Finance Manager - Shared Service

Job Location:

Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara

The Finance Manager is responsible for maintaining a strong accounting, financial reporting, and operational control environment to safeguard company assets, enhance profitability, and mitigate business risks. The role oversees key finance shared service functions including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Income Audit, Night Audit, Credit Management, Bank Reconciliations, Fixed Assets, and Intercompany Transactions. The Finance Manager ensures accurate and timely financial operations, supports statutory and management reporting, drives process improvements, and provides leadership to the finance team.

The role also plays a key part in stakeholder communication with property leadership, owners, auditors, customers, and internal departments to ensure financial discipline, compliance, and operational efficiency.

Manage end-to-end finance shared service operations including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Bank Reconciliations, Fixed Assets, Intercompany Transactions, Income Audit, Night Audit, and Credit Management. Ensure daily financial transactions are accurately processed, supported, approved in line with policy, and recorded on time. Monitor daily cash, bank, revenue, receivable, payable, and balance sheet activities to identify issues, resolve discrepancies, and elevate critical matters when required.

Ensure accurate and timely month-end and year-end closing activities, including accruals, reconciliations, intercompany balances, and financial adjustments. Track key financial metrics, monitor cash flow, review payment patterns, and highlight financial risks to management.

Review financial reports to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company standards. Prepare and review variance analysis, management reports, weekly financial updates, and monthly financial KPI presentations for leadership and stakeholders. Analyze income variances, cost-saving opportunities, budget deviations, and forecast variances, and recommend corrective actions. Support statutory, regulatory, owner, corporate, and management reporting requirements. Use analytical tools, Advanced Excel, Power BI, and financial modeling to support forecasting and scenario analysis.

Ensure daily revenue reports are reviewed accurately and any errors are identified and corrected on time. Oversee income audit processes to ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper documentation of revenue transactions. Supervise daily cash and bank reconciliations and resolve discrepancies promptly. Lead daily Accounts Receivable reconciliations and weekly reconciliation of high-risk and key balance sheet accounts. Oversee monthly balance sheet reconciliations and ensure proper review, documentation, and follow-up on outstanding items.

Resolve customer account discrepancies and coordinate with operations, front office, sales, and other departments where required.

Oversee credit facility management in accordance with company policy and approved procedures. Verify credit forms, approvals, supporting documents, and disbursement records to ensure compliance and accuracy. Monitor credit policy compliance, payment behavior, ageing balances, and customer risk exposure. Conduct weekly credit review meetings and follow up on overdue balances. Develop and recommend credit and risk mitigation strategies to reduce exposure and improve cash collection while maintaining positive engagement with key customers.

Maintain a strong internal control environment across all finance operations. Ensure compliance with corporate policies, statutory requirements, financial procedures, delegation of authority, and company standards. Coordinate and support internal audits, external audits, self-assessments, and owner-related financial reviews. Prepare and monitor action plans for audit findings, control failures, and self-assessment gaps. Implement corrective actions and ensure…