• Lead financial operations across multiple hotels including accounting oversight, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, audit compliance, labor analysis, and operational finance strategy. 

• Partner closely with General Managers, Area leadership, Operations teams, and ownership groups to drive portfolio performance, profitability, and financial accountability. 

• Review and analyze monthly financial statements, forecasts, variance reporting, operational KPIs, labor metrics, and business performance trends across assigned hotels. 

• Support hotel leadership teams with budgeting, forecasting, labor planning, expense management, and financial decision-making initiatives. 

• Monitor portfolio-wide revenue performance, operational expenses, purchasing controls, inventory management, and departmental profitability opportunities. 

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, audit requirements, ownership reporting, tax regulations, and company financial policies. 

• Lead financial audits, balance sheet reviews, reconciliations, cash controls, operational reporting, and risk management initiatives across assigned properties. 

• Coach, mentor, and support Directors of Finance, Controllers, and hotel accounting teams to strengthen financial performance and operational partnership. 

• Partner closely with Revenue Management, Sales, Human Resources, and Operations teams to align financial strategies with hotel business objectives. 

• Support hotel transitions, acquisitions, openings, renovations, capital planning, ownership presentations, and portfolio growth initiatives as needed. 

• Maintain strong knowledge of hospitality accounting systems, PMS platforms, procurement systems, financial reporting tools, and hotel operational technology. 

• Travel regularly between properties to conduct operational reviews, financial audits, leadership meetings, and strategic planning sessions. 

• Help foster a collaborative, analytical, and business-focused culture aligned with Sonesta’s People People philosophy. 

• Any other duties as assigned. 

What great looks like 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Hospitality Management, or related field required. 

• 7+ years of progressive hospitality finance, accounting, hotel operations finance, or multi-property financial leadership experience preferred. 

• Previous Area Director of Finance, Regional Finance Leader, Director of Finance, Hotel Controller, or multi-property hospitality finance leadership experience preferred. 

• Strong knowledge of hospitality accounting, hotel financial operations, forecasting, budgeting, labor management, payroll oversight, and operational finance strategy. 

• Experience managing multi-property financial reporting, audits, balance sheets, reconciliations, cash controls, and compliance initiatives preferred. 

• Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, organizational, and strategic planning skills. 

• Strong business acumen with the ability to partner operationally across multiple hotels and leadership teams. 

• Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced hospitality environment with competing priorities and deadlines. 

• Experience using hotel accounting systems, PMS platforms, Excel, business intelligence tools, and hospitality financial reporting systems preferred. 

• CPA, MBA, CHAE certification, or related professional credentials preferred. 

• Ability to travel regularly between hotel properties and operational locations as needed. 

• Flexible availability including occasional evenings, weekends, holidays, and operational support as required. 

• A passion for hospitality, leadership, operational excellence, financial strategy, and driving exceptional portfolio performance across multiple properties.