Jumeirah Hiring for Compliance Manager – Beach Hotel Resorts Job at Dubai

Jumeirah Group, a member of Dubai Holding, has been making a distinguished impact on the global hospitality market for more than two decades with its Stay Different™ brand promise.

Its award-winning destinations, such as the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, position service beyond expectations, elevated dining destinations and surprising architecture and design at the heart of every guest experience.

Today, Jumeirah operates a world-class portfolio of 23 properties across the Middle East, Europe and Asia and employs over 8,000 colleagues, representing over 106 nationalities.

As Jumeirah continues to expand its global portfolio and scales up its operations to the next level of growth, it remains fully committed to developing and empowering our colleagues to excel in world class environments.

Jumeirah is committed to embedding equality, diversity, and inclusion in all its practices, embracing a culture that celebrates diversity.

Madinat Jumeirah – The Arabian Resort of Dubai is a magnificent tribute to Dubai’s heritage. The resort comprises of three grand boutique hotels: Jumeirah Mina A’Salam, Jumeirah Al Qasr, Jumeirah Al Naseem, and a collection of 29 traditional summer houses known as Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf. In addition, there’s seven exclusive Malakiya Villas, over 50 world-class restaurants and bars, a traditional souk, 3km of waterways with abras, a leading conference and banqueting center, 2km of private beach, the award-winning Talise Spa, and the Talise Fitness health club.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly talented and experienced Hospitality / Audit professional to join the Jumeirah Operations Finance team. The role will be based at Madinat Jumeirah Resort and focus on the beach properties. This role will also require ad-hoc assignments to Jumeirah overseas properties and active participation in various corporate initiatives aimed at reinforcing compliance across the hotels.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Schedule, plan and conduct periodic compliance and operational audits of the business units.
• Document results of the evaluations.
• Report and develop recommendations based on the audits to the SBUs’ and Regional Management.
• Identify, recommend, and support implementation of process improvements and standardization across the SBUs.
• Periodically, plan and task relevant Finance personnel to conduct appropriate checks across operational departments to ensure compliance with procedures, revenue recognition and cash takings
• Assess fraud risks across the business units and conduct regular spot checks and report accordingly.
• Actively drive and follow up with SBU’s DOFs on implementation of internal audits findings and recommendations. Ensure outstanding audit points are addressed on a timely basis
• Appraise, train, and develop the Finance team (particularly, Income Audit and Cost Control) to effectively perform their control tasks, including proper use of relevant Jumeirah business applications.
• Support regular training of directives and policies with Finance and relevant colleagues from Operations
• Maintain audit log across SBUs and actively follow up with DOFs to ensure that outstanding audit points are addressed and cleared on a timely basis
• Adhere to format and documentation standards according to Jumeirah Finance directive.
• Ensure that project deliverables are completed on schedule and documented.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationship with external and internal customers.
• Flexibility in hours of work to suit the needs of the operation.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will have to be a graduate in Business or Hospitality Industry and hold a formal accountancy qualification with previous financial / operational analysis skills. Preferably to have at least 3 years of experience in a large business operation or in a similar role in a 5* luxury brand with experience in auditing.