Pay: $80000 per year - $95000 per year
At Great Wolf, the Assistant Director of Finance (ADoF) is responsible for assisting the Lodge’s Director of Finance with oversight of financial strategy, policies, controls, and systems, and working in conjunction with the General Manager to maximize financial and operational growth.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Strategic Influence & Business Partnering
- Partner with property General Managers, Lodge Director of Finance, and other Lodge leaders to build and deliver strategic and financial plans.
- Coordinate, analyze, and report operational and financial performance to leaders and key stakeholders.
- Support efforts to identify, monitor, and, where appropriate, mitigate areas of financial risk.
- Update and implement lodge-specific financial policies and procedures.
- Identify and implement operational improvements through business partnering with lodge line of business leadership.
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Direct and administer all financial operations at the resorts to include, but not limited to, asset protection, financial reporting, systems management, budget and forecasting, region management, and meeting facilitation and participation.
- Assist with coordination and review of monthly profit and loss statements with the Lodge Director of Finance and General Manager.
- Coordinate with shared services center and third-party service providers (outsourcing provider, auditors, state and local tax authorities) to ensure all necessary information is compiled, reviewed, and approved.
- Delivery of financial performance through improvement and growth of working capital and EBITDA.
- Partner with the Financial Shared Service Center to ensure accuracy of financial statements and adherence to Accounting policies and procedures.
- Oversee purchasing and payables activity to ensure coding and reviewing of invoices are processed for payments. Assist other departments in maintaining actual expenditures versus budget.
Operational & Financial Controls
- Monitor and maintain adequate internal control over revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities of the resort (customer billing, paycheck distribution, cash management, and contract review and compliance, etc.).
- Ensure financial, cash, operational, and fraud controls framework is in place, and has a regular cadence of compliance monitoring of internal controls that identifies gaps and puts in place remediation.
Other tasks
- Leadership of the lodge Accounting team including the lodge Accounting Associate, Receiver, or other positions.
- Participate in Manager on Duty (MOD) scheduled rotation.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or required.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Hospitality, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years or more progressive Finance/Accounting experience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; specifically demonstrated ability to perform analysis and modeling in Excel.
- Experience supervising Finance/Accounting staff.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills.
- Geographic mobility: This position is designed to develop individuals to be future Directors of Finance in the brand. Individuals in this role are expected to be largely relocatable to other lodge locations across the US to backfill open Director of Finance positions when ready.
Desired Qualifications & Traits
- CPA and/or MBA desired.
- Experience in theme park, hotel, or resort industry.
- Demonstrated financial analysis experience.
- Prior experience with labor management systems and/or analysis.
- Previous experience with Coupa, Tableau, and/or Sun Accounting system.
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrated organization and effective collaboration skills.
- Demonstrated attention to detail.
Physical Requirements
- Able to lift up to 20lbs.
- Able to bend, stretch, and twist.
- Able to stand or sit for long periods of time.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
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