About us
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has delighted luxury travellers since 1946, serving as a meeting place for heads of state, a setting for world-changing speeches, and the impetus for some of the most famous love stories of all time.
The brand has become synonymous with bold exploration, travel, and cultural discovery. The InterContinental The Red Sea Resort exemplifies these attributes. Set within one of the world’s most ambitious luxury tourism developments amidst an archipelago of over 90 pristine islands, the hotel offers guests sweeping views of the ocean and a discreet barefoot luxury immersed in nature experience.
Each of the resort’s 210 sea-facing rooms provides immediate beach access; allowing guests to step out on to the sands of the Red Sea from the terrace. Moreover, the resort features seven different gastronomic experiences, sprawling pools and recreational facilities, a spa, a health club and curated meetings and events spaces for leisure, business travellers and groups.
With the worldliness that travel brings, every stay will take your imagination to places you’d never expect!
Assistant Director of Finance & Business support
A little taste of your day-to-day:
Administration
- Assists to ensure that the hotel hold all required licenses and permits to operate, all insurances as stipulated in management contract.
- Assist to review all proposed contracts for pricing and terms, ensuring that hotel’s interest comes first and is protected at all times.
- Assists to provide assistance to other operational departments in the definition, implementation and follow-up of improved control tools.
- Assists to maintain close communication with third parties as owning company, public auditors, local authorities.
- Assists in oversee the Finance and Accounting department, ensuring that books, records and accounts maintained accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company.
- Assists in devise and maintain a system of internal accounting control sufficient to ensure that transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general and specific authorization and in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and country legislations.
- Assists to review and certify any hotel internal/external financial reporting before their distribution and oversee the preparation of the hotel’s yearly operating budget.
- Follow up Audit.
Technical Responsibilities
Assist in oversee and ensure the smooth running of accounting functions, in particular:
- The timely preparation and release of monthly financial statements and other related reports and their accuracy, ensure corporate deadline are met.
- that all balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled on monthly basis and discrepancies timely identified and corrected, review and approve those reconciliations.
Assists in oversee and ensure the smooth running of Accounts Receivables and Credit, in particular:
- That all accounts receivable balances and appropriate actions taken to collect overdue.
- To regularly organize credit meeting with the participation of General Manager and all concerned head of department where all debtors’ balances are analysed.
- To oversee the maintenance of the Accounts Receivable sub-ledgers in creating new debtors’ codes or updating credit limits.
- The safeguard of all hotel cash and bank assets: to certify all monthly bank and credit card reconciliation, to ensure that all daily cash and cheque collection are duly verified and banked-in intact on a daily.
Assists in oversee and ensure the smooth running of the overall Cost Control functions, in particular:
- The actual records of all inventories of the hotel with all variances being justified and corrected.
- Food and beverage costing being recorded cost accurately
- Assists in oversee and ensure the smooth running of the purchasing functions, in particular that all procurement of goods and services are done in accordance with the hotel policies and procedures.
Assist in oversee and ensure the smooth running of the overall payroll and general administrative functions, in particular:
- The accuracy of payroll calculation and payment.
- The strict respect of country tax legislation (preparation and tax filing).
- Assists in oversee all legal and tax matters related to the hotel in liaison with consultants and local authorities.
- Assists in liaise with internal, external audits and audit.
- Assists to implements and maintains acceptable accounting practices and procedures.
- Assists in the review of operating equipment stores to avoid unnecessary/excessive purchases and to eliminate (or at least be aware) of obsolete slow-moving items.
- Assists in ensure the acquisition, write off of fixed assets is updated and recorded by owning party, including the control over existence of fixes assets i.e., liaise with owning party regarding physical asset count.
- Identifies training needs, develops formal training plans and conducts training sessions for accounting and operation staff in coordination with other departments.
- To review payroll register, payroll reconciliation and all report concern with payroll.
- Assists in oversee and ensure the smooth running of the hotel’s computer system.
- Meet with the Director of Finance and administration on a regular basis to communicate all accounting activities and results of the Finance department meeting or any other related issues.
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Hospitality Tourism, Commerce, Finance or Business Administration related or higher education qualification / equivalent in Accounting, Finance and,
- Two years in hotel accounting or audit, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
What you can expect from us
We give our people everything they need to succeed. From a competitive salary that rewards all your hard work to a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life – including a full uniform, impressive room discounts and some of the best training in the business.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow and make a difference in a collaborative environment. We know that to work well, we need to feel well – both inside and outside of work – and through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace.
So, join us and you’ll become part of our ever-growing global family.
