Chief Financial Officer (Hospitality & Property Development)

• Team Structure & Talent Development: Establish structured roles, clear accountabilities, and service standards across finance, accounting, and procurement teams.
  
• Performance Management & Coaching: Provide active coaching, establish performance management frameworks, and cultivate succession capacity within the finance function.
  
• Considered Leadership Framework: Implement a respectful, collaborative leadership model grounded in transparent expectations and strong staff support.
  

• Technology Integration: Partner with IT and operational leaders to modernize core financial software and integrated procurement platforms.
  
• Data Quality & Workflow Automation: Connect hotel operating systems directly to financial platforms, eliminate redundant manual processes, and minimize spreadsheet reliance.
  
• User Adoption & Efficiency Metrics: Ensure high team adoption rates while establishing measurable improvements in reporting turnaround, accuracy, and process controls.
  

• Financial Oversight: Oversee annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, interim management accounts, cash flow management, and working capital optimization.
  
• Procurement & Supply Chain Management: Enhance purchasing workflows, supplier negotiations, inventory control mechanisms, and vendor disbursement processes.
  
• Compliance & Governance: Maintain internal control frameworks, guarantee statutory and tax compliance, maintain permanent audit readiness, and report regularly to the CEO, GM, FinCo, and Board.
  

• Commercial Strategy: Collaborate with the General Manager and operational department heads to maximize revenue, improve profit margins, and maintain cost discipline across rooms, food and beverage, and ancillary departments.
  
• Actionable Business Intelligence: Translate financial data into practical operational insights, enabling rapid decisions that support guest satisfaction and employee experience without sacrificing fiscal rigor.
  

• Investment Appraisal: Lead financial feasibility assessments, investment evaluations, and strategic capital planning for refurbishments, facility expansions, and real estate development initiatives.
  
• Project Budget Control: Partner with capital project teams to monitor committed expenditure, track cash outflow timelines, evaluate cost-to-complete forecasts, and mitigate budgetary risks early.
  

• Capital Structure & Debt Management: Assist the CEO in determining strategic funding needs, negotiating credit facilities with financial institutions, and monitoring debt covenant compliance.
  
• Transaction Execution: Direct financial evaluation, due diligence processes, and external advisory engagements for potential property acquisitions or corporate partnerships.
  

Requirements

• Professional Designation: CA(SA), CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting designation.
  
• Leadership Experience: 8–10 years of progressive financial executive experience, with a background presenting to executive management, boards, and property owners/investors.
  
• Hospitality Acumen: In-depth knowledge of hospitality financial management and operational metrics; direct hotel sector experience is strongly preferred.
  
• Operational Leadership Style: Hands-on, commercially astute executive who thrives when managing competing priorities and delivering precise financial output in a fast-paced setting.
  

• Capital Projects & Transactions: Hands-on exposure to property development finance, major facility capital projects, debt financing negotiations, or corporate M&A transactions.
  
• Technology, Automation & AI Integration: Demonstrated track record of leveraging modern software, automation tools, business analytics, or AI capabilities to streamline finance operations and elevate decision-making.