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Always wanted to work in the largest hotel in the center of Amsterdam?

DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station offers stunning views, exceptional service and vibrant food & beverage outlets.

Are you enthusiastic about finance and eager to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic hotel in Amsterdam? Join our team at DoubleTree by Amsterdam Centraal Station as an Assistant Director of Finance !

Our hotel features an award-winning rooftop bar & terrace, pop-up restaurant Eastwood Beer & Grill, a Lobby Bar including our own in-house library, our own Eastwood Coffee Store, Amsterdam's most extensive breakfast buffet, fifteen versatile meeting rooms and 557 guest rooms. Of course you get 50% discount in all our outlets! You can also stay fit alongside your job. Our gym is available to you 24/7!

Exciting news! Our hotel is in the midst of an extensive renovation, including the rebranding and repositioning of all Food & Beverage outlets throughout 2024. LuminAir, our rooftop bar, has already undergone an impressive rebrand and has reopened in June 2023. Stay tuned for further enhancements, including the redesign of our room inventory, as part of this comprehensive project!

The role aims to be recognized as trusted advisors in the hotel / hotels. This role supports the finance lead to attract and retains best-in-class finance professionals. This role assists in developing their finance team and enables them to Thrive. The role communicates with impact, ensures a robust control and compliance environment and supports to enable the EMEA finance management company value proposition, which is attractive to existing and new owners. The role partners within the hotel / hotels to maximize profit for our shareholders and owners and executes EMEA Operations Finance innovations and projects to deliver an industry leading efficient finance organization.

What will I be doing?

The Assistant Director of Finance will support all activities performed by the Director of Finance, to include but not limited to, understanding and driving financial performance, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting and month-end closing activities, co-ordinating and reviewing monthly financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Uniform System of Accounts and Hilton policies and procedures. The role will ensure a smooth operation of all hotel finance activities in full compliance with the policy, regulatory and contractual framework. The role will business partner with all hotel finance team members and the Hotel Management team and supports the Director of Finance in developing excellent working relationships across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including Commercial, IT, Procurement, Operations, Shared Service Centers (where applicable), Owners and Assett Managers as well as Regional Operations Finance. In absence of the Director of Finance, the Assistant Director of Finance will assume responsibilities of the department lead. The role will support the Director of Finance to develop best-in-class hotel Finance teams, including participation in all relevant Finance development programs.

What are we looking for?

• Ability to analyse large volume of complex financial information from many sources and create reports, forecasts, and projections
• Strong problem solving skills, including ability to effectively address any issue in collaboration with others as appropriate
• Ability to proactively identify and prevent potential problems
• Ability to help develop problem solving skills among direct reports and other team members as appropriate• Ability to take initiative to identify, prioritize and implement all elements required for team to fulfil responsibilities
• Ability to manage and develop staff
• Detail oriented and organized
• Ability to develop presentations and effectively present to all levels of company, hotels & owners
• Strong communication and negotiation skills (all levels of management and external customers)
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word and Outlook with the ability to quickly learn new programs when required

Additional Preferences: University degree in Accounting or Finance

The Finance Team is a young and international team in which you will be working with seven colleagues. Next to a lot of fun in the office and several outside of work activities, we offer the following rewards:

Good to know and what we offer:

• Hilton Team Member benefits, which means nights from €40 incl. breakfast in Hilton hotels ( 7,000 destinations) around the world
• The opportunity to offer Friends & Family Discounted Rates to Thirty Friends & Family Members
• Growth and training opportunities, including through Harvard Learning and Hilton University
• Global career opportunities
• Wellness initiatives to help you thrive and be your best self
• Travel reimbursement starting at 0 km
• A pleasant, international work environment
• The best staff parties
• 50% Food & Beverage discount in our F&B Outlets
• Up to 50% Food & Beverage discount in various restaurants in Amsterdam affiliated with the Black Card scheme
• 50% Food & Beverage discount in other Hilton Hotels in the Netherlands
• Possibility to lease an e-bike at a very favourable rate
• Free use of our fitness centre

Job: Finance

Title: Assistant Director of Finance

Location: null

Requisition ID: HOT0AQ5B

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