Group Director of Finance SwitzerlandAethos • Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Group Director of Finance Switzerland
Aethos • Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Vor 30+ Tagen
Stellenbeschreibung
Key Skills
Business Development,Information Technology,Oversight,Professional Development,Account Management,Client Relationships,Project Management,Strategic Initiatives,Ensure Compliance,Program Development,KPI,Product Development,Direct Reports,Strategic Development,Special projects
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
About Aethos
Extraordinary places passionate people and shared learning experiences: this is Aethos. We believe that traveling and hospitality should leave a lasting positive impact on the mind body and soul. Thats the reason why we choose our locations very carefully and work together with people who want to be part of a community instead of just having a job. Everyone who works at Aethos can make a personal impact on the community and company - great ideas can come from anywhere.
We are a young and dynamic hospitality company that understands the value of time with friends and loved ones. We make a conscious choice towards sustainability and well-being and the luxury of time and space. We stand for freedom from the stresses and anxieties of modern life. We want to be the first choice for anyone who seeks respite and refuge from the boring the stressful and the unsustainable. Thats why we define hospitality differently: while all of our decisions should be made with the community and needs of our guests in mind we always strive to create a community that we want to be part of and that improves the world around us. We invite you to be part of our story.
The Role
- The Group Director of Finance (Group DOF) is the senior financial leader for Aethos responsible for ensuring financial stability transparency and scalability across the group. This role oversees corporate finance at HQ directly manages the Finance & AccountingManager and provides functional leadership to all Hotel Directors of Finance (indirect reporting line via General Managers).
- The Group DOF sets the financial framework standards and governance across corporate and hotel operations ensuring consistent processes robust controls and high-quality reporting. This role partners closely with the executive leadership team to supportgrowth investment decisions and long-term value creation.
Who This Role Suits
- This role is suited to a finance leader who thrives in environments with complexity and ambiguity and who enjoys creating structure clarity and scalable solutions as the business evolves. The Group DOFwill bring strong change management experience and the ability to guide develop and align teams through periods of growth and transformation. As a trusted strategic partner to the CEO and executive team this individual will actively shape key business decisionscombining commercial insight with financial rigor. The role requires genuine curiosity about the wider business a willingness to engage deeply with operational teams and a hands-on approach to understanding supporting and estimating the financial resourcesrequired to deliver Aethos long-term vision. This is a role for someone comfortable balancing high-level strategic leadership with detailed hands-on involvement when needed.
Key Responsibilities
- Include:
- Own and continuously develop the group-wide finance strategy ensuring financial stability while enabling growth and flexibility.
- Act as the financial steward of the business ensuring strong governance risk management and internal controls across all entities and hotels.
- Serve as a strategic partner to the executive team on financial performance capital allocation and business planning.
- Oversee the Finance & Accounting Manager ensuring corporate finance and accounting operations are accurate timely and well-controlled.
- Review and challenge corporate management accounts cash flow forecasts liquidity planning and consolidated reporting.
- Ensurethe corporate centre provides high-quality financial insight and support to hotel operations and leadership.
- Provide functional leadership to all Hotel Directors of Finance setting clear expectations standards and ways of working.
- Define and enforce hotel-level financial processes including accounting policies reporting calendars forecasting methodologies and budgeting frameworks.
- Review hotel financial performance forecasts and budgets ensuring consistency accuracy and alignment with group objectives.
- Act asa key escalation point for complex financial control or compliance matters at hotel level.
- Design and implement group-wide financial policies procedures and reporting standards across corporate and hotel entities.
- Drive standardisation of systems chart of accounts reporting formats and KPIs across the group.
- Continuously improve finance processes to increase efficiency transparency and decision-support capability as the group scales.
- Lead the annual group budgeting process and oversee hotel and corporate budgets.
- Oversee rolling forecasts long-term financial planning and scenario analysis at both hotel and group level.
- Monitor performance against budget and forecast providing clear variance analysis and actionable insights to leadership.
- Oversee group-wide cash flow management liquidity planning and banking relationships.
- Maintain oversight of intercompany funding loans and capital movements across entities.
- Support fundraising refinancing and investor-related activities where required.
- Oversee statutory reporting and audit processes across all corporate entities and where relevant hotel structures.
- Ensure compliance with local regulations tax requirements and governance standards across jurisdictions.
- Maintain a robust internal control environment and proactively manage financial and operational risk.
- Act as a senior finance point of contact for external auditors advisors banks and investors.
- Partner closely with General Managers Hotel DOFs and department heads to embed financial discipline and commercial thinking across the business.
- Support ad-hoc strategic projects new hotel openings acquisitions and structural changes across the group.
- Contribute to building a strong finance culture that balances control collaboration and commercial mindset.
Group Finance Leadership & Governance
Corporate Finance Oversight
Hotel Finance Oversight (Indirect)
Standardisation & Systems
Budgeting Forecasting & Performance Management
Treasury Cash Flow & Capital Structure
Audit Compliance & Risk
Stakeholder Management
Other
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting or related field; CPA / ACCA / CIMA strongly preferred.
- 10 years of senior finance experience ideally within hospitality real estate or multi-site / multi-entity environments.
- Proven experience leading group finance functions and overseeing both corporate and operational (hotel/site-level) finance teams.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge combined with strategic commercial insight.
- Demonstrated ability to design scalable finance processes and governance frameworks.
- Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and with external advisors and auditors.
- Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
Why Join Us
A dynamic and collaborative team
Opportunities for professional growth
Exposure to a fast-paced international multi-property business
Hybrid work
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
Business Development,Information Technology,Oversight,Professional Development,Account Management,Client Relationships,Project Management,Strategic Initiatives,Ensure Compliance,Program Development,KPI,Product Development,Direct Reports,Strategic Development,Special projects
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
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Group Director of Finance Switzerland • Zug, Zug, Switzerland
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