Cluster Financial Controller

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF A FAST GROWING ORGANIZATION JOIN ODYSSEY HOTEL GROUP AND SHAPE HOSPITALITY TOGETHER!

THE POSITION

As Cluster Financial Controller you will be responsible for overseeing the financial performance governance and reporting processes across a portfolio of five hotels within our German HMA portfolio. Acting as the most senior finance leader in the cluster you will ensure financial accuracy reporting excellence strong cash flow management and operational consistency across multiple finance teams.

This role goes beyond traditional financial controlling. You will play a key role in improving collaboration between properties and implementing Odyssey Hotel Groups financial ways of working. You will serve as a trusted business partner to General Managers Owners and Regional Leadership while ensuring that financial information is delivered accurately consistently and on time.

The ideal candidate combines strong hospitality finance expertise with stakeholder management change management capabilities and the ability to bring together long-established teams into a more collaborative cluster structure.

The position is based across Berlin Potsdam Leipzig and Dresden requiring regular travel between properties.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Oversee financial operations reporting budgeting forecasting and financial performance across a cluster of five hotels in Germany.

2. Ensure accurate and timely monthly quarterly and annual financial reporting including owner reporting and audit coordination.

3. Monitor key financial and operational KPIs including cash flow labour costs productivity purchasing controls and profitability.

4. Drive consistency standardisation and continuous improvement of financial processes controls and reporting practices across all properties.

5. Lead support and coordinate multiple finance teams fostering collaboration and alignment between hotels.

6. Conduct regular financial reviews and provide strategic insights and recommendations to General Managers Owners and senior stakeholders.

7. Ensure compliance with company policies internal controls and relevant financial regulations.

8. Support change management initiatives new system implementations and the integration of Odyssey Hotel Group standards and ways of working.

9. Build strong relationships with hotel leadership teams owners asset managers and external partners.

10. Travel regularly between properties to provide financial oversight support and stakeholder engagement.

HOW YOU WILL DO IT

1. Build strong relationships across multiple properties and stakeholder groups.

2. Lead through influence rather than hierarchy.

3. Combine hands-on financial expertise with strategic thinking.

4. Balance operational realities with commercial and ownership objectives.

5. Drive accountability consistency and continuous improvement.

6. Remain highly organised while managing multiple priorities and locations.

7. Use data and financial insights to support business decisions.

WHAT YOULL BRING

1. Bachelor/Masters degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration or a related field.

2. Minimum 5 years of finance leadership experience within hospitality.

3. Previous experience overseeing multiple properties regions or clusters.

4. Strong understanding of hotel financial operations reporting cycles budgeting forecasting and controlling.

5. Experience working with hotel owners asset managers and senior stakeholders.

6. Proven ability to lead change management initiatives process improvements or organisational transformations.

7. Experience working with long-established teams and driving alignment across different business units.

8. Fluent German and English.