Offer summary

Qualifications:

CA qualification with strong commercial acumen., Over 10 years of experience in finance and accounting, preferably in hospitality., Proficiency in ERP systems, MIS, and financial reporting., Knowledge of GST, budgeting, forecasting, and audit processes..

Key responsibilities:

Partner with resort operations and corporate teams for financial management.

Oversee controlling, accounting, receivables, payables, and MIS consolidation for resorts.

Lead project planning and execution for resort expansion and system implementations.

Support audit processes and develop tools for cost analysis and staff development.

Job description

We are looking for a GM Finance & Accounts for a leading hospitality group.

Job Profile:Responsibilities include Business Partnering with the Resort Operations team at Corporate, Regions and Resorts and includes heading the controlling, accounting, receivables, payables, and MIS consolidation function for the resorts.
Financial Performance of the resorts as budgeted would be the key deliverable in the role and would include Capex Planning and Execution, and expansion of resort and room capacities.
Role includes overall liaison building with the owners of leased properties and owners of managed contract properties with periodic reconciliations and settlements.
Works closely with the Resorts’ operations team and corporate finance team.
Establish a strong and stable team at the resorts to carry out the controlling, accounting and MIS function at the resorts, and a strong corporate team to control the overall business and consolidate results for review
Support the Statutory and Internal Audit teams at the resort and corporate relating to the Resorts Business
Set operating plans and budgets for the resorts business, with a view to align the same with the overall company’s goals
Set up efficient R2R process, thru controlling the receivables at resorts and adherence to company credit policy for guest & corporate bookings at the resorts and ensure effective controls and minimise risks. Automation of processes and deployment of Digital process would be encouraged
Project planning and execution of expansion requirements of the company, especially in the resorts vertical. Expansion could include expansion of rooms in current resorts, or greenfield projects, modification of existing rooms in our resorts. This would involve Capex Budgeting, ROI and other KPI’s.
Support the destinations & sourcing team in contracting new resort properties, with estimates, returns, ROI and other deliverables.
Play an active Project Lead Role in implementing the new PMS solution for resorts and new ERP at the company level.
Work closely with the HR teams, Purchase, Tax and other cross functional members at corporate and carry out their objectives at the resorts.
Develop analytical tools to be used to assess cost saving opportunities within various spend categories taking into account product costs and service costs.
Development of staff (training, coaching, performance management and problem resolution)

Requirements:10+ years of Finance & Accounting experience preferably in hospitality
CA with commercial acumen
Strong Analytical Skills – MIS, Consolidation, Reports.
Working knowledge of GST
Must have experience in an ERP based environment
Budgeting, Forecasting, Analysing using various Models & KPI’s
Audits Internal and Statutory
Conducting periodic reviews with presentations