Role Purpose
The Finance Manager - Hotel will oversee the hotel's finance function, ensuring accurate reporting, strong financial controls, and effective business partnering with operational teams. You will play a key role in delivering timely management information, supporting commercial decisions, and maintaining reporting standards aligned to hospitality best practice, including USALI
Key Responsibilities
· Lead month-end close, management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis
· Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and annual financial reporting for hotel management and owners
· Oversee AP, AR, income audit, payroll, cash management, and bank reconciliations
· Support budgeting, forecasting, and reforecasting processes, including revenue and cost analysis.
· Partner with operational leaders to improve financial performance, cost control, and decision-making
· Maintain strong internal controls, compliance, and audit readiness.
· Review inventory, purchasing, and cost controls across departments, particularly F&B and other hotel revenue streams.
· Ensure reporting is structured in line with USALI principles and hotel industry standards
Candidate Profile
· Fully qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA essential.
· Previous experience in a Finance Manager, Financial Controller, or Senior Management Accountant role within a hotel or hospitality environment.
· Strong understanding of hotel accounting, including income audit, payroll, AP/AR, and month-end processes.
· Working knowledge of USALI and hotel reporting structures is essential
· Experience preparing management accounts, budgets, forecasts, and board-level reporting
· Confident user of Excel and hotel/ERP systems such as NetSuite, PMS, or similar.
· Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work closely with non-finance teams
Salary description
£75000.00 - £85000.00 per year