Financial Controller/ Finance Director with

**Around 10 to 15 years of finance experience, with at least 3 years in the hospitality industry (hotels or resorts preferred).**:
- **Proven track record of financial leadership, cost control initiatives, and driving profitability in hotel environments. Also hands-on**:
- **Thorough understanding of financial principles, accounting standards (GAAP/IFRS), and regulatory requirements in the hospitality industry.**
Our client provides travel agencies and tour operator services to a pristine natural reserve that is a premium/high-end holiday resort in Indonesia. The co is owned by a founder of other global businesses (HQ in Singapore).
For this role, we are seeking a highly motivated and experienced finance professional to join as Financial Controller. As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will focus on delivering strategic plans and communicating results to key stakeholders. You will guide the finance organization to ensure efficiency, compliance and improve quality of service & reporting and oversee the budgeting, forecasting and reporting. You will also be responsible for supporting external audit with statutory compliance, and support/appraise commercial opportunities and any future development opportunities.
The role reports to the COO and acts as his right-hand person in a lean setup. For this role, the co allows a work-from-home arrangement almost 90% of the time. Some required travels to Batam and the resort (based in Indonesia) will be required. For this role, we are seeking a cand from the hospitality industry (hotel or resorts preferred) who has both the strategic acumen and the ability to be hands-on at the same time. The role will manage 1 accounting manager based in Singapore and 1 controller (based in Indonesia).
**Role and Responsibilities**:
**1) Executive Leadership & Support - as part of the Senior Management Team**
- Support formulation of short, medium and long-term Strategic Objectives.
- Work closely with the Financial Controller, General Manager (GM), Director of Sales & Marketing (DirS&M) and of department heads to provide regular reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chairman and committees on progress and results against the corporate strategy, long-term strategic plan and annual business plan.
- Act as a key member of the management team, providing recommendations to enhance business performance, evaluating profit opportunities, managing costs,
- Provide leadership for continuous evaluation of short
- and long-term strategic financial objectives as well as supporting analysis of commercial opportunities that arise.
- Evaluate and advise on the impact of potential new strategies and any changes to the commercial and regulatory environment.
**2) Development**
- Support the alignment of development opportunities with the company's long-term strategic growth objectives.
- Provide investment analysis on proposed new investment opportunities.
- Provide support and make recommendations on proposed development opportunities to enhance shareholder value.
- Oversee and manage project-related finance matters per approved budgets.
**3) Financial Leadership**
- Direct and oversee all aspects of the operational finance and accounting functions.
- Develop, manage and continually review processes for financial forecasting, budgeting, performance monitoring and reporting to the senior management team, COO & Chairman.
- Provide leadership and support to local management teams for continuous performance delivery as well as supporting analysis of commercial opportunities that arise.
- Lead the process to produce an annual budget and business plan.
- Monitor working capital, cash balances and liquidity risks within all parts of the business.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior executives within the business so as to identify their operational needs and provide a full range of business solutions measured by meaningful KPIs.
- Statutory Compliance - ensure compliance with relevant national and international accounting standards, tax laws and corporate regulations as advised by external audit and Accounting Advisors.
- Be a strategic business partner to the operations teams by providing financial leadership and strategic perspective in developing and monitoring business plans to achieve profit and growth objectives.
- Advise the GM, DirS&M and HODs on business issues, challenges & opportunities, and performance.
- Take a proactive role during property visits providing troubleshooting for respective property costs, internal controls, revenue opportunities, brand standards, etc.
**4) Statutory Compliance and Control - (supported by and advised by external Audit)**
- Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and maintained.
- Assess business risks and implement risk mitigation strategies as required and advised - improve processes associated with managing financial, operational, and compliance risks.
- Represent the company in its relationships wi