ASSISTANT FINANCE CONTROLLER

Are you a finance professional with experience managing multi-venue operations in hospitality, leisure, or recreation? This is your chance to join a leading Dubai-based hospitality group, overseeing financial management for multisite entities, including managed properties.

Specific responsibilities include:

Finance

• Liaison with the Finance managers at CLIENT to ensure timely closing of books of account.

• Managing day to day operations of finance-Accounts payable & Receivables

• Ensuring monthly review of schedules & preparing variance analysis.

• Attending Business review meetings with owners

• Manage cash flow planning, preparation of cash flow and ensure availability of funds as needed

• Coordinating with Banks for daily operational requirement and managing relationships

• Preparation of financials as per timelines.
• Preparation of VAT returns as per tax laws.

• Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analysis to provide insight into the organizations operations.

• Coordinate financial reporting requirements of CLIENT(including managed properties) and wasl.

• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of financial and management reporting.

Budgeting & Planning, Policy, and Investor Relations

• Coordinate and assist in preparation, development and monitoring of Budgets.

• Responsible for driving the Budgeting process through financial manager and consolidating the budget.

• Analyzing key performance indicators, monthly operating results and report significant trends to operational management.

• Conducting P&L review meetings with club managers, department heads along with finance managers.

• Participate in corporate policy development as a member of the management team.

• Remain up to date on audit best practices and IAS laws.

Accounting and Administration

• To ensure proper maintenance of all accounting systems.

• Contribute to maintenance of appropriate internal controls and financial procedures.

• Oversee the preparation and communication of monthly and annual financial statements.

• Coordinate audits, both internal and external.

• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions.

• Finance organization chart to be constantly reviewed and updated.

Quality Responsibilities:

• Aware of CLIENT Mission, Vision and Values. Will be responsible to apply the 4 Service Steps throughout serving internal and external customers.

Requirements:

• Chartered Accountant/MBA Finance or eqv.
• Good leader and Team player
• 7-10 years experience in a similar position.
• Experience in hospitality industry is a must
• Ability to work long hours and under pressure and pre-empt potential problems.
• Computer Literate MS Office/ Word / Excel / Power Point.
• Problem solver
• Excellent knowledge in accounting packages-Working knowledge in SAP is preferred.
• Self motivated
• Customer oriented person who is able to interact with all nationalities and levels.
• Excellent supervision skills.