Task Force Director of Finance

We are looking for a Task Force Director of Finance to join our Finance team at The Hoxton, Downtown LA.  We are an ambitious company in need of someone who will take on the crucial role of supporting the success of our dynamic property and to ensure that we meet compliance and regulatory standards, monitor and manage accounts, and create a best in class finance function in this exciting period. The role is be based within the property, and works directly with our North America VP of Finance.

What you’ll do….

• You will be an integral part of working with the hotel team and central office to ensure all processes, systems and reporting are in place to effectively manage the hotel

• Play a crucial role in making sure our hotel runs efficiently without compromising our overall goal of providing a fantastic guest experience

• Responsible for a local finance team that has full responsibility for the hotel function and co-ordinating with centralised payroll you will oversee the financial day-to-day for the hotel, including managing site revenue (and any variances), overseeing the sales ledger, ensuring payments are made and received as expected

• Be a specialist partner to the teams, their go-to for advice that helps them meet their goals and raise commercial and financial awareness across the hotels

• Make sure all our financial processes run smoothly, keeping an eye on how we can improve ways of working

• Manage monthly reporting, taking on our month-end process that incorporates P&Ls, Balance sheet and cashflow

• Manage, coach and develop your team to be a best in class finance team

• Support operations in building accurate and timely budgets and forecasts

• Reconcile tax and process filing & payments to relevant federal, state and city bodies

• Ensuring the external audit is competed on a timely basis and all information requested in presented in a timely manner

• Work with third party vendors as it relates to day to day revenues and forecasting

• Support in projects that will be implemented across the group

What we’re looking for…

• 5-7 years hotel finance experience

• Technical skill, with a strong understanding of compliance requirements, best practice hotel and restaurant operations, finance function set up and standard systems (PMS systems, reservations systems etc.)

• A strong grasp of local statutory compliance requirements

• Recent experience of working in a self-accounting hotel. There is a preference for prior experience of reporting into a central office, but the candidate  should  also  show  that the initiative and capability to manage a team independent of central oversight  when required.

• A balance between a methodical and process-driven approach and flexibility and creativity when it comes to meeting deadlines and finding solutions
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