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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• Defining and applying controlling policies per corporate policy.
• 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

Qualifications / personal characteristics:

• Speaks and writes Greek and English fluently and has excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Min. 3 years of professional training gained up to property-based Financial Controller.
• Must have experience with brand-managed 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.
• Fully versed with Microsoft applications Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and can create/structure tabular spreadsheets.
• Hands-on 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 decision-making.
• Analytical skills and very well-organised.

EDUCATION

• BA in hotel management from a leading (inter) national hotel educational institute.
• Or qualified Charted Accountant (CA) or have a bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or a similar major

Benefits

• Very Competitive salary remuneration.
• Benefits & Bonuses.
• Career development in a fast-paced, growing work environment.
• Training opportunities.
• Daily meals during hotel operations.
• full year job.
• Friendly work environment.