Assistant Manager - Finance- Jumeirah Creekside Hotel

About Jumeirah & the Hotel:
At Jumeirah, we are committed to encouraging and developing our colleagues in world class environments. We value diversity and provide equal opportunities, employing over 14,000 colleagues from over 140 different countries including locations in Asia Pacific, CIS, Central Asia, Western and Eastern Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East.
We want you to do well from the beginning, so we’ll give you every chance to impress during the recruitment process. We promise our colleagues a warm welcome and will help you feel part of our Jumeirah family from day one. You can rely on us to support you as you settle into your journey with us and make Jumeirah ‘Your Place to Shine’.
Jumeirah Creekside Hotel is a contemporary lifestyle hotel located 2km from Dubai International Airport in the heart of old Dubai. Set in landscaped grounds overlooking Dubai Creek, the hotel offers 292 rooms and suites, 21 meeting rooms, four restaurants, an award-winning spa and access to sports and leisure complex, The Aviation Club. Designed from the outset to connect the hotel to the region’s vibrant arts and cultural heritage, Jumeirah Creekside Hotel houses one of Dubai’s largest art collections – a specially commissioned collection of 482 pieces by 52 artists with roots from the Middle East. Rooted in the cultural and cosmopolitan essence of Dubai, the property combines comfort and unrivalled connectivity with true Arabian hospitality for the ultimate business and leisure experience.
About the Job:
Assist the Finance Manager to deliver strategic, added value Finance interventions to the business and act as a business partner to ensure the achievement of the hotel objectives
To lead the operational Finance team in the provision of added value Finance excellence to deliver hotel targeted results whilst demonstrating strong commercial awareness and solid financial control.
Your main duties will include:

• To ensure all aspects of the financial management of the property, which includes administering accounting policies & procedures, following procurement practices and procedures, preparing and interpreting financial statements and management reports, budgetary control and all legal/contractual matters are in compliance with Jumeirah standards.
• To assist in preparing and managing the annual budgeting and forecasting process to ensure all departments are delivering according to the approved targets
• To supervise the Financial Accountant in all stages leading to the preparation of all monthly financial reporting and analysis.
• To deputize the Finance Manager during his/here absence and to be fully acquainted with / her job description in order to carry out those responsibilities. 
• To provide accurate forecasting of the business in order to determine correct allocation of resources and maximise business performance.
• To ensure and approve the monthly balance sheet reconciliation making sure all the books are of clean records.
• To ensure the Authorization Limit Document is followed and all approvals are as authorized.
• Sign and approve all daily operation documents for all delegated finance sections.
• Sign and approve all payments whether via cheque or online banking.
• To provide value added business performance reporting to give the operations the tools to identify areas for improvement
• To lead the support and coordination of all internal and external audit visits and ensure a good relationship with the key members of these teams and pro-active follow up of audit issues raised
•  To ensure a detailed understanding of local accounting and tax rules and ensure all reporting is in compliance with company directives
• To ensure that the capital replacement and disposal policy is enforced as per the company directives and in line with the management agreement.
• To handle problems of the Finance Department with the exception of what needs to be referred to the Finance Manager.
• To attend to all insurance requirements of the Hotel.
  
• Review all contracts along with the legal consultancy.
• To review lease agreements entered into by the Hotel.
• To assist the Finance Manager in enforcing implementation of the Finance Directive and ensure compliance on the internal control checklist of not less than 95%.
• To manage, hiring, training, and appraisal of accounting personnel as part of the effort to build an efficient team and to take active interest in their development and welfare.
• All pre-opening tasks and responsibilities as per pre-opening plan but not limited to pre-opening plan – if applicable
• Any other duties as may reasonably be requested by the management team including assistance for large events or hotel functions

About you:
Qualifications
Essential:

• Degree level education, preferably with Finance related degree.

Desirable:

• Partly or fully qualified professional accounting qualification (ACA, CMA, etc) 

Experience
Essential:

• Strong background in hospitality Finance function
• At least 2 years management level experience 
• Displayed a strong track record of solid career progression to date

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  Fluent command of English-spoken and written
• Knowledge of the Uniformed System of Account for Lodging Industry.

Desirable:

• Hotel pre-opening experience.

Skills
Essential:

• Written and spoken Arabic would be highly preferable
• Excellent Excel skills essential
• Good knowledge of ERP systems an advantage (Oracle, Sun, etc)

Desirable:

• Hyperion knowledge

Competencies

• Work under pressure
• Meet assigned deadlines.
• Good time management skills

About Benefits:
We offer an attractive tax-free salary, paid in Dirhams (AED), the local currency of the UAE. In addition, we offer reduced hotel rates across our properties globally, excellent care package, flights home, accommodation allowance, health insurance, up to 50% discount off Jumeirah F&B Outlets.