Director of Finance – New Zealand

Join the growing team at TFE Hotels as our Director of Finance - New Zealand

With an increased footprint in New Zealand, we are looking for an experienced financially savvy and qualified Director of Finance to work with our hotels and stakeholders in delivering on strategy, planning, analysis and the execution of the financial performance of our expanding portfolio.  

Based in Auckland, and reporting to the Global Director, Finance Operations in Australia with a dotted reporting line to the Director of Operations – NZ, this role requires an experienced financial specialist who has successfully worked across multiple countries.   

Which brings us to you

You are a mover and shaker in the world of numbers and compliance - you are a stickler in ensuring everything checks out, every single time!  Strategy, planning, analysing, execution... it’s a numbers conundrum and you love it, nearly as much as you love encouraging, educating, and supporting your regional portfolio.

Proactive and hands-on, you plan and deliver - providing systematic (and ad hoc) analysis to drive business performance and better business decisions.  Financial expertise and supportive team engagement - there is nothing you can't turn your hand to bring the numbers to life (and keep them in line!)

Without a doubt you are a risk mitigator – safely and expertly guiding the region to efficient and effective decisions and help mitigate risks (you replace the possible ‘owwws’ with ‘WOWs’!).

Key responsibilities include:

• Governance over budgets and forecasts such as:  
  • pre-opening budgets (P&L, Cash Flow & Capex)
  • annual budgets (P&L, Cash Flow & Capex)
  • forecasts in the 4+8 and 8+4 official forecasting cycles (P&L, Cash Flow & Capex)
• Contribute to key business positioning – from strategic plans to owner engagement.

• Grow financial leadership capability to enrich hotel operational understanding.
• Undertake everyday financial business interactions, from performing ad-hoc analysis to support decision making of revenue generation, cost saving and capital expenditure.
• Ensuring all balance sheet reconciliations, capex, financial reports are completed and reviewed in a timely manner.

More about you:

• 10+ years’ experience in a similar role from a hotel or the finance industry

• Tertiary Accounting/Finance qualification and relevant post graduate professional qualifications (e.g. CA, CPA, CFA, or MBA).
• Sound understanding/experience of the hospitality industry especially accounting issues and body corporates.
• Strong working knowledge and practical skills in accounting and finance.
• Relevant experience in a senior management accounting role, with proven aptitude for the analytical and communication skills necessary to perform at the level of a Director of Finance.
• Excellent practical management accounting expertise, including strong analytical, planning and reporting skills.
• Demonstrated drive to succeed and accomplish results.
• You are meticulous when it comes to attention to detail, strategically querying results and thrive on setting stretch goals and financial results
• Ability to travel locally between hotels and nationally as required.

• Full time permanent working rights for New Zealand (essential)

Why TFE Hotels:

• Supportive, friendly team and company culture
• Global hotel discounts for you and your family and friends
• Travel and wellness discounts
• Paid Birthday leave to celebrate the day and eat cake
• Food and Beverage discounts at our cool bars with amazing views
• Leave options to attend to the things in life that are important to you
• Paid parental leave
• International exchange opportunities.
• Learning, development, and career progression
• Community - Giving back out there, feels extra good here
• Recognition with your chance to shine

At TFE Hotels, we recognise and celebrate your uniqueness, and promise to give more back.

Like you, we nurture and celebrate the passionate and the talented, and we promise to give more back. So dive in and find more as part of our leadership team at TFE Hotels!