expansion as a 3

rd party hotel management company.
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We are looking for

Hotel Financial Controllers

(presently, three hotels in Crete and Santorini, each 5-star)

who will be part of the three hotel Performance Management teams,

reporting to the GM per hotel.

This career opportunity is ideal for Greek-speaking hotel financial experts who are now working abroad with brand-managed hotels as an expatriate and are looking to return home to reunite with family, seeking a long-term career that allows for life-work balance while enjoying excellent salary and benefits.

Those who excel in their work and decide to make Crete and/or Santorini their home base can, in the future, further develop their career with the newly formed hotel management company.

We are seeking three Hotel Financial Controllers for a hotel management company operating hotels on Crete and Santorini in Greece.

This position is to be employed on the property and responsible for a single property. This is not a home-based, remote, or headquarter-based position. The reporting line is to the Cluster Financial Controller and/or the CFO.

Location of employment:
Either Crete or Santorini, Greece.

DUTIES & OBLIGATIONS

• Responsible for supporting and liaising with the hotel General Managers in meeting the organisation's strategic goals.
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and operating results.
• Responsible for verifying all financial reports and ensuring that all transactions are accurate and in compliance with local government regulations.
• Responsible for liaising with the hotel owners and COO of the organisation.
• Able to prepare and submit management reports on time and ensure delivery deadlines.
• Able to effectively implement all accounting policies and procedures.
• Able to ensure a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard hotel assets.
• Able to assist proactively with cost control requirements.
• Able to assist with revenue enhancement possibilities.
• Able to assist with profit improvement opportunities for hotel operations.
• Able to develop specific goals and plans to prioritise, organise, and accomplish the work.
• Assists in the building of an efficient and professional team of employees within the Finance and Accounting Department.
• Monitors all local tax compliance that applies and ensures that taxes are charged correctly and collected.
• File the local tax with the concerned authority on a monthly/regular basis.
• Monitor and improve the hotel's operation costs and profitability and manage business risks.
• Ensures profits and losses are documented accurately.
• Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
• Achieves and exceeds goals, including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
• Oversees internal, external, and regulatory audit processes.
• Conduct regular weekly finance department meetings.
• Celebrates successes by publicly recognising the contributions of team members.
• Provides excellent leadership by differentiating top performers, fostering teamwork, and encouraging work/life balance.
• Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees.
• Ensures employees establish and maintain open, collaborative relationships within their team.
• Participates in the employee performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed.
• Responsible for ensuring disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to the hotel's standards.
• Suggests improvements in finance and controlling.
• Follows professional literature and proposes and implements business policy within the scope of Financial Controlling activities.
• Leads and participates in projects.
• Actively takes care of the training, knowledge exchange, and knowledge transfer to associates.
• Any other tasks as and when required by the management.

Requirements:

MIN. REQUIREMENTS

• Speaks and writes Greek and English fluently and has excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Min. 3 years of professional training gained up to propertybased Financial Controller.
• Must have experience with brandmanaged hotels (not franchised nor independent hotels) with brands such as Marriott, Hilton, IHG, and Accor, in financial controlling.
• USALI trained, ideally by its 11th version.
• Handson experience in F&B and/or night auditor and income auditor.
• Ideally, working knowledge of back offices or accounting systems like Sun, SAP, and Fairmas.
• Ideally, knowledge of Hotel Software or Property Management Systems like FIDELIO, OPERA, Protel, etc...
• Excellent financial/business decisionmaking.
• Analytical skills and very wellorganised.