Finance Manager February 2025

Job description

Five-star Hyatt Regency Amsterdam, brings botany & sustainability to life with an award-winning living interior, botanical inspired guestrooms, a passion for discovering our up and coming East neighborhood and a buzzing Indonesian Restaurant, Mama Makan.
Do you feel intrigued already?

Because we are looking for a Finance Manager

Your MINDSET:

· A team player with a good portion of personality;

· High level responsibility and driven to take ownership;

· Eye for detail

· Can-do attitude towards problems and challenges

What does the ROLE entail?

· Manage and lead hotel on-site accounting / purchasing functions and the off-site Shared Services accounting team to ensure proper fiscal management, timely and accurate reporting and analysis for the hotel. This responsibility also includes month-end closing, hotel financial planning, budgeting, accounting and cash management.

· Assist in nurturing the important relationship with the owners. Be responsible for supervising and coordinating owner reporting as required. Provide custom reports, respond quickly to questions or requests.

· Monitor requirements set out in the Lease Agreement of the hotel

· Monitor all costs and recommend measures to control them. To establish an integrated cost management plan through product lining, correct inventories levels and ensuring compliance with procurement programs.

· Maximizes employee productivity through the use of multi-skilling, multi-tasking and flexible scheduling to meet the financial goals of the business as well as the expectations of the guests.

· Analyze financial reports and give recommendation to departments head based on them

· Ensure the hotel is compliant with local laws

· In charge of compliance with Hyatt global policies and procedures and lead of internal audits.

· Provide internal and external auditors with required documents

· Complete the year-end external audit process. Review all reconciliations and audit work papers. Coordinate external auditor’s visits, and respond to auditor requests.

· Maximizes the effectiveness of Accounting and Purchasing employees by developing each of their skills and abilities through the appropriate training, coaching, and/or mentoring.

· Conducts annual Performance Development Discussions and supports employees in their professional development goals.

· Prepare quarterly VAT filings and yearly city tax filings.

· The Finance Manager of Hyatt Regency Amsterdam reports to the Area Director of Finance.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

What’s in it for YOU?

General Perks

· An entry to the Hyatt Family, a place where we care for people so they can be their best;

· 12 free nights at Hyatt hotels globally every year and 20% Discounts at our F&B outlets and special discounts at our Spa

· A guest experience in your own city with a complimentary overnight stay, cocktails & dinner for two;

· Travel Allowance, starting from a 5 kilometers travel distance from the hotel.

· Uniform provided and laundry is taken care of in house.

· 25 Vacation days

· Market salary according the Horeca Collective Labor Agreement (scale IX); approx. 54K per year

· International working experience with future international transfer happily facilitated.

Wellbeing:
“Our purpose is to care for people so they can be their best – and we believe wellbeing is the ultimate realization of our purpose”

· To support our colleagues mental wellbeing we provide access to “Headspace App” for all employees, free of charge as Hyatt's wellbeing assessment tool "Hyatt Well-Check"

· Social Activities; Team building outings, Sports/wellbeing activities

· Hotel gym access

Development:
“Careers at Hyatt don’t have to follow a traditional career ladder or path with one pace and following only one direction. Rather, they can be customized and adapted based an employee’s individual circumstances and take the form of a career lattice”

· International working experience with future international transfer happily facilitated.

· Personal development plan, in order to reach your full potential.

· A wide range of development tools through the Hyatt Learning platform for all colleagues; from e-learning to classroom sessions, Hyatt provides different solutions, depending on how you learn best (example: Excel courses, Leadership series etc.).

Diversity:
“Inclusion and diversity are at the core of our purpose and we are deeply involved in actions that create a culture of opportunity for all”

· An International hotel team of over 15 different nationalities

· Focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within our team. Through employee support groups (HyPride & Women@Hyatt), workshops and classroom trainings

Your EXPERIENCE:

· You have at least one year of work experience in a similar position in a larger hotel operation, or you have multiple years of experience, have previously managed a small team, and are ready for the next step;

· You have been involved in budgeting and forecasting;

· You have the skills and abilities to develop a team;

· You have excellent excel skills;

· You have strong language and communication skills in English (and preferably in Dutch as well);

· You preferably have experience with Opera, Micros, iScala, Oracle Hyperion / Smartview, BirchStreet and Glory cash recycler;

· You are eligible to work in the Netherlands, having EU nationality / valid working permit already.