Director of Finance – Four Seasons Hotel Madinah, Saudi Arabia

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.
At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Steps from the Prophet’s Mosque, our Hotel will offer luxury accommodation for the city’s 1.5 million annual visitors. The new-build hotel will be located at the heart of Madinah and steps from one of the most historic and significant sites in the region: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, also known as the Prophet’s Mosque. Madinah is also home to the Quba Mosque, which is regarded as the oldest mosque in the world.

The Role of Director of Finance:

We currently have an opportunity for the Director of Finance to join our Four Seasons Hotel Madinah opening team!

Reporting to the General Manager with dotted lines reporting to the Regional Director of Finance and the Vice President, Operations Finance, you will be an integral member of the Hotel Leadership team that is collectively responsible for making key strategic and operational decisions for the hotel.

The Director of Finance will be responsible for safeguarding the hotel assets and financial resources, providing timely and accurate financial information, establishing, and enforcing adequate internal controls and counsel to hotel senior management and ensuring that the hotel operates within all related local and corporate policies and procedures and under the terms and conditions of the Management Agreement.

Our Ideal Director of Finance candidate will have:

Working technical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and job knowledge of all positions in Accounting, Purchasing, Food & Beverage control and Information Technology. 

As Director of Finance, you will be the Cultural Advocate of the Golden Rule in every employee action in your hotel; creating a great workplace for all great people to deliver great experiences.  You should have passion for people and talent management, the highest level of integrity and transparency, and will be a Business Partner; strategic, strong business acumen, understanding of operational needs and the ability to contribute to key strategies and operational decisions for the hotel, a catalyst for change and an employee champion. 

Suitable candidates must be eligible to work in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential. 

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts can offer what many hospitality professionals dream of; the opportunity to build a life-long career with global potential and a real sense of pride in work well done.  We look for talent who share the Golden Rule – people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us.  As Four Seasons works towards phenomenal growth in the next decade, our most valuable partners continue to be our talent, with whom we have a strong relationship based on the Golden Rule. This relationship is made tangible by the awards received year after year by Four Seasons on a corporate level, as well as by our hotels, resorts and residences around the world, making us an undisputed “employer of choice.”