Job Description
Happiness Is Always at The Edge – Change and be Happy!
Are you ready to be at the cusp of change?
Waters Edge, with its prime of hospitality offering an unparalleled experience in cross-continental cuisine of a star class hotel with many other projects in its promising pipeline. Renowned for its high-class restaurants and immaculate venues, we at Waters Edge now invite applications from suitably qualified individuals for the below post to be a part of our dynamic team.
DIRECTOR FINANCE
Responsibilities
- Proactive, meticulous and able to work independently as well as in a team.
- Good influencing and interpersonal skills for stakeholder management.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and presentation skills, ability to work with tight deadlines and dealing with ambiguity.
- Preparing of Board Papers independently when requires for the Board Meetings.
- Create the annual operating budget for the property and provide analytical support during budget reviews to identify cost saving and productivity opportunities for department heads.
- Analyze ROI for capital projects prior to committing funds and, upon completion, determine if anticipated results were achieved.
- Maximize cash flow performance of the hotel through controls on inventory (avoid excessive supply), credit and collection, disbursements, deposits and remittances.
- Prepares monthly position of actual results against budget, analyze results and recommend to Senior Leadership team required to meet budget.
- Prepares outlooks for forthcoming months and forecasts for the remainder of the year.
- Assists and provides financial guidance in the formulation and implementation of Strategic Plan, Budget and KPI's.
- Use financial analysis, data trends and market information to anticipate needs, identify operating/ financial issues, and recommend actions to maximize financial return.
- Obtains appropriate legal counsel regarding the business practices of the hotel and maintains an awareness of local laws, rules and regulations.
- Evaluate existing internal control measures that apply to accounting procedures and computer systems as per Policies and Procedures.
- Implement and maintain acceptable accounting practices as required by company policy and procedures.
- Ensure financial control procedures and systems are ethical and legal.
- Employ adequate internal control procedures to ensure correct authorization for payment procedures.
- Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback and create performance and development goals - recognize good performance.
- Train your team to make sure they deliver with compliance, to our standards and have the tools they need to work efficiently.
- Identifies training needs, develops formal training plans and conducts training sessions for accounting and operational staff in coordination with other departments.
Qualifications and Experience
- Internationally recognized professional accountancy qualification (CA, CIMA, ACCA or CFA) Or 15 yrs experience in a top management position in the Finance division in a Government / Corporate / Mercantile Sector with bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration.
- At least 8-10 years of experience in a similar capacity and experience in the hospitality industry will be an added advantage.
- Familiarity with GoSL financial regulations/procurement guidelines.
- Communicate with Chairman and the top management and maintains good relations and attends liaison meetings / Board meetings when required.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines.
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Creativity and an eye for detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- High level of integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism.
If you have a passion for setting industry standards in hospitality, we invite you to join us on this journey.
This role is for immediate hire and applications will be closed within 7 days of this advertisement. Please e-mail your resume to [email protected]
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Waters Edge is an equal opportunity employer.
