Director of Operations Finance - IndoChina
Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh
Address: 1 - Corp Vietnam, Room No. 38, Floor 16, Saigon Tower Building, No. 29 Le Duan Street
Job number: 164489
Introduction
Lead and shape financial performance across a fast-growing portfolio of hotels in one of the most dynamic markets in the region. This role offers a unique opportunity to partner with senior leadership and hotel owners to drive profitability, strengthen financial discipline, and influence strategic decision-making at scale. If you’re a commercially driven finance leader who thrives in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
Your day to day
- Lead financial strategy, budgeting, and forecasting processes across the hotel portfolio, ensuring strong financial discipline and delivery against business targets
- Partner closely with Operations, Commercial, and hotel leadership teams to drive performance, identify opportunities, and maximise profitability across assets
- Oversee financial performance through detailed analysis, benchmarking, and reporting, driving best practices and continuous improvement across hotels
- Support and lead owner-facing discussions, including budget reviews, investment cases, and commercial negotiations, ensuring alignment and strong stakeholder relationships
- Ensure compliance with financial controls, policies, and audit requirements, strengthening governance and minimising risk across the portfolio
- Lead, coach, and develop finance teams across the region, building capability and a strong pipeline of finance leadership talent
What we need from you
- Significant experience in finance leadership roles, with a strong track record in financial planning, analysis, and driving business performance across complex environments
- Proven ability to lead large, distributed teams and develop talent, with experience managing senior finance professionals and driving team performance
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to interpret financial data, identify risks and opportunities, and influence business outcomes
- Experience working closely with senior stakeholders, including owners and cross-functional leadership teams, with strong influencing and communication skills
- Deep understanding of financial controls, compliance, and governance, with the ability to operate effectively in a regulated and standards-driven environment
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, multi-market environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution and delivery
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Who we are
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
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