About the Role
As Portfolio Financial Controller, you will provide financial leadership across a portfolio of hotels in Eastern Germany. You will be responsible for driving financial performance, strengthening governance, and supporting business decision-making across multiple properties. The ideal candidate combines strong hospitality finance expertise with the ability to lead through influence, drive change, and build collaboration across multiple stakeholders and locations.
Responsibilities
- Oversee financial operations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance across a cluster of various hotels in Germany.
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, including owner reporting and audit coordination.
- Monitor key financial and operational KPIs, including cash flow, labour costs, productivity, purchasing controls, and profitability.
- Drive consistency, standardisation, and continuous improvement of financial processes, controls, and reporting practices across all properties.
- Lead, support, and coordinate multiple finance teams, fostering collaboration and alignment between hotels.
- Conduct regular financial reviews and provide strategic insights and recommendations to General Managers, Owners, and senior stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and relevant financial regulations.
- Support change management initiatives, new system implementations, and the integration of Odyssey Hotel Group standards and ways of working.
- Build strong relationships with hotel leadership teams, owners, asset managers, and external partners.
- Travel regularly between properties to provide financial oversight, support, and stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
- Build strong relationships across multiple properties and stakeholder groups.
- Lead through influence rather than hierarchy.
- Combine hands-on financial expertise with strategic thinking.
- Balance operational realities with commercial and ownership objectives.
- Drive accountability, consistency, and continuous improvement.
- Remain highly organised while managing multiple priorities and locations.
- Use data and financial insights to support business decisions.
Skills
- Finance leadership
- Hospitality finance
- Financial operations
- Reporting
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Controlling
- Change management
- Process improvements
- Organisational transformations
- German
- English
Location
- Eastern Germany
Work Type
- Full-time
- Travel between properties
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years of finance leadership experience within hospitality
- Previous experience overseeing multiple properties, regions, or clusters
Education Level
- Bachelor'/Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary with bonus plan
Benefits
- Holiday & Christmas bonus after 6 months
- Laptop
- Phone
- Appropriate travel compensation
- Discounted stays at large branded hotels worldwide
- 30 vacation days from day one
- Health insurance card with €300 annual budget
- Access to “Corporate Benefits” discounts
- Ongoing training
- Personal growth opportunities
- Priority access to internal vacancies
- €500 net referral bonus for new hires
About the Company
- Odyssey Hotel Group is a fast-growing organization shaping hospitality.
