Finance Director

The Cluster Director of Finance is a key member of the cluster leadership team, responsible for

overseeing all finance, accounting, treasury, procurement controls, financial planning, reporting, and

governance functions across multiple hotels within the portfolio.

Reporting to the Cluster General Manager, this role serves as a strategic business partner to

ownership and hotel leadership teams. The Cluster Director of Finance will play a critical role

throughout the pre-opening, opening, stabilization, and operational phases of the hotels, ensuring

sound financial management, strong governance, effective cash flow planning, and long-term value

creation.

This role combines commercial acumen, financial stewardship, and project finance expertise to

support a portfolio of hotels with different positioning, customer segments, and operating models.

The successful candidate will partner closely with ownership and hotel leadership to establish robust

financial processes, drive profitability, manage risk, and support strategic decision-making across the

portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Develop and execute a cluster-wide financial strategy aligned with ownership objectives,

business plans, and brand standard.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Cluster General Manager and hotel leadership teams on

financial opportunities, risks, and business performance.

• Support business planning, investment decisions, asset enhancement initiatives, and

operational optimization across the portfolio.

• Establish financial governance frameworks and performance measurement systems for all

properties.

• Drive a culture of financial accountability, transparency, and commercial awareness

throughout the organization.

Pre-Opening Finance Management

• Lead all finance-related pre-opening activities across the hotel portfolio.

• Develop and manage the Finance Pre-Opening Critical Path and readiness plan.

• Prepare, review, and manage Pre-Opening Budgets (POB) for all hotels within the cluster.

• Monitor pre-opening expenditures to ensure spending remains within approved budgets.

• Establish accounting structures, chart of accounts, financial controls, approval matrices, and

reporting frameworks prior to opening.

• Implement finance systems, purchasing controls, treasury processes, and operational

procedures before opening.

• Support operational readiness reviews, opening audits, and transition planning activities.