Director of Finance AEMEA / New Hotel Openings – Raffles and Fairmont
Accor · Dubai
Company Description
- Raffles Hotels & Resorts
- Raffles, at distinguished landmark addresses around the world, is the vibrant heart of its destination, curating experiences that are culturally enriching, intellectually stimulating and always respectful of local communities, heritage and the environment. Its timeless elegance, refined manners and spirit of generosity ensure that every visitor arrives as a guest, leaves as a friend and returns as family.
- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
- Join a dynamic team and be part of a network of 90 spectacular properties, and 34 more in the pipeline, in 30 countries around the globe, stretching from the beaches of Hawaii, to the unspoiled national parks of Canada, to the heart of London, to the deserts of the United Arab Emirates.
To join our Group, please visit https://careers.accor.com
Job Description
- Provide day-to-day finance support and guidance to hotel Directors of Finance in response to business and corporate requirements.
- Act as a subject-matter expert on hotel finance processes, systems and USALI, including Sun and Opera.
- Provide flexible on-site support across the region based on hotel, business and corporate priorities.
- Support new hotel openings, takeovers and integrations, ensuring finance readiness and effective transition.
- Oversee the quality and accuracy of hotel budgeting, forecasting, accrual and reporting processes.
- Drive consistent onboarding of hotel Finance Directors/Managers through structured tools, SOPs and training.
- Provide interim finance leadership and support during periods of hotel Finance Director absence.
- Deliver targeted individual and group training on financial, operational and reporting topics.
- Review hotel financial performance, challenge key assumptions and identify actions to improve results.
- Support hotel Finance Directors in reviewing Management and Hotel Agreements and related financial obligations.
- Support the implementation and closure of Internal Audit remediation actions.
- Contribute to regional and global finance projects and the rollout of Raffles, Fairmont and Accor policies and procedures.
- Lead consistent trading reviews using KPIs, benchmarking and robust challenge to improve the quality and accuracy of budgets and forecasts.
- Prepare regional financial analysis, reporting and presentations, and respond to ad-hoc business requests.
- Monitor compliance with Management Agreements and the control environment, while coaching hotel finance teams and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
- Monitor hotel and Accor receivables, ensuring timely collection, appropriate escalation and follow-up of delinquent balances.
- pressure while managing multiple priorities.
- Strong analytical and numerical capability, with sound understanding of financial valuation/ business performance.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
- Knowledge of BI platforms such as Tableau/Power BI.
- Fluent English; French and/or Arabic language skills are desirable.
- Strong interpersonal, influencing & negotiation skills.
- Proven problem-solving and decision-making capability.
- Willingness and ability to travel across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
- Experience supporting new hotel openings is desirable.
Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of relevant business experience, including team leadership.
- Significant experience as a hotel Finance Director / Area Finance Director in an international hospitality environment.
- Proven project management experience within a matrix organisation and across multiple business units.
- Experience working within an international or global organisation.
- Strong knowledge of the leisure and hospitality industry, hotel operations and corporate finance.
- Strong financial, analytical and commercial acumen.
- Qualifications: Degree Qualified or equivalent in Economics, Accounting/Business or MBA.
Additional Information
Your team and working environment:
We Are Heartists
Our buildings are grand and our people exceptional. Our architecture gives us presence, but we are the heart and soul
We Are Home To Events That Matter.
We contribute to the collective vibrancy of our destinations and are part of their enduring spirit. We share a passion for culture with our guests, and we’re honored to be their trusted guide.
We Are Empowered.
We take care of the little things and the big things. We believe moments that engage the heart create lifelong memories.
We Push Ourselves Every Day.
We strive to always be better; to not stand still. We know where we’re going, and we will leave the world a better place.
There Is No Room For Ordinary In Anything We Do.
We’re proud to share our past with generations of colleagues who created our rich history, and we accept our responsibility to follow in that tradition—it inspires our future.
We Lead From The Heart.
We make genuine connections, and we cherish every opportunity to make the people around us feel special.
We Are A Family.
We celebrate our differences, we support each other, and we always stand together.
- Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
- We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.
- Why work for Accor?
- We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.
By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/
Do what you love, care for the world, dare to challenge the status quo! #BELIMITLESS"