Job Summary
Assistant Director, Finance is responsible for leading the finance and accounting function across a portfolio of hospitality-related entities operating across multiple jurisdictions. The role provides strategic oversight of financial reporting, controls, governance, and business partnership to support asset performance, operational decision-making, and long-term value creation. You will lead and develop the finance team, drive functional excellence, and serve as a key advisor to senior management on financial and operational matters.
Job Description
Financial & Management Reporting
- Oversee the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including consolidated accounts, in accordance with IFRS and applicable local GAAP.
- Ensure delivery of accurate and insightful management reports, variance analysis, and performance dashboards covering property, hospitality, and investment-related metrics.
- Review consolidated cash flow statements, balance sheet schedules, and supporting analyses.
- Establish and maintain disciplined, consistent, and efficient closing processes across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Asset Performance
- Direct annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes at both entity and group levels, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Oversee financial analysis on operating and asset-level performance, including actual vs budget/forecast, key cost drivers, and return metrics.
- Provide financial leadership in planning and strategy for property, hospitality, and investment portfolios, including scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling.
Cash Management
- Oversee cash flow planning and monitoring to support operational and investment requirements across the portfolio.
- Engage with key internal and external stakeholders, including banks and financing partners, on financing administration, covenants, and ongoing financial monitoring.
Tax, Statutory & Regulatory Compliance
- Provide oversight of corporate income tax, GST/VAT, and withholding tax matters across relevant jurisdictions.
- Manage relationships with tax advisors and overseas tax agents to ensure timely, accurate, and optimised tax filings.
- Ensure robust statutory reporting and compliance for local and overseas entities, including monitoring of regulatory developments.
Audit & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as the senior point of contact for external auditors and ensure smooth execution of statutory and group audits.
- Review on on audit deliverables, statutory financial statements, and supporting schedules.
- Manage relationships with joint venture partners, property owners, hotel operators, outsourced accounting firms, and overseas finance teams on financial and operational matters.
Systems, Controls & Process Improvement
- Act as senior business owner for finance and accounting systems, ensuring strong governance, internal controls, and data integrity.
- Champion process improvements, standardisation, and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency while strengthening controls.
Business Support & Transactions
- Provide financial leadership on acquisition, divestment, and value-enhancement initiatives, including evaluation of accounting, tax, structuring, and operational implications.
- Partner with business and operations teams as a trusted advisor on financial aspects of property and hospitality operations.
- Lead or contribute to strategic projects such as system enhancements, portfolio restructurings, and finance transformation initiatives.
Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop the finance team, setting clear priorities, performance standards, and development plans.
- Allocate resources effectively across reporting, planning, compliance, and business support workstreams.
- Act as a key finance representative in senior management discussions and cross-functional forums.
Key Qualification
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline; professional qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent) required.
- Minimum 12–15 years of relevant finance and accounting experience, including prior people management and team leadership experience.
- Prior experience in real estate, hospitality, funds, REITs, or asset-based businesses is highly preferred.
- Deep technical expertise in IFRS, consolidation, statutory reporting, and tax compliance.
- Proven track record managing multi-entity and cross-border financial operations.
- Strong experience working with auditors, tax advisors, financing partners, and overseas finance teams.
- Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen, while remaining hands-on when required in a dynamic, asset-heavy environment.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills at senior and board levels.
Diversity brings us closer to the communities we serve
Guided by our Purpose, we are creating, inspiring, and nurturing an inclusive culture that unlocks the power of diverse teams to drive Frasers Property forward. Our values drive everything we do, which are core to creating safe places where everyone belongs, is mutually respected and feels empowered to be authentic at work. Working collaboratively makes us progressively stronger and better as an organization, which helps our people to thrive each day.
