Umed Bhawan Palace, Kotah Looking for Financial Controller at Kota, Rajasthan, India Full Time

JOB OPENING: FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

The opening is for the role of Financial Controller at Umed Bhawan Palace, Kotah – a heritage hotel in Kota, Rajasthan, India.

Prerequisites

–       Qualified Charted Accountant (CA) or equivalent qualifications

–       Preferably minimum 1-2 years as Unit Financial Controller (UFC) or Financial Controller at a hotel (preferably heritage hotel or within Rajasthan)

–       Good MS Office & Computer skills (especially MS Excel and MS Word), ability to work with hotel operating software, administrative  and managerial responsibilities 

–       Excellent knowledge of applicable accounting standards, finance, budgeting, and financial planning

–       Fluent in English & Hindi: Highly effective oral and written skills

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

–       Responsible for the properties overall accounting and financial requirements

–       Leading the Accounts and Purchasing teams including mentoring, training, and being hands-on with all team members; Building a good working synergy across departments

–       Creating and ensuring SOPs for issuing of Pos, Work Orders across departments 

–       Maintaining all licenses, statutory and tax compliances required for the functioning of the hotel

–       Responsible for preparing and reviewing annual budgets, monthly forecasts, management reports, financial statements 

–       Excellent financial / business decision making with a strong knowledge of accounting, 

–       Enhancing profitability through Revenue Enhancement and cost control in conjunction with the directors and senior management

–       Ability to develop, prioritise, organize and accomplish specific short-term and long-term goals and plans

–       Oversee all contracts entered into by the hotel / company in collaboration with the directors and senior management

Apply

–       Interested Applicants fitting the above qualifications and requirements may send in their applications to [email protected], with the following documents- (1) Resume; (2) Current / latest payslip; (3) Notice Period Details

–       Shortlisted candidates will be contacted to schedule interviews

About the Property

Umed Bhawan Palace, Kotah is a heritage hotel owned and operated by the Royal Family of Kotah. The property was operated by ITC Hotels (under the WelcomHeritage brand) up to March 2022.

The Palace was completed in 1904 in the Indo-Saracenic style by HH Maharao Umed Singh II, designed and built by the celebrated architect Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob. It is surrounded by greenery – making it an oasis of calm within the confines of the city, while still being very centrally located. Umed Bhawan Palace currently has 32 rooms and suites, a restaurant, a bar, multiple banquet halls.

Kota is a ~5.5 hour drive from Delhi, ~3.5 hours drive from Jaipur & Udaipur, and is extremely well connected by rail.