Assistant Director of Finance

An exclusive sanctuary where the timeless elegance of London's storied past meets the vibrant pulse of modern British life, Cambridge House anchors an esteemed list of European Auberge Resorts properties. Developed by the Rueben brothers, this elegant project is nestled between the tranquil expanse of Green Park and the lively allure of Shepherd Market. Our uniquely Mayfair hotel, complemented by a private members' club, offers a harmonious blend of retreat and gathering space, all offering buzzy food and beverage and stunning design led by Europe’s leading architecture and interior design voices.

This majestic Georgian mansion and Grade 1-listed Palladian-style townhouse are being thoughtfully transformed into a 102-room hotel, preserving its rich heritage while presenting London’s most desirable new restaurants, bars, spa, and private members club that are perfectly attuned to the pulse and style of modern London life.

Job Description

Daily:

• Supervises the accounting team and assigns daily tasks and projects.
• Performs the revenue audit and ensures correctness and completeness of the daily income journal.
• Prepares accurate and timely revenue, labor, and cost of sales reports.
• Reconciles the cash deposits from the PMS/POS.
• Prepares the daily bank deposit and posts cashier over and short.
• Reviews the accuracy and appropriate authorization of revenue adjustments, paid out vouchers, and complimentary F&B services.
• Collaborates with operations management to ensure compliance with the financial policies and procedures.
• Reviews and approves invoices for payment.
• Verifies compliance with purchasing and receiving controls, G/L coding account distribution, and accrued sales tax.
• Timely and accurate deposits of all cash, check, and credit card receipts.
• Reviews and approves all petty cash purchases.
• Verifies accuracy of charges and completeness of proper approval and receipt.
• Processes travel agent commission payments.
• Reviews and approves group commission requests.
• Validates online travel agency commission invoices by sample testing guest commissions.
• Schedules and monitors hours worked for Accounting department employees.
• Reconciles and approves service charges, commissions, and gratuities for payroll processing.
• Reviews and posts the payroll journal entry.
• Meets with hotel leaders to review expense commitments against forecast and budget.

Monthly:

• Manages the month-end financial closing process and ensures the closing achieves objectives and deadlines.
• Prepares month-end adjusting journal entries.
• Ensures journal entries are accurately prepared and posted to the general ledger system.
• Ensures physical inventories are scheduled and taken for food, beverage, operating equipment, and other operating supplies per company policies.
• Prepares and distributes preliminary financial statements and general ledger to the hotel leadership team.
• Analyses the profit and loss statement against budget and forecast and identifies and documents the variance causes.
• Reconciles the calculated indirect tax liability against the amounts collected with revenues and investigates any variances.
• Collaborates with the operations leadership to modify procedures or system configurations to efficiently and accurately collect indirect taxes.
• Prepares the indirect tax returns and remits payments to the taxing authorities.
• Prepares and/or reviews the balance sheet accounts and bank reconciliations, including appropriate supporting documentation.
• Resolves reconciling items before the following month's end.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality accounting operations preferred.
• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or hospitality is strongly preferred.
• Any combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is required.
• A demonstrable ability to prepare various balance sheet accounts and bank reconciliations.
• Possess a high degree of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, filters, conditional formatting, text-to-columns, and advanced formulae.
• Ability to assemble, analyse, and understand integrated spreadsheets and complex technical information.
• Effective management, leadership, organizational, and communications skills.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays, according to operational needs.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, ideally in Hotel Management, Business, Finance or a combination of these.
• Ability to live and work in the United Kingdom without sponsorship.

Personal Skills:

• Strong aptitude in financial management, financial reports, and analysis.
• Demonstrated track record of strong attention to detail and good communication skills.

Additional Information

Auberge Resorts Collection is a portfolio of extraordinary hotels, resorts, residences, and private clubs. While each property is unique, all share a crafted approach to luxury and bring the soul of the locale to life through captivating design, exceptional cuisine and spas, and gracious yet unobtrusive service. With hotels and resorts across three continents, Auberge invites guests to create unforgettable stories in some of the world’s most desirable destinations.

Please visit aubergeresorts.com to learn more about our Collection. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Linkedin, Facebook and Pinterest: @AubergeResorts and #AlwaysAuberge.

Auberge Resorts LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Auberge Resorts LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all team members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.