Job description

The Area Director of Finance at Jumeirah Burj Al Arab & Jumeirah Beach Hotel is responsible for full day-to-day financial oversight of the Burj Al Arab and the financial operations of Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Wild Wadi, J Clubs, and Oasis Village Colleague Community. The role partners with business leaders to drive profitability, financial excellence, and sustainable growth across multiple luxury hospitality assets. The position executes the cluster’s financial strategy, ensuring alignment of financial outcomes with the Group’s business objectives. Key responsibilities include leading financial transformation projects using digital tools and BI systems, overseeing financial planning and analysis including annual budgets, 5-year plans, and rolling forecasts, delivering monthly performance reviews, variance analysis, and business dashboards, managing KPIs and productivity metrics, developing long-term capital investment and asset maintenance strategies, conducting feasibility studies and ROI assessments, managing FF&E reserves and CAPEX budgets, ensuring compliance with IFRS and local regulations, leading internal and external audits, and enhancing automation and financial control systems. The Area Director drives innovation in finance, supports team development, acts as a board-level communicator and stakeholder manager, and leverages BI tools to provide real-time insights and agile forecasting, contributing to sustainable growth of Jumeirah’s luxury hospitality portfolio.