Assistant Hotel Business Controller

Are you excited by the idea of shaping the financial heartbeat of a diverse international hospitality portfolio? Do you enjoy combining analytical thinking with creativity to drive smarter decisions and stronger performance? Are you looking for a role where you can grow your career, make a real impact, and collaborate with teams across borders? Then you may be the Assistant Hotel Business Controller we’re looking for!

In this role, you’ll bring your creative spark to a business that spans iconic hotels, seaside resorts, destination restaurants, glamping sites, and more—while enjoying award-winning training, inspiring support, and genuine opportunities for development. As an Assistant Hotel Business Controller
, you’ll act as a key business partner, helping to drive operational efficiency, strengthen commercial performance, and ensure a robust financial control environment aligned with corporate policies and procedures.

• Location:
  
  Regional Office The Netherlands, Netherlands
• Department:
  Finance
• Job Level: Team Member
• Job Type: Full Time
• Salary:
  Starting from €3176/m

As an Assistant Hotel Business Controller
, you will have oversight and financial responsibility for hotel activities, in which you will be supported by the central Finance team in the region including two Business Controllers. With oversight and financial responsibility for two hotel activities including Financial Management & Statutory Reporting, Budgeting & Forecasting.

Reporting and Analysis:

• Provision of valuable insight that drives performance and continuous improvement
• Oversight and production of monthly management & financial reporting
• Preparation of accurate & insightful commentary including weekly forecasts, monthly business reviews and forecasts
• Liaison and support to the centralised transactional team to ensure accurate, efficient and effective processes

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Co-ordination and preparation of hotel budgets and forecasts
• Preparation, review and presentation of accurate and timely hotel budgets & forecasts in alignment with the agreed corporate budget timetable and with relevant stakeholders in the hotels

Financial Control:

• Completion of control activities and monitoring & review of performance against agreed key financial controls & KPIs
• Monitors and reviews Rooms performance against agreed key financial controls.
• Monitors and reviews hotel food & beverage performance and inventory management.
• Review and authorisation of hotel expenditure and bank payments.
• Review, monitoring and approval of hotel time & attendance data and weekly/ monthly rotas.

Performance Improvement:

• Actively manage and review margin performance & operational efficiency, to improve hotel conversion and maximising hotel asset value.
• Act as Finance Business Partner and provide guidance to the General Manager(s) in performance review meetings including monthly management meetings, commercial meetings and weekly/monthly forecast meetings and business review meetings with the regional team.
• Active collaboration with other finance colleagues to identify opportunities for process improvement & new efficient ways of working.

• Completed HBO/WO level education in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field
• Around 3 years of experience in business controlling, financial analysis, management accounting, or a similar finance function. We welcome both experienced professionals and ambitious finance talent looking to take the next step in their career within a business partnering and controlling environment.
• Hospitality or hotel industry experience is an advantage, but not essential
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Actively takes the lead and provides a positive…