Head of Operational Finance

Splendid Hospitality Group is one of the UKs fastest growing privately-owned hotel groups. As a family run business, people are at the very heart of its success, a place where everyone becomes parts of the Splendid family. Our vision is to create extraordinary experiences, positively impact lives, and get better every day - it’s the ‘Splendid Hospitality Way’ which is our way of looking after everybody to help them succeed, have fun and keep guests and our Splendid team members happy.

Job Description

We are looking for a Head of Operational Finance professional who will recognise current and future drivers of EBITDA, whilst supporting and challenging operational leaders in achieving EBITDA. The successful candidate will ensure stakeholders are provided with relevant commercial management information and insight on a timely basis.

The Head of Operational Finance will design, review, improve, and deliver Financial Operations processes that are fit for purpose in the context of supporting Splendid's strategic financial aims and objectives. They will deliver outstanding customer service to stakeholders through a well-developed and motivated team. The post holder will have full oversight of the management accounts and business partnering activities across the group ensuring that all financial operational activities are executed to a first-class standard.

What We Offer

We want our Family Members to enjoy coming to work and provide a friendly and supportive environment for you to work in. You’ll develop personally through meeting and working with people within our corporate and hotel teams, and for those keen to develop you’ll have the opportunity to explore the business with various career options. In addition, on offer:

• Free Parking
• Apprenticeship programmes available
• Learning and Development Opportunities available through our Leadership Development Programmes
• Heavily discounted hotel stays and food & beverage discounts at all our properties
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family. Giving you access to counselling services physical wellbeing & financial aid.
• Life Assurance
• 25 days holiday plus UK bank holiday
• Automatic Enrolment into a workplace pension scheme

About Us

Our success lies amongst the strengths and skills of the dedicated and professional people we employ.
Everyone at Splendid Hospitality is committed to The Splendid Hospitality Way, delivering genuine service to 'Create Extraordinary Experiences'. The team offers a wealth of experience across a variety of talents ensuring that the Group is well positioned to achieve its vision to be a Centre of Global Excellence for Hospitality.

Role in our Family

• Manage Finance team to deliver accurate and timely financial information.

• Ensure that our financial systems and processes support the smooth running of our hospitality operations. Provide the necessary financial data and reports to help our team deliver exceptional service.

• Identify opportunities to enhance top and bottom-line performance of each Division.

• Maintain close scrutiny of the key commercial drivers of EBITDA ensuring threats and opportunities are identified in a timely manner and actions taken to maintain alignment with budget.

• Manage and develop Finance Business Partners

• Work closely with other Finance Head of Department to continuously improve ways of working.

• Build strong and trusting relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

• Support delivery of group wide reporting deadlines and business performance reviews.

• Enable detailed financial analysis across all divisions.

• Support the Development and Investment team with operational financial insight.

• Identify and action opportunities for cross divisional synergies.

What Happens Next

Does this role suit your skillset? Apply now, this takes seconds, you’ll just need to provide some contact details along with a CV. Next, we’ll review your details, and if successful we’ll invite you to meet one of the team to learn more about you, your experience and let us tell you more about the Splendid group.
The Splendid Group is an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.