About Jumeirah & the Hotel
Jumeirah Group, a member of Dubai Holding, has been making a distinguished impact on the global hospitality market for more than two decades with its Stay Different™ brand promise.
Its award-winning destinations, such as the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, position service beyond expectations, elevated signature dining destinations and surprising architecture and design at the heart of every guest experience.
Today, Jumeirah operates a world-class portfolio of 26 properties across the Middle East, Europe and Asia and employs over 9,000 colleagues, representing over 120 nationalities.
As Jumeirah continues to expand its global portfolio and scales up its operations to the next level of growth, it remains fully committed to developing and empowering our colleagues to excel in world class environments.
Jumeirah is committed to embedding equality, diversity, and inclusion in all its practices, embracing a culture that celebrates diversity.
About the Job
An opportunity has arisen for a Director of Finance in Finance Department to join Jumeirah Group.
The main duties and responsibilities of this role:
- Develop and maintain a working knowledge of Jumeirah Hotel
- Act as partner to the SBU General Manager and the SBU Senior Management through the provision of expertise and input into key commercial and investment decisions to contribute to profitability improvement.
- Lead the annual target setting and planning process for the SBU, in collaboration with the General Manager and in line with the corporate objectives and forecast the SBU’s sales and expenditures to provide visibility on the property’s financial performance.
- Lead the ongoing monitoring of the SBU’s financial transactions and balance to ensure that all expenditures remain within budget, that profitability is maintained at the expected levels and that there is full visibility on the SBU’s financial performance.
- Professional accounting qualification is a must (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA, etc)
- Managed hotel experience
- Strong leadership & communication skills / previous experience of managing resort operations
- Owner relations / working directly with asset managers / stakeholder management. .
About You
The ideal candidate for this position will have the following experience and qualifications:
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or equivalent from an accredited and renowned University.
- Professional Finance or Accounting Certification (i.e. CPA, CIMA).
- Prior experience of working with SUN financials, ERP system – Oracle.
- Involvement with Capex and corporate projects
Desired:
• Master’s degree in finance, Accounting or equivalent from an accredited and renowned University.
About the Benefits
We offer an attractive salary, paid in Saudi Riyals (SAR), the local currency of the KSA.
In addition, we offer generous F&B benefits, reduced hotel rates across our properties globally, excellent leave and health care package, flights home, other employee benefits making the role attractive to high performers and any applicant looking for a career with one of the most luxurious brands in the hospitality industry.
