Finance Manager - Operations (ALH Hotels)

Let’s create a more sociable future together

At Endeavour, we’re totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it’s what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!

ALH Hotels offers a diverse hospitality experience including electronic gaming, sports bars, bistros, restaurants, cafes, accommodation, nightclubs, live sports and racing. Our facilities are located in capital cities and urban and regional centres across Australia. We employ over 15,000 people across Australia at more than 350 licensed venues.

We have a Finance Manager vacancy in the Hotels Finance team, providing commercial support and advice to the ALH Operations teams.

The Hotels Finance team is responsible for the finance and strategic leadership for a highly competitive +350 Hotels business. To be successful, the Hotels Finance team focuses on partnering with the business to drive optimal business performance whilst maintaining an objective viewpoint and strong financial control framework.

We are looking for a strong commercial leader to partner the Head of Business Excellence, as well as support the Head of Finance in partnering the GM Operations, and the FBPs in partnering the State Managers, with a focus on Hotels Operations. The role will support the execution of strategy and delivery of venue sales, labour, EBITDAR, and non-financial targets (VOG, Safety, etc). This will require expert business partnering skills, strong modelling and the ability present in a clear and concise manner to influence improved business performance.

Sounds good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role

• Own and manage the weekly and monthly performance reporting insights, including clear communication of the key drivers of performance. 
• Provided assessment of risks and opportunities against financial targets and provide recommendations for mitigating actions.
• Play the role of ‘commercial advisor’. Lead the Finance team in detailed analysis and recommendations on sales (pricing strategy, promotional activities, etc) and cost control (labour, site costs, etc) to drive improved key metrics
• Develop initiatives to improve visibility and accountability of sales / labour. Understand the Hotels business drivers and impacts to key events and initiatives performance
• Ownership of the venue level incentive program including scorecard reporting & bonus calculation working closely with Operations leadership & the People Team 
• Working closely with the Group Optimisation team to identify optimisation initiatives, track delivery and ensure embedment into the operations team
• Continuous improvement mindset. Strengthen, rationalise and streamline current reporting
• Support the Head of Finance with any ad-hoc information and decision support, for any commercial and strategic initiatives in the Hotels business.
• Lead the preparation and submission of the annual budget and forecast (when required), including ensuring they are understood and owned. Ensure alignment to strategy. 
• Monitoring performance against plan, establishing early warning signals to ensure that plans are met or that corrective actions are taken. Avoid surprises through proactive oversight and communication.
• With 3 direct reports, as a Finance Leader you'll strengthen ways of working with Operations / Commercial / FPA and driving team culture.
• Improve team ways of working by introducing innovative analysis, systems efficiencies, improving processes and providing constructive challenges to all areas.
• Proactive approach and a willingness to work across all areas of the business.
• Communication across multiple groups within finance and the wider business.
• Work across Finance to implement best practices and improved ways of working, systems and processes.

Now let’s talk about you

• CA / CPA Qualification
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
• Desirable - Hospitality/Hotels sector experience / operations experience
• Strong data analysis and modelling skills to analyse and summarise high volumes of data
• Strong presentation and storyboarding skills
• Skilled at ensuring the approach and output are simple, structured, accurate, and robust.
• Proficient in synthesizing large amounts of data from a variety of sources.
• Adept at communicating complex financial information to a broad audience, simplifying the complex.
• Capable of identifying efficiencies to accommodate the changing business environment.
• Prioritise team efforts to support business requirements
• Strong experience using financial systems in a commercial environment e.g. Excel (e.g. pivot tables, vlookups, macros), SAP, Tableau, TM1 Forecasting & Budgeting System, Google reporting suite, etc

The benefits are good too!

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

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