Hetherley Capital Partners
Financial Controller - Hotels
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Job Title – Financial Controller
Location
West London, with travel across the hotel portfolio
Reporting to
Managing Director/Head of Operations
Type
Full-time preferred
Salary
£45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience
About Hetherley
Hetherley is a UK hotel investment and operating platform focused on branded economy, limited-service and select-service hotels.
We are looking for an experienced Hotel Financial Controller or Finance Manager who is ready to take the next step from responsibility for a single hotel into a broader portfolio role.
The successful candidate will initially take primary financial responsibility for ibis budget Heathrow Central, while also supporting financial control and reporting across our wider portfolio of four hotels. This is a hands-on hotel finance role.
You will work closely with General Managers and Hetherley’s operations team to ensure that each hotel has accurate financial information, strong financial controls and a clear understanding of performance.
What You Will Be Doing
Your primary focus will be the day-to-day financial control and reporting of the hotels.
You will:
- Take financial ownership of ibis budget Heathrow Central and oversee finance across the wider hotel portfolio.
- Prepare and review monthly hotel management accounts.
- Review hotel P&Ls, balance sheets, reconciliations and cashflow.
- Produce clear variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year.
- Work directly with General Managers to understand performance, investigate variances and identify areas for action.
- Maintain strong controls across purchasing, supplier payments, revenue, cash, debtors and creditors.
- Monitor payroll, VAT, working capital and hotel cashflow.
- Support annual budgets, forecasts and reforecasts.
- Ensure month-end reporting is accurate, consistent and delivered on time.
- Help improve and standardise hotel finance processes across the portfolio.
- Work with outsourced accountants and external advisers where required.
- Support hotel audits, year-end processes and other finance-related projects.
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What We Are Looking For
We are particularly interested in speaking to people who are already working in hotel finance and want greater responsibility. You may currently be a:
- Hotel Financial Controller
- Finance Manager
- Assistant Financial Controller
- Cluster Finance Manager
- Deputy Financial Controller
You should have strong practical experience of hotel accounting and a good understanding of:
- Hotel management accounts and P&Ls
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Cashflow and working capital
- Payroll
- VAT
- Creditors and debtors
- Financial controls
- Budgeting and forecasting
You should also be comfortable working directly with General Managers and operational teams, explaining financial performance clearly and challenging constructively where required. Experience of USALI reporting would be advantageous.
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Qualifications & Systems
ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification or part-qualification would be helpful, but strong practical hotel finance experience is more important.
Experience with hotel or finance systems such as Opera, Sage, Xero, Sun, Access, Fourth or similar would be useful.
Strong Excel skills are expected.
The Opportunity
This role is particularly suited to someone who has built strong experience within a hotel finance team but now wants broader exposure.
Rather than being responsible for finance within one property, you will have the opportunity to work across several hotels, interact directly with senior management and help shape how finance operates as Hetherley grows its management platform. As the portfolio expands, we would expect the role and level of responsibility to grow with it.
Location
The successful candidate should ideally be based in West London, Heathrow or within easy travelling distance of Heathrow.
A significant proportion of the role will initially be based at ibis budget Heathrow Central. There will also be travel to other hotels within the portfolio.
Salary
£48,000–£55,000 depending on experience.
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