Finance Manager - Vivari Hotel & Spa by Mantis

Mantis is a leading, conservation-focused hotel group with eco-lodges, waterways and curated eco-resorts located all over the world. Sustainable travellers have been enjoying eco-tourism, safaris and adventure travel with Mantis since 2000. Rooted in conservation, Mantis pursues sustainable business practices and develops tourism products that are respectful of the environment and communities in which they operate.

Whether small and intimate or vast and complex, on a sweeping African plain, beach-side escape or bustling city, each is an exceptional place for guests to find themselves. While uniquely different in the experiences they offer, all are linked through a collective obsession to be extraordinary, to be rare in a world that mass-produces sameness.

Finance Manager - Vivari Hotel & Spa by Mantis

Reporting to the General Manager and steering the financial operations of the hotel and complex, this position acts as the property's strategic financial business leader and provides the necessary financial expertise for the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and initiatives, while also maximising the return on investment. In addition, this role formulates and executes a business plan aligned with the property and brand's strategy, focusing on financial activities to achieve the desired results.

What is in it for you:

• Engage in conservation efforts and help preserve wildlife.
• Enjoy sustainable adventures with exclusive rewards.
• Celebrate locality and heritage in a vibrant community.
• Advance your career with global development opportunities.
• Drive change through impactful social initiatives.
• Collaborate with a passionate, innovative team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Service Excellence and Compliance: Consistently provide thoughtful, caring, and sincere service while leading and managing the day-to-day activity of the Finance Department. Ensure all standards are followed, including optimal compliance with corporate Focus audit, and that financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures. Follow departmental policies and procedures diligently.
• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements, including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports. Prepare the monthly payroll pack, ensuring completeness, and review the income audit pack, resolving any discrepancies. Additionally, review accounts receivable aging and bad debt provision in line with Accor policy. Ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses, including reviewing daily CASH UP’s and F&B sales summaries for accuracy. Prepare monthly balance sheets and bank reconciliations, while also checking all POS reports, Opera reports, PABX reports, and rebates for discrepancies, reporting any issues to the General Manager/Hotel Manager. Monitor F&B cost ratios to ensure alignment with the budget and verify any major variances in the same month. Lastly, handle the preparation of monthly journal vouchers and upload them to the general ledger.
• Financial Operations and Control: Assist the General Manager in ensuring all financial reporting deadlines are met and support the preparation of financial audits, coordinating with the audit process for the hotel and entire complex. Arrange supplier payments in a timely manner and ensure that daily receipts are deposited on the next succeeding banking day. Additionally, upload month-end figures on OneStream and MGM reports and ensure all historical information is filed in a way that provides easy access, including microfilming or other storage where necessary.
• Procurement and Inventory Management: Involvement in monthly inventories together with F&B, ensuring F&B controls, procurement, stores, and receiving are in adherence with policies and procedures. Additionally, suggest and recommend improvements to the internal control system.
• Legal and Administrative Responsibilities: Preparation of monthly and yearly owner reports, ensuring all contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, legal documents, and insurances (Property/Workmen) are renewed and safeguarded. Additionally, handle any other duties as assigned by the General Manager.

• Work Experience: Previous experience as a finance manager or in an equivalent role, preferably with an international and local experience.
• Education: Diploma or degree preferably in finance or a related field, with a commitment to ongoing learning.
• Communication Skills: Fully proficient in English, with excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Systems: Excellent knowledge of Symphony, Opera, and Sun.
• Financial Acumen: Excellent experience with budgeting, forecasting, profit and loss analysis, and a creative and innovative approach.
• Profile: Engaging, friendly, and charismatic, with a natural ability to connect with guests/colleagues. Performs well under pressure, analyzes and resolves issues, and exercises sound judgment.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor? We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.

By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/

About Mantis Collection: Mantis is a boutique hospitality group that was founded by conservationist Adrian Gardiner in 2000, with its main focus predominantly in Africa and the Middle East. Mantis grew from Adrian’s vision to restore and rewild degraded farmland which he developed into a widely-acclaimed Private Game Reserve. This was the first private game reserve in the Eastern Cape and the beginning of eco-tourism in a poverty-stricken province that had few opportunities outside of commercial farming. Adrian and the Mantis team successfully created a place where man and nature could co-exist sustainably. From this initial success, the Mantis model was then developed worldwide, understanding that consumers could use the Mantis portfolio as a mark of quality, consistency and character. Today the diverse portfolio of handpicked properties links up to create travel journeys, which offer guests the opportunity to experience the essence of the location in a setting of tailored luxury. Rooted in conservation, Mantis pursues sustainable business practices and develops tourism products that are respectful of the environment and communities in which they operate.

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