Assistant Financial Controller

DoubleTree by Hilton London ExCeL

Salary: Competitive depending on experience
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Town: London

Right on the waterfront and next to the ExCel exhibition center, the hotel is only a 12 minute tube ride from Central London.

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Financial Controller to join our Truly Talented team.

What we offer

• Competitive depending on experience
• Permanent Full-time contract 

The Role

As an Assistant Financial Controller, you will be supporting the on-site Fnancial Controller with the achievement of the hotel’s financial objectives. Assisting with the production of budgets and financial statements and ensuring an efficient, accurate financial and administrative hotel finance operation.

The core skills and experience required to succeed:

A structured approach to business planning and management;
Experience in challenging costs;
Experience in a similar role with experience in supporting with the production of financial statements and budgets;
Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and HR information systems;
Proven ability to diagnose problems with critical thinking skills, as well as drive appropriate solutions with initiative;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong command of spoken and written English;
Strong organisational skills developed in a fast paced environment;
Sound understanding of the legal framework in relation to finance operations;
Previous experience in a hotel or related environment preferred but not essential;
Results focused with an overwhelming desire to succeed.

Benefits

• Worldwide employee discounts at Hilton Hotels through Go Hilton program;
• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
• Use of Wagestream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £250 per successful hire;
• Free meals while on shift;
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

Daily revenue reconciliation
• Cost control – PO’s and PO reconciliation, uploading invoices to payment system (P2D); approving some invoices.
• Reconcile daily banking
• Updating live profit model
• Ensuring control of the hotels sales ledger, ensuring that all invoices, receipts, BACS payments etc. are correctly posted to the system
• Checking accommodation sales ledger invoices before they are sent to the client
• Responding to sales ledger queries from clients with the aid of reservations
• Undertaking sales ledger end of month procedures, sending statements to debtors, producing reports required by Axiom HO
• Chasing overdue debts and resolving any related problems or queries
• Checking all travel agent commission claims with reservations and resolve any queries with the agent concerned
• Assist the financial controller in reporting to hotel management accountant all month end information, to ensure timely completion of month end.
• Producing of any other ad-hoc reports that may be requested by the FC , GM or Axiom HO
• Ensure compliance with all Internal audit requirements
• Assist where required with HR administration
• Deputise in the absence of the Financial Controller
• Actively participate in hotel CARE Committee
• Attend weekly payroll meeting in absence of FC

PERFORMANCE MEASURES
• Hotel financial target achievement
• Achievement of agreed personal targets and objectives.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Demonstrable experience in a Finance Department , preferably in hotels
• Understanding of Profit and Loss statement
• Numerate, computer literate and efficient and productive
• Audit knowledge and experience
• Results focused with an overwhelming desire to succeed
• Advanced IT skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

IDEAL CANDIDATE
• Hotel Finance Experience – minimum 3 years
• Knowledge of Hilton systems ideal but no essential
• Trustworthy
• Focused on results and able to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines.
• Customer focused
• Flexible & adaptable
• Strong communicator and influencer
• Financially and commercially astute with strong business acumen
• Highly self-motivated, confident, decisive and able to work with limited supervision

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and the DoubleTree by Hilton London ExCeL.

Opportunities for all

At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels’ impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.

Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.