Finance Manager - Shared Services

About the role

Anantara Hotels & Resorts is hiring a Finance Manager for its Banana Island Resort in Doha. The role maintains a strong accounting, financial reporting and operational control environment, safeguards company assets and enhances profitability. It covers key shared service functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Income Audit, Night Audit, Credit Management, Bank Reconciliations, Fixed Assets and Intercompany Transactions, and leads the finance team.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end shared service operations, ensure daily transactions are processed, approved and recorded on time, and monitor cash, bank, revenue, receivables, payables and balance sheet activities.
• Ensure accurate month-end and year-end closing, including accruals, reconciliations and intercompany balances.
• Prepare and review variance analysis, management reports, weekly updates and monthly KPI presentations, and support statutory, regulatory, owner and corporate reporting.
• Use Advanced Excel, Power BI and financial modelling for forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Review daily revenue reports, oversee income audit, cash and bank reconciliations, and lead AR and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Oversee credit facility management, credit policy compliance, ageing balances and overdue follow-ups, and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain internal controls, support internal and external audits, and implement corrective actions.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities, and promote standardisation across properties.
• Communicate regularly with property leadership, owners, auditors, customers and suppliers, and handle escalations with operations teams.
• Lead the finance team, run weekly alignment meetings, train junior staff and escalate critical issues to the Director of Finance.

Required profile

• Experience in financial accounting, shared services operations and financial reporting.
• Ability to manage a finance team and build stakeholder relationships.
• Strong communication, leadership and problem-solving skills.

Required skills

• Financial accounting, budgeting and forecasting, internal controls and compliance.
• Accounts payable and receivable, balance sheet reconciliations, credit management and income audit.
• Advanced Excel, Power BI and financial modelling.