Driftwood Hospitality Management · 14 hours ago
Director of Finance
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
4+ years expDriftwood Hospitality Management is seeking a Director of Finance to oversee the accounting department and ensure compliance with financial regulations. This role involves supervising staff, managing departmental operations, and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction while maintaining financial accuracy and reporting.
HospitalityHotelProperty Management
Responsibilities
Supervises accounting staff, completes month-end closing, maintains balance sheet reconciliations, maintains & supports computer systems, trains all associates in accounting department, maintains internal audit controls, reviews daily revenue report, and tracks daily cash
Applies broad business knowledge and balances both a short- and long-term perspective to generate strategies while leading the organization to achieve them
Manages the day-to-day operations of the department
Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing to provide clear direction to staff. Assigns and instructs all direct reports in details of work. Observes performance and encourages improvement. Monitors hotel traffic and makes staffing adjustments accordingly. Supervises and reviews costs and inventory
Coordinates and administers an adequate plan for the control of operations. This plan would provide profit planning, sales forecasts, expense budgets, capital requirement/needs, cost standards and the necessary procedures for affecting the plan
Administers all tax filing and government reporting procedures to ensure accurate, timely information is provided in compliance with laws and regulations
Monitors compliance with hotel and accounting policies and procedures, legal requirements, and contractual obligations (including obligations under a management agreement) utilizing internal controls, auditing, and security procedures to ensure deviations are brought to the attention of the Controller and appropriate regional management and to protect the hotel's assets
Conducts disciplinary action as required for those directly supervising
Conducts 90 day and annual performance evaluations for the accounting staff
Reviews A/R credit applications prior to being submitted
Reviews & approves all A/R adjustments
Prepares and enters monthly journal entries as well as reviews preliminary P&L statement for errors. Reviews corrected preliminary P&L statement and distributes preliminary P&L to Executive Committee Members
Prepares annual budget input and reports
Ensures a high level of customer satisfaction and builds long terms mutually beneficial customer relationships
Coordinates and communicates verbally and in writing with customer (internal and external). Follows up with customer
Makes presence always known to customer
Displays leadership in guest hospitality and ensures consistent, high-level service throughout all phases of hotel events
Sets a positive example for guest relations
Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels. Effectively responds to and handles guest problems and complaints
Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement
Utilizes Delphi or other hotel system to capture and manage customer information daily
Demonstrates commitment to Driftwood Hospitality operating principles and philosophies
Holds self and others accountable for achieving results
Addresses conflict in a timely manner
Contributes to team results
Deals with change effectively
Makes decisions, including employees/team and commits to a course of action with available information
Maintains open channels of communications for all levels (line employees through General Manager) and monitors employee relations
Ensures the prompt and proper submission of all corporate, divisional, and governmental reports required
Conducts one on one meeting with Direct Reports to ensure their ongoing development
Proactively identifies and develops talent within the organization
Hires the best people available from internal and external candidates
Maintains succession planning
Uses all available on the job training tools for employees; implements and manages training initiatives and conducts training when appropriate; ensures self and direct reports have completed appropriate training classes
Manages employee progressive discipline procedures for areas of responsibility
Ensures regular on-going communication is happening in all areas of responsibility to create awareness of business objectives and communicate expectations, recognize performance, and produce desired business results
Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team
Actively solicits feedback, utilizes an “open door” policy and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems and concerns
Celebrates successes and publicly recognizes the contributions of team members; ensures recognition is taking place across areas of responsibility
Qualification
Required
Requires advanced knowledge of the accounting, finance, and hospitality profession; Hotel Experience required
Minimum Experience 4 years comparable accounting, 2-year minimum accounting supervisory experience
Requires some managerial skill as position involves frequent decisions, meeting of deadline, negotiations of contracts of vendors, analytical ability and the planning, organization development and coordination of large-scale work projects
Must have bank reconciliation, balance sheet reconciliation experience and journal entry creation experience
Strong leadership skills with the ability to direct/motivate department to meet and exceed goals
Must have excellent business communication skills
Strong time management skills needed
Well organized and excellent attention to detail
Ability to adjust to changes
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
Ability to read and communicate verbally and in writing and prepare complex occupancy reports
Computer literate in MS Word, Excel
Complex mathematical skills and considerable skills in the use of Excel Spreadsheets and/or calculator to prepare complex mathematical calculations without error, i.e., budgets, forecasting
Company
Driftwood Hospitality Management
Driftwood Hospitality Management provides development, repositioning, renovations, and hotel operations services for the hotel industry.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Marc Kepple, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Albert Harrison
Chief Information Officer
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