Cluster Internal Auditor

Crimson Hotels is an independent hotel group dedicated to making every travel experience seamless, relaxing, and memorable. Operating under two major brands, Hilton and IHG, offering trusted, world-class service, all our hotels are proudly Green Key Accredited, reflecting our commitment to sustainability.

Our London portfolio includes four distinctive Hilton-branded properties:
The Trafalgar St. James, Curio Collection by Hilton, 100 Queen’s Gate, Curio Collection by Hilton, Double Tree by Hilton London – West End, and Double Tree by Hilton London – Victoria. Each hotel offers its own unique character and guest experience, united by our passion for exceptional hospitality, operational excellence and developing our people.

We care deeply about our people and communities,
empower each other to grow and succeed, embrace inclusivity creating a welcoming environment for all,
innovate to continuously improve, and remain sustainable to protect our future.

We believe great people deserve great perks:

• Exclusive hotel discounts within the Crimson Hotel Group and the worldwide Hilton brand
• Extra Day Off for Your Birthday – Because your day matters
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing
• Free refreshments and freshly cooked meals while on duty
• Learning and development opportunities for career progression
• Health Benefit schemes
• Recognition and reward schemes
• Pension Scheme & Life Assurance
• Discounts in our F&B Outlets

You’ll spend your time visiting the four hotels, reviewing financial and operational controls, testing compliance, and carrying out audits across areas such as cash handling, revenue, purchasing, stock, payroll, and credit control. You’ll work closely with Finance and operational teams to investigate exceptions, identify risks, agree corrective actions, and support both internal and external audit requirements. You’ll also monitor outstanding audit actions, manage chargeback cases, update SOPs, and help drive consistent best practice and strong financial controls across the cluster.

• Conduct internal audits across four hotels, ensuring compliance with company controls and documenting findings, actions, and follow-up reviews.
• Review cash handling, banking, revenue, credit control, purchasing, stock, payroll, and system access procedures.
• Support external audits by coordinating requests, providing audit evidence, and tracking outstanding actions.
• Develop and maintain Finance and operational SOPs, ensuring consistency and compliance across the cluster.
• Investigate exceptions, recommend corrective actions, and monitor implementation with hotel management teams.
• Promote best practice and strong financial controls across all properties.

You’ll bring experience in hotel finance, internal audit, income audit, or a similar financial controls role, along with a strong understanding of revenue, cash, purchasing, payroll, and stock controls. You’ll have excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify risks, investigate issues, and recommend practical solutions. Strong organisational skills will enable you to manage multiple priorities across several hotel locations while meeting deadlines.

You’ll be confident communicating with stakeholders at all levels and producing clear, accurate reports and documentation.

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of hotel revenue, cash, purchasing, stock, payroll, and ledger controls.
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical ability, and organisational skills.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and hotel PMS/POS systems.

In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must either be eligible to live and work in the UK or must obtain permits to work in the UK prior to application. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.

We embrace inclusivity which means creating an environment where we celebrate our differences and everybody’s contributions, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief.