Management Accountant

Abu Dhabi | Full-Time | Hotels | Salary: up to AED 20,000 per month

We are partnering with a leading hotel group in Abu Dhabi to recruit an experienced Senior Management Accountant with a strong background in hotel management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly ambitious hotel group where you'll play a key role in delivering accurate financial information, supporting commercial decision making and driving financial performance across the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts across multiple hotel entities.
• Lead the month end close process, ensuring all financial reporting deadlines are achieved.
• Produce detailed variance analysis, providing clear commentary on financial performance against budget and forecast.
• Support the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting process, working closely with operational stakeholders.
• Partner with hotel management teams to provide financial insight and support commercial decision making.
• Monitor revenue, payroll and operating costs, identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve profitability.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and ensure strong financial controls are maintained.
• Support statutory audits and ensure financial information is accurate, complete and audit-ready.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, financial controls and system efficiencies.
• Mentor and support junior members of the finance team where required.

Key experience:

• Previous experience in a Senior Management Accountant, Management Accountant or similar finance role.
• Essential: Previous finance experience within the hotel industry.
• Strong experience preparing monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts within a multi entity environment.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and provide meaningful commercial insights.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, balance sheet reconciliations and month end close processes.
• Fully or part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA (or qualified by experience with extensive experience).
• Advanced Excel skills with experience analysing and presenting financial data.
• Experience using ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Sun, Net Suite, Sage or similar.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships across finance and operational teams.

On offer:

• Full-time, permanent position based in Abu Dhabi.
• Opportunity to join a well-established and growing hospitality group.
• A senior finance position with exposure to key business stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Collaborative finance team with opportunities to drive process improvements and add commercial value.
• Salary of up to AED 20,000 per month plus benefits.

Please note: Due to the nature of the business, previous hotel finance experience is essential. Applications without this experience are unlikely to be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be considered