Director of Finance

Who we are:

We love what we do and what we do is important! We believe that everyone should leave feeling better – this means not just our guests and owners, but also our teammates. Everyone should go home feeling better because they learned something new, or had fun working that day. Therefore, we hire unique individuals who work together to create amazing experiences for our guests.

We recognize that every member of the team contributes to the success of the whole organization. No one is more important than anyone else, and unless we are in it together, we can’t create that special experience for our guest.

Your mission:

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The Director of Finance is responsible for providing consistent leadership in the financial area of the hotel by supplying management with guidance and training. He/she is also responsible for focusing on the profitability of the business, maintaining accurate and timely financial reporting, ensuring acceptable levels on internal control, ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations, and safeguarding owners/investors assets.

The ideal candidate will be a team builder and coach, a cultural ambassador and adept at shifting between financial strategy and tactics. They will also naturally thrive in agile environments and have an innate passion for finding patterns that emerge from analytics. Most of all, we want you to have FUN since you play a huge role in creating that memorable guest experience towards your teammates, customers (external and internal), vendors, etc.!

What exactly you will be doing…

In helping you understand your role in working for a world class organization, the following is a list of your essential job responsibilities. Please keep in mind that this list is not all inclusive and that you may be asked to perform other job tasks by your supervisors/managers not listed below in the constant quest to provide “out of this world” customer service experience for our guests:

• Communication is a key ingredient to success in this position!
• Work collaboratively with the General Manager, Corporate Director of Finance and other Operational Leaders to determine opportunities to fine-tune processes that will drive both short-term and long-term profitability for the hotel.
• Analyze financial variances and operational trends as a result of this evaluation and ensure that financial statements are accurate and timely in conjunction with Virgin Hotels standards and procedures.
• Continually assess purchasing opportunities across the hotel to optimize spend.
• Build and maintain professional relationships and act as a strategic business partner to hotel ownership and/or Asset Manager.

• Compile, maintain and review financial reports for the property on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis, including but not limited to daily labor and revenue reporting, checkbooks, monthly financial operating statements, cash flow reports, monthly and weekly forecasts, balance sheet reconciliations and capital budget expenditures.
• Support, train and coach on-site accounting teams to ensure accurate and timely preparation of financial statements, accounts reconciliations, forecast and budgets in compliance with HMA obligations.
• Alert the Corporate Director of Finance and/or VP, Finance Operations, as deemed necessary on significant variances from budget, forecast and internal control standards.
• Partner with the General Manager and Property Leadership Team to ensure forecasting processes are optimized and that the property is achieving forecasting accuracy targets and optimal flow through.
• Proactively compile and understand cash flow forecasts to ensure compliance with debt and lease requirements, sales & use tax payments, real estate tax and other obligations as well as monitor working capital positions daily.
• Ensure hotels’ compliance on all regulatory licenses and permits, leases, contracts, legal agreements, and the proper execution of all operational taxes. Provide assistance to management in enforcing compliance on all these items.
• Lead/participate in onboarding and training for new managers at the hotel.
• Develop and monitor…