Director of Finance, Operations Support

Overview

This role provides hands-on financial leadership and continuity across properties during leadership transitions, openings, conversions, operational challenges, and other special assignments. Work is primarily remote with significant travel to properties as business needs require. Between assignments, remote support is provided to Finance Operations and properties across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior property finance leader during task force assignments, establishing immediate priorities and maintaining continuity across accounting and finance.
• Lead month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring timely, accurate financial statements and complete, well-supported balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Review balance-sheet accounts, identify aging or unsupported items, develop practical remediation plans, and work with property and corporate teams to resolve issues promptly.
• Oversee core hotel accounting activities, including:
  • General ledger
  • Accounts payable
  • Accounts receivable
  • Income audit
  • Payroll coordination
  • Purchasing
  • Cash management
  • Credit
  • Banking controls
• Evaluate the control environment and accounting processes; implement sustainable improvements aligned with company policies, management agreements, accounting standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and review budgets, forecasts, cash-flow projections, variance analyses, and other financial reporting supporting property performance and decision-making.
• Partner with the General Manager, Executive Committee, department leaders, and corporate Finance to analyze financial results, labor, operating expenses, working capital, and opportunities to improve profitability and flow-through.
• Support owner reporting, internal and external audits, tax and licensing requirements, capital planning, and other property or corporate requests.
• Build clear, repeatable processes and documentation; identify opportunities to simplify work, improve accuracy, reduce risk, and strengthen accountability.
• Lead, coach, and develop property Finance team members; clarify roles and expectations; provide training and knowledge transfer.
• Support onboarding and transition to permanent Finance leadership, including a disciplined handoff of open items, risks, deadlines, processes, and stakeholder commitments.
• When not assigned on property, support portfolio balance-sheet reviews, reconciliations, cash-flow reviews, pre-opening budgets, process-improvement initiatives, and other Finance Operations projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Five or more years of progressive hotel or hospitality finance and accounting experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Strong command of accounting fundamentals, USALI 12th Edition, financial reporting, month-end close, balance-sheet reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, and internal controls.
• Demonstrated ability to assess unfamiliar operations quickly, establish priorities, solve problems, and deliver accurate work in fast-moving environments.
• Experience leading and developing property Finance teams and partnering effectively with General Managers, department leaders, owners, auditors, and corporate stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of hotel financial and operational systems, including general-ledger, reporting, property-management, point-of-sale, purchasing, payroll, and accounts-payable platforms.
• Strong process orientation, analytical judgment, attention to detail, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently from a productive home-office environment and travel regularly, including extended on-property assignments, as business needs require.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Director of Finance, Assistant Director of Finance, Controller, or comparable senior hotel finance leader.
• Luxury, lifestyle, resort, multi-property, opening, transition, conversion, or task force experience.
• CPA, CMA, CHAE, or another relevant professional certification.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation: USD 180000 - USD 200000 - yearly
• Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits; 401k employer match; employer-paid life insurance; employee assistance program; and a team member hotel stay program.

Location

Remote position with significant travel to properties. Assignment timing, duration, and location will vary based on business needs and may include extended periods working on property.