Our client, an internationally renowned educational organisation with a turnover of €230 million are seeking a Financial Controller for their subsidiary business within the hostel/hospitality sector. The subsidiary business has a turnover of €13 million and the Financial Controller will have full responsibility for the financial control for this business. This role offers an individual from the hotel/hostel sector the opportunity to impact the commercial success of this business whilst creating a better work/life balance for themselves.

The Role

In this role, you will:

• Provide insight into the income and cost base of the company to support the assessment of performance of products and service lines and to make recommendations for margin/service improvement.
• Produce managing information including pricing to support business decision making.
• Project management of a continuous improvement programme, including streamlining business processes to increase cost effective operations.
• Develop the rolling strategic plan with the management team.
• Assessment of capital proposals.
• Prepare and analyse the company's annual budget, monthly management accounts and annual financial statements.
• Provide forecasting on an ongoing basis.
• Prepare board packs and commentary.
• Monitor and enhance tax compliance controls and structures.
• Financial reporting.
• Responsible for Audit engagement with the Auditors.

The Person

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA qualified with minimum 2-3 years' post qualified experience
• Must be from a hotel/hospitality sector with knowledge of room rate fluctuations and commission-based revenue.
• Previous experience of capital expenditure projects.
• Very strong commercial acumen with a track record of contributing to the commercial success of a business.
• Ability to take responsibility for projects.
• Experience working in a multi-site operational environment with large volumes of transactions.
• Strong systems knowledge.

Salary: Up to €73,000 + Benefits

To discover more about this opportunity, apply now or contact Clair Schindler on 01-6321881 for a confidential discussion.