Financial Controller - Hotel Woodstock, Ennis
Join an award-winning, family-owned hotel where people are at the heart of everything we do.
Hotel Woodstock, part of the Choice Hotel Group, is seeking an experienced and commercially focused Financial Controller to join our team in Ennis. This is a full-time, office-based role, offering the opportunity to play a key role within a well-established and growing hospitality business.
Working closely with the hotel management team and our central support office, you'll become part of a collaborative, forward-thinking environment where your expertise will make a real impact.
Why Join our team?
As part of the Hotel Woodstock team, you'll enjoy a range of benefits, including:
Competitive salary
Professional training and career development opportunities
Support from our experienced central office team
Complimentary meals while on duty
Free on-site parking
Employee discounts across Choice Hotel Group properties in Ireland and Worldwide
Team recognition initiatives and social events
Bike to work Scheme
The opportunity to build your career within one of Ireland's leading independent, Irish-owned hotel groups.
If you're looking to join a dynamic organisation that values its people, supports professional growth and offers genuine opportunities to develop your career, we'd love to hear from you.
What we are looking for:
Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar role
Hospitality experience is preferable but not a requirement
A commercially obsessed leader focused on revenue, achieving targets and driving the hotel team to achieve results
Full Job Description.
Under the guidance of the Group Financial Controller/ General Manager to:
Manage the accounts team.
Ensure accounts are completed
Ensure all costs are controlled
All revenues are recognised
Assist in formulating a meaningful budget
Work closely with the heads of departments, General Manager and Group Financial Controller.
To be aware of the hotel mission statement and ensure that you together with each member of your team aspire to its contents delivering a four-star service to the guests at all times.
Financial Controller main duties & responsibilities;
To prepare monthly Profit and Loss Account, with comparisons to budget and last year. To this end, to calculate accruals, prepayments, wage journals, food, beverage and other stock takes and GP results, or oversee their calculation.
To maintain a fully reconciled Balance Sheet.
To prepare a full monthly financial reporting pack for the General Manager and Group Financial Controller within the timescales laid down.
Daily controls are in place to capture all revenue generated.
Revenues generated are recorded correctly in the Weekly/Monthly Report.
Daily controls are in place for collecting outstanding debts both on the Sales Ledger and on Front Office.
Purchase Ledger controls are in place for recording all expenditure and are authorised correctly.
Segregation of duties is in place within the hotel.
All financial staff within your team are appraised and succession planning is in place.
Targets are in place for Credit Control and that where necessary an incentive scheme is in place for achieving these targets.
Expenditure incurred is relevant and historic costs are questioned rather than being allowed to continue.
To control all costs in line with hotel budgets, by keeping accurate records, liaising with Head of Departments and maximising the use of funds available.
Internal controls are in place within F&B to ensure monthly GPs are achieved and that liquor deficits do not occur.
Internal controls are in place for safeguarding assets in the hotel.
To assist the General Manager in the preparation of the hotels annual budget.
To ensure all accounting deadlines are met and that all reports are complete and accurate.
To complete Cash Flow forecasts.
To ensure that all the necessary IT controls are in place
Storage and safeguarding of all documents
Any other reasonable request.
Hotel Woodstock relies upon the flexibility of its staff to ensure the continuity of the high standards currently being achieved. As such, this job description is only intended to be a guide to the most regularly performed duties, it does not form part of your contract of employment and is subject to amendment and change as may be considered necessary from time to time.
