Director of Finance - CoE

A Director of Finance - CoE will lead the Finance department and associated operations such that account management, reporting, and interdepartmental and vendor relations are managed to optimise the hotels profitability.

What will I be doing?

The CoE Director of Finance is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) Finance team. This includes leading the team, driving CoE performance and managing relationships with hotel and regional stakeholders. The CoE currently supports 16 hotels across Türkiye, plus corporate cost centres and legal entities.

Leadership and management of the CoE Finance team (27 TMs)

• Managing the CoE budget and re-chargingImproving
• CoE processes and performanceManaging relationships with hotels supported by the CoE
• Accounting support to corporate cost centres and legal entities
• Navision administration for Turkish legislation changes

What are we looking for?

The success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:

• Ability to lead a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Demonstrated competence to manage multiple priorities and follow through on tasks to completion
• Work attitude that exhibits flexibility, drive, good judgment, dependability and ambition
• Proactive stakeholder management through excellent written and interpersonal skills
• Exceptionally self-motivated and directed
• Self-starter who takes ownership of work objectives and proactively finds solutions

Required Qualifications :

Education: BS/BA/Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
Minimum Years of Experience: 8 years of progressive overall experience, including:

• Finance Centre of Exellence experience
• Team leadershipProject management experienceP
• roficiency in Turkish accounting and legislationProfessional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, or equivalent)
• Languages Required: Turkish, English
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and SharePoint with the ability to quickly learn new programs when required

Preferred Qualifications :

• Knowledge of Hilton Finance systems in Türkiye (Navision, OnQ, Birchstreet, Docuware)