Director of Finance Business Partner
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The Director of Finance reports directly to the Managing Director and serves as their principal advisor on all financial and accounting matters. The role oversees the efficient operation of the Accounting Department in compliance with policies established by the Managing Director and Rosewood Hotel Group (RWHG), and within applicable hotel regulations.
The Director of Finance is responsible for maintaining accurate accounting systems, preparing financial statements and reports in a timely manner, and ensuring all records comply with both RWHG standards and local legal and accounting requirements. Any conflicts between local laws and RWHG policies must be reported to RWHG without delay.
In addition, the Director of Finance is charged with safeguarding important documentation, overseeing administrative procedures to protect the hotel’s assets, and maintaining communication with Controllers across other Rosewood properties to share best practices and operational insights.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Requirements:
Strategic & Leadership Responsibilities
• Lead and oversee all financial operations of the resort – including Hotel, Club and Residence Association accounting – ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, brand standards and overall financial performance.
• Champion a unified financial culture bridging Hotel, Club and Residence Association interests, fostering transparency and collaboration across Rooms, Food & Beverage, Golf, Racquets, Wellness, Beach, Watersports and Residences.
• Contribute to immediate, medium- and long-term financial planning in partnership with the Managing Director and Executive Committee, defining priorities and growth objectives.
• Represent the resort as a financial ambassador within the local community, with owners and across the Rosewood network, building collaborative relationships.
Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance
• Ensure accurate, timely financial reporting, delivering full compliance with Rosewood Hotel Group (RWHG) guidelines, local accounting principles and statutory regulations; escalate any conflicts between local requirements and RWHG policy.
• Adhere to and actively champion Rosewood’s Code of Conduct and business ethics, ensuring all financial activities, decisions and relationships are conducted with honesty, integrity and professionalism.
• Develop and enforce financial controls, cash-handling procedures and procurement standards to ensure compliance, efficiency and loss prevention.
• Drive a transition toward company card usage where logical, reducing reliance on cash and manual expense handling, and ensure card programmes provide meaningful financial benefit to the resort (e.g. travel rewards, rebates, discounts or cashback).
• Ensure compliance with local taxation, duties and regulatory filings, including import duties and any sector-specific levies.
• Manage insurance placement and renewals; coordinate claims, documentation and loss-control actions in partnership with Risk and Operations.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Performance
• Develop and execute annual financial goals and operational budgets, identifying opportunities to maximise revenues and optimise costs across divisions.
• Analyse departmental P&Ls, prepare commentary for Monthly Business Reviews and implement corrective action where performance deviates from targets.
• Oversee treasury and cashflow – including liquidity, working capital and cash forecasting – to ensure operational continuity and prudent deployment of funds.
Commercial Strategy & Market Intelligence
• Analyse competitor pricing, local market trends and seasonal demand patterns to inform revenue strategies and operating forecasts.
• Partner with Food & Beverage leadership to drive menu engineering, cost control and margin optimisation across all venues.
Capital Assets, Procurement & Lifecycle Planning
• Coordinate with Facilities on CAPEX planning, depreciation forecasting and lifecycle maintenance to safeguard asset condition and capital integrity.
• Conduct post-completion reviews on approved CAPEX to verify delivery against scope, budget and operational benefit, ensuring correct capitalisation, spend-to-approve reconciliation and asset tagging on receipt.
Residential Associations & Ownership Interfaces
• Provide financial oversight and governance for Residence Associations and homeowner committees, ensuring transparency, accuracy and alignment with resort objectives.
• Oversee the HOA Accountant as the primary financial contact for Residence Associations, reviewing budgets, statements and reserves, and providing guidance or escalation where required.
Sustainability, Risk & Environmental Data
• Support sustainability and community initiatives in line with Rosewood’s environmental charter, resort values and local community commitments, providing financial oversight as required.
• Maintain accurate environmental and utilities data within Resource Advisor and collaborate cross-functionally to drive measurable improvements in resource usage and efficiency.
• Partner with Operations, IT and the Sustainability Committee to reduce resource consumption within the Finance division – including the elimination of paper records through digitisation, electronic approvals and cloud-based storage – contributing to the resort’s broader sustainability targets.
People Leadership & Culture
• Recruit, develop, train and motivate Finance associates, promoting leadership growth and maintaining a strong succession pipeline.
• Support performance-management processes, providing timely feedback, documentation and corrective action where behaviour, policy or performance standards are not met.
• Foster a culture of recognition, empowerment and accountability within Finance, supporting improvement in Associate Engagement Survey results.
Position Requirements, Skills & Knowledge
• Proven senior leadership experience within a multi-faceted luxury resort, mixed-use hospitality environment or branded residences portfolio, with direct financial oversight of hotel, club and residential operations.
• Experience within Caribbean or island luxury resort markets preferred, with demonstrated understanding of remote-location logistics, shipping, customs duty and supply-chain challenges.
• Demonstrated experience in homeowner association (HOA) financial governance, reserve planning and common-area capital stewardship.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing multi-departmental budgets, forecasting and long-term capital planning, including pre-opening and refurbishment cycles.
• Demonstrated proficiency in developing and analysing P&L statements, labour-productivity metrics, flow-through analysis and preparing performance commentary for senior leadership, owners and homeowner committees.
• Evidence of leading CAPEX lifecycle planning, post-completion reviews, depreciation modelling and asset-tagging governance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Hospitality Management or Business Administration required; CIMA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent designation strongly preferred.
• Proven experience presenting financial information to Boards, homeowners, owners’ representatives and executive committees.
• Advanced computer literacy and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, business-intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI) and hotel property-management systems (preferably Opera Cloud PMS).
• Experience with hospitality financial and operational systems such as Blue Bison, BambooHR, BirchStreet, Hyperion, SunSystems, Opera Cloud PMS, MICROS Symphony POS and TCP Software (Time & Attendance), or equivalent enterprise platforms.
• Experience in a unionized environment will be considered advantageous.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, reliability and follow-through.
• Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality of all guests, homeowners and financial information at all times.
• Ability to work cohesively with other departments as part of a collaborative leadership team.
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