Overview
This role involves serving as a Task Force Hotel Director of Finance or Hotel Controller, providing temporary management support during hotel management vacancies. The position requires frequent travel and working in fast-paced environments, supporting hotel operations during openings, management transitions, and property repositioning.
Responsibilities
- Foster a positive, energetic, and respectful work environment within the department
- Lead by example with professionalism, personal values, and vision
- Provide temporary management support to prevent disruptions in the department
- Actively assist and collaborate as a team player among staff
- Maintain effective system and control procedures according to policies and supervise external audit processes
- Manage all accounting functions, including purchasing and night audit staff
- Provide leadership to ensure accountability for financial and overall accounting department performance
- Ensure compliance with all financial practices and regulations
- Produce monthly financial statements, forecasts, cash flow statements, and other required hotel/corporate reports timely
- Manage the annual budgeting process, including final submissions with supporting documentation and justifications
- Collaborate with the leadership team to achieve hotel goals related to customer care, brand standards, and financial responsibility
- Ensure all revenue is properly accounted for, produce daily revenue reports, and coordinate with the night audit team as needed
Requirements
- Proficiency in hotel software such as M3, ProfitSword, Oracle, Workday, PVNG
- Willingness and ability to travel 100% of the time
- Minimum of 5 years of recent successful hotel experience
- Professional maturity to operate effectively in dynamic hotel environments
- Creative and innovative problem-solving skills
- Strong management skills with a proactive approach to hotel support
- Ability to adapt quickly and perform under high expectations
- Effective communication skills and ability to work under pressure
- Ability to meet deadlines and embrace ongoing change
- Excellent organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills
- Ambitious self-starter with a desire to learn
- Knowledge of hotel structure and interdepartmental interactions
- Eligibility to work in the United States
Compensation & Benefits
- Paid travel expenses, lodging, and food and beverage details will be discussed during the interview process
Location
- This is a 100% travel position requiring on-site presence for the duration of assignments, with trips home every two to three weeks