Director of Finance

Job Summary

The Director of Finance is responsible for managing all financial operations of the hotel, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance. This role ensures the accuracy of financial data, supports strategic decision-making, and maintains fiscal discipline across all departments. Works with Hotel Management to facilitate achievement of hotel budget objectives for total sales, profitability and return on investment, while maintaining company standards.  

Essential Job Functions

• Oversee daily accounting operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger.
• Develop and maintain sound purchasing and receiving procedures that ensure goods and services ordered are properly approved and that payments made to vendors are only for products or services received. 
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and reports.
• Monitor cash flow and manage working capital.
• Manage payroll.
• Prepare and manage all financial reports involving the union.
• Lead the annual budgeting process and monthly forecasting.
• Analyze financial performance and provide insights to improve profitability.
• Collaborate with department heads to ensure budget adherence.
• Administer all tax filing, payroll, and government reporting procedures to ensure accurate, timely information is provided in compliance with laws and regulations. 
• Maintain and improve internal control systems to safeguard assets.
• Coordinate internal and external audits.
• Provide financial analysis to support business decisions and hotel operations.
• Participate in strategic planning and capital expenditure reviews.
• Advise management on cost-saving opportunities and financial risks.
• Assist management in achieving the Hotel’s goals and guest satisfaction. 
• Seek, identify, and implement throughout the hotel, best practices that will serve to enhance revenue, guest service and improve cost and productivity efficiencies.
• Complete all duties and other responsibilities as assigned by General Manager or Corporate Director of Finance.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• A degree/diploma in accounting/finance along with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant accounting experience in the hotel industry along with three (3) years of supervisory experience.
• Exceptionally well-organized, able to adapt quickly to competing and changing priorities while closely monitoring critical dates and departmental obligations. 
• Must have strong skills in planning, demonstrated ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment and problem solving
• Must possess impeccable integrity and ethics; trustworthy and discrete.
• Must have excellent business communication skills both verbal and written. Strong time management skills needed.  
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, and hotel systems (e.g., Opera, Micros, Delphi). 
• Proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of local, regional, provincial and federal laws and regulations (including tax regulations).
• Experience implementing and maintaining effective purchasing processes.
• Experience with budget and forecasting processes; cost control.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, including budgeting and forecasting. Strong knowledge in Account Reconciliation, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll Processes, etc.

Physical Requirements

• Office-based role within a hotel environment. 
• May require occasional weekend or holiday work during month-end, audits or budgeting periods.
• Lifting up to 25 pounds maximum.
• Occasional twisting, bending, stooping, reaching, standing, walking.

Frequent talking, hearing, seeing and smiling.