Job Description

As Assistant Financial Controller, you will manage the day-to-day financial and control function of our client’s exclusive, 4-star hotel in Central London, including a health club, to achieve its budgeted revenues.

While applicants don’t necessarily need formal financial qualifications, only candidates with solid, demonstrable experience within the hotel operations sector will be considered for this role.

This position is not within a self-accounting property, as certain functions such as management accounts etc. are carried out at Group level.

Responsibilities:

• To audit the daily business and fully implement Revenue Control policies
• To ensure that all expenditure is controlled and managed via the Company procurement system
• To oversee the credit function of the hotel, ensuring sales invoices are processed and debts are chased, in liaison with the Cluster Sales Ledger function
• To produce accurate daily, weekly and monthly revenue forecasts and reports
• In liaison with the General Manager, F&B Management & Head Chef, ensure there is an effective system of Food & Beverage Control

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Referral programme
• Store discounts
• Wellness programmes

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A minimum of 3- 4years experience in Hotel Control, at least 2 years at management level
• Knowledge of F&B control procedures, stock inventories and hotel Night Audit procedures
• Experienced in forecasting, weekly, monthly & rolling.
• Prior experience of producing and working to, budgets.
• Excellent IT skills, with a working knowledge of PMS systems Opera & Micros; and ideally some experience of a computerized procurement system.
• An assertive, proactive, commercial approach, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good communication, leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to train and motivate others and to persuade and influence senior colleagues.
• Ideally has previous Duty Management experience and is able to work evenings and weekends on rota

Experience:

• Hotel Control: 3 years (required)
• Financial Control: 3 years (required)