We’re Hiring | Cluster Finance Controller
An exceptional career opportunity for a senior hospitality finance leader to join two ultra-luxury resort hotels in Sardinia in a cluster leadership role.
We are seeking a strategic, commercially minded Cluster Finance Controller to lead financial operations, controls, and business performance across two flagship luxury properties.

• Primary Responsibilities

Financial Control:

• • overseeing all sales, purchasing, salaries and expenses
  • Implementing and reviewing Financial policies
  • Audit compliance including actioning recommendations and liaising with internal stakeholders

Financial Reporting:

• • Production of monthly financial reporting GAAP
  • Overseeing budgeting & forecasting process and long term planning
  • Monthly and annual reporting

Financial Performance:

• • Responsible for monitoring budgets and for reporting major deviations of over-expenditure, under-budgeting or non-compliance to the approved budget
  • Business partner with two General Managers implementing controls, solutions, and action plans
  • Assist the General Managers in establishing local policies, rules, internal controls and safeguards that ensure profitability and control of operations
  • Advise and provide counsel to the General Managers, HODs and finance teams on all financial matters

• Treasury & Tax
  • Treasury management, cash planning, reviewieng the cash position in order to optimize the use of funds and minimize the volume of cash being held in the business
  • Review all changes of tax laws and accounting policies, assess their implications on the business and ensure the finance team implements appropriate changes
• Other
  • Support the financial function of any opening of new products.
  • Assist with the accounting related to any hotel or other asset sales, product closure and ownership changes
  • Together with the General Managers, manage the relations with third party, owners and/or partners
  • Facilitate the best communication and reporting between the Belmond regional office in Milan and the Cheval Blanc corporate offices in Paris
  • Communicate relevant information to the Divisional Financial Controllers and the General Managers,

Requirements

• Proven experience as Director of Finance / Financial Controller in luxury or ultra-luxury hotels or resorts
• Strong cluster / multi-property exposure preferred
• Solid leadership skills with commercial mindset and hands-on approach
• Fluent in English and Italian

Benefits

• Permanent contract according to C.C.N.L. Settore Turismo (Confindustria)
• Bonus
• Accommodation
• Company car