A medium sized Hotel group with head offices based in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Chief Financial Officer to be based at head office, to oversee financials of over 25 hotels and resorts in multiple countries and who will streamline accounting functions and operations, provide financial analysts and reports, train staff on business finance issues, promote regular compliance and drive income generation. The successful candidate must have the following essential experience:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or equivalent, articles.
- Proven experience in Financial Management in multi outlets corporate, tourism or hospitality operations, for a minimum of 10 years at Director Level.
- Sound knowledge of accounting fundamentals.
- Auditing experience and compliance oriented.
- Proficiency in accounting and Payroll packages eg SAP, VIP, Sage, Pastel etc.
- Must have multi unit / operations experience ie more than one business unit.
- Stable track record.
The incumbent will be responsible for managing and guiding the financial team including internal audit both at Head Office and at all the various businesses under management. The incumbent must be a professional who can work with the various divisions within the Group and assist in developing and implementing strategies that will ensure that the Groups objectives are met.
Personal Attributes include:
- Observant and proactive.
- Implementer - enjoys being close to the action, flexible.
- Dependable and compliant.
- Goal driven.
- Self-confident, good communication and interpersonal skills, ethical, team worker.
- Attention to detail.
By applying for this position, the candidate agrees to provide any additional information requested by the recruitment consultant, in order to compile a comprehensive Candidate Profile which includes the consultant obtaining verbal work-related references from recent employers. The role requires frequent travel to many of the units; this is non-negotiable.
Important: DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU HAVE THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE LISTED ABOVE. Only candidates with the specified experience above will be corresponded with and if you do not receive a reply within 7 days, your application was unsuccessful. Please forward a comprehensive and UPDATED CV (starting with current position) with a head & shoulders photo.
Recent contactable reference details must be provided from direct superiors of last 2 employers prior to current - company or business email addresses as references are not accepted from gmail, yahoo or googlemail addresses.
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