Finance Manager - Hotel

Marc Daniels is recruiting for an experienced Finance Manager - Hotel to join a leading hospitality business. This role requires a fully qualified accountant with strong hotel experience and a working understanding of USALI, alongside the commercial and technical skills needed to support a busy hotel operation. 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