You make it Hand Picked!

Established by Guy and Julia Hands in 1999, Hand Picked hotels has grown organically and through acquisition to become the 5th largest luxury hotel group in the UK – comprising 21 hotels across the UK and Channel Islands.  With strong shareholder support, the business has embarked on an ambitious investment program to refresh the estate and customer experience to define a new standard of country house stay in 2023. With welcoming and charming service delivered in truly inspirational settings, our guests are encouraged to relax, kick off their shoes and indulge.

We are currently recruiting for an Interim Regional Finance Manager to join our expanding finance team at Hand Picked Hotels. This role will be offered on a 6 month Interim contract initially with potential for the role to become permeant in the future.

A new opportunity has arisen to join our expanding finance team, we are currently recruiting for an Interim Regional Finance Manager to join Hand Picked Hotels this role can be based from our office in Sevenoaks in Kent, however this position does come with the option of hybrid working from home once settled into the role.

 About the role:

• The Interim Regional Finance Manager has responsibility for the financial processes supporting the control and reporting of hotel financial performance for a cluster of hotels from within Hand Picked’s UK portfolio, and partnering with the business to drive financial performance.
• You will be responsible for instilling and maintaining a sound control environment across the relevant portfolio of hotels, they will work closely with operational and commercial teams as a partner in driving the performance of the business.
• As Regional Finance Manager you form part of the Operational Finance Team reporting to the Head of Operational & Commercial Finance and will be the principle point of contact for all matters related to operational and commercial finance matters pertaining to the relevant hotels in their portfolio.
• The role will involve working closely with the other Regional Finance Managers to provide cover and support for other hotels during times of annual leave and/or sickness.
• Provide support on all commercial finance matters to the Property GMs, Heads of Departments and Leaderships teams within the Region.

About you:

• To be considered for this role, you will need to have current experience as a Finance Manager within a larger hotel or hotel cluster this will include management of finance teams, ideally within the hospitality industry.
• It is essential you are qualified accountant with either (ACA/CA,ACCA,CIMA)
• Have advanced user knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Be able to present written information to a high professional standard.
• Previous work experience in travel and hospitality industry would be an advantage, as would knowledge of Sage, Opera and other hospitality software.

Our Benefits include:

• A competitive salary of £59.000 annum which is pro rata for 6 months.
• Company pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Company Sickness Scheme Benefit
• 28 days holiday per year including bank holidays on a pro rata basis for the length of the contract.
• Forward career progression, with access to our In House and external training programs, including NVQ’s and other recognised hospitality industry courses which are all supported by our learning and development team.
• £30 staff stays with Hand Picked Hotels per room Bed & Breakfast & 25% discount on all food & drink. Yes, it’s as good as it sounds!
• Annual loyalty awards (like afternoon teas and overnight stays)
• Online retail discount platform offering thousands of savings with high street retailers and restaurants as well as a health and well-being platform.