Group Financial Control

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Group Financial Controller – Hospitality to oversee financial control, reporting, accounting, compliance, and financial performance across a growing portfolio of hotels, hostels, resorts, restaurants, and F&B operations. This is a senior finance role responsible for maintaining strong financial controls, accounting standards, reporting accuracy, cash management, budgeting, forecasting, audit readiness, and financial governance across multiple properties and business units. The successful candidate will work closely with Group Finance, Property General Managers, Hotel Financial Controllers, Operations, Revenue Management, Procurement, HR, and senior leadership to ensure financial accuracy, transparency, compliance, and commercial performance across the group.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee financial control processes across multiple hotels, hostels, resorts, restaurants, and business units
• Establish and maintain effective financial policies, internal controls, accounting procedures, and approval processes
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities, and financial transactions
• Monitor compliance with Group finance policies, accounting standards, and local statutory requirements
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual group financial reporting and consolidation
• Review property-level P&L, balance sheets, cash flow statements, trial balances, and management accounts
• Coordinate the annual group budgeting and forecasting process and monitor budget performance
• Monitor financial performance across key hospitality revenue streams including Rooms, F&B, Events, Bars, Restaurants, and Ancillary Revenue
• Oversee group cash management, liquidity reporting, and working capital controls
• Coordinate internal and external financial audits across the group and ensure compliance with statutory, tax, accounting, and regulatory requirements

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent is highly desirable
• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive finance and accounting experience, preferably within hospitality
• Previous experience as Group Financial Controller, Financial Controller, Cluster Financial Controller, Director of Finance, Group Finance Manager, or senior hotel finance professional
• Strong experience managing finance across multiple hotels, hostels, resorts, restaurants, or F&B operations
• Proven experience in financial reporting, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, audit, and internal controls
• Strong knowledge of hospitality accounting and operational finance
• Experience with PMS, POS, ERP, accounting, and financial reporting systems
• Strong understanding of USALI / Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry is highly desirable
• Excellent analytical, financial, leadership, and problem-solving skills