Director of Finance and Business Support
Reports to: VP Finance, the position is exempt
WHO WE ARE
Recently awarded Travel + Leisure's Top 25 Hotel Brands Worldwide. When launched in 2011, Aparium saw a clear need for a company that could bring c-suite
service and accommodations to underserved yet distinct and important cities while maintaining and celebrating the unadulterated character of each. Driven by the belief that the poetics of their surroundings should fuel all hospitality experiences, Aparium was born with an intense focus on unearthing the amazing moments unique to every city. Since its founding, Aparium has grown into a new kind of hotel brand, one that ventures off the beaten path, both geographically and philosophically. It is a sophisticated hotel brand known for its singular ability to combine the business acumen of large hospitality companies with the charm of boutique hotels, bringing the disparate forces together in bustling, smaller markets.
WHO YOU ARE
Your career experience is eclectic and dynamic. Having grown your career from diverse operating roles into corporate or regional leadership roles within upper-upscale or luxury hotel companies, you became bored. Decided to follow your curiosity to boutique hotel and lifestyle brands within private companies. Your early experiences were not only in rooms, as you couldn't help yourself from experiencing food + beverage or sales + marketing or maybe something else. You are candid, articulate, and savvy in your partnership with ownership groups and are adaptable in how you engage with a variety of owners.
For you to feel comfortable within our portfolio, you will have familiarity with secondary markets and recognize that hospitality differs from city to city and even from neighborhood to neighborhood. You are comfortable with casual sophistication and realize the concept of luxury has evolved to be approachable and not cookie-cutter. You are adventurous in your backyard and are known to have your pulse on your city and are a ready participant within your community. You get excited about the newest restaurant opening, amenity packaging, a guest service story created by an employee's intuition and not a standard, a new service concept, and get goosebumps when one of your direct reports gets promoted.
THE ROLE
The Director of Finance and Business Support reports to the VP, Finance Operations with a dotted line to the Senior Director of Finance and Business Support. This role supports the execution of all hotel's financial obligations. All leaders of Aparium are required to get down and dirty to unearth existing needs and personally ensure what needs to be fixed is repaired. We are a young company in hyper-growth, so having the ability to be a soldier is as critical as being a general.
The Director of Finance and Business Support provides technical support, functional guidance, and valuable insights to the DOF's, Partners, Executive Committees and Department Heads for optimal business decisions for hotels throughout the portfolio. The role is an interdependent part of the core business support team. The Director of Finance and Business Support will be a highly motivated team player with strong accounting, communication, business presentation, and analytical skill..
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Uphold and role model the company's principles of People, Place, and Character; and ensure direct reports are also modeling the way of our values that drive collaboration, intuition, and translocal hospitality.
- Creation and embracing the culture of business partnering by working with the SVP, VP, the Hotel Directors of Finance, and the Hotel General Managers, and Reginal Operations team jointly responsible for achieving optimal operating performance and returns for Aparium Group and our owners without losing sight of all measurable KPIs.
- Develop and manage key relationships with respective Hotel Directors of Finance and their senior managers to provide financial support and understanding of short and long-term financial plans.
- Continuous training with the portfolio's finance teams and the properties of senior leaders to encourage growth, engagement and create an environment of consistent learning.
- Execute financial audits including balance sheets, internal controls as well as daily, weekly, monthly deliverables.
- This role must be a systems champion, engaging, training and improving our technology and best practices.
- Develop, implement, ensure all internal controls and SOPs are consistently being reviewed, audited and continuously evolving as we continue to grow.
- Manage and support all software and systems throughout the portfolio to ensure accurate, timely and intuitive reporting.
- Support the annual budget preparation, working with DOF's throughout the budgeting process.
- Demonstrates passion and knowledge for all aspects of hotel finance, including but not limited to accounts payable, accounts receivable, income controls, general cashiering, budgeting/forecasting, reconciliations, and cash flow forecasting.
- Use various communication channels to guarantee people are "in the know" by using traditional methods to modern practices; ensures messaging represents the brand and is meaningful to all associates.
- Aparium Hotel Group does not discriminate based on disability, veteran status, or on any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum of 5+ years of work experience as a Director of Finance required.
- Experienced in all areas of finance and accounting, capital project management, financial reporting and analysis.
- Background in financial management and the intricacies and vernacular of hotel accounting, specifically AHLA Uniform System of Accounts.
- Adaptable interpersonal skills to communicate and address all associate levels of the hotel.
- Advanced Excel skills. M3 and Oracle knowledge preferred
- Willing to work a flexible schedule as sometimes "month-end" responsibilities and tasks need extra attention to ensure accuracy.
- Professional proficiency of the English language in reading, writing, and verbal communication
HOW YOU LEAD
- Engage others in general conversation tactics to build rapport quickly; leading and adapting communication and presentation tactics to engage your audience; displaying adaptable interpersonal skills for a wide range of audiences and stakeholders.
- Approach fact-finding and discovery missions in a collaborative effort; valuing input and experiences of others that creates additional insight to uncover deeper issues that may need to be addressed or removed as a barrier to implementation.
- Value the importance of making decisions with integrity, maintaining confidentiality across internal workgroups, and knowing how to use discretion when appropriate; knows how to keep a secret by understanding the difference between transparency and confidentiality.
- Highly analytical in thought and recommendations, although never acting like the smartest person in the room; and continually seeking out the facts; able to express a point of view without being driven by your ego.
- Demonstrates business acumen and practices sound financial decisions by ensuring the actions and plans put into place support the achievement of sales goals and budgets.
- Demonstrates the ability to identify strategic needs yet can be a "soldier" to ensure a strategic plan is implemented.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Aparium Hospitality Services celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment and sense of belonging for all employees. We do not discriminate and believe every individual should be proud of who they are, where they come from, and take pride in who we serve. Aparium Is an E-Verify employer.
Pay rate: $140K to $160K plus position is eligible for our short-term incentive plan
Benefits: Aparium offers a variety of benefits to include medical, dental, vision 401(k), short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, commuter benefits, discounted parking, travel benefits and more.
Aparium Hotel Group
life insurance, short term disability, long term disability, 401(k)
Apr 16, 2025 