SENIOR COMPLEX DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Reports to: GM's of the designated hotels
WHO WE ARE
Recently awarded Travel + Leisure's Top 25 Hotel Brands Worldwide. When launched in 2011, Aparium saw a clear need for a company that could bring c-suite service and accommodations to underserved yet distinct and important cities while maintaining and celebrating the unadulterated character of each. Driven by the belief that the poetics of their surroundings should fuel all hospitality experiences, Aparium was born with an intense focus on unearthing the amazing moments unique to every city. Since its founding, Aparium has grown into a new kind of hotel brand, one that ventures off the beaten path, both geographically and philosophically. It is a sophisticated hotel brand known for its singular ability to combine the business acumen of large hospitality companies with the charm of boutique hotels, bringing the disparate forces together in bustling, smaller markets.
WHO YOU ARE
Your career experience is eclectic and dynamic. Having grown your career from diverse operating roles into corporate or multiple property leadership roles within upper-upscale or luxury hotel companies, you became bored. Decided to follow your curiosity to boutique hotel and lifestyle brands within private companies. Your early experiences were not only in rooms, as you couldn't help yourself from experiencing food + beverage or sales + marketing or maybe something else. You are candid, articulate, and savvy in your partnership with ownership groups and are adaptable in how you engage with a variety of owners.
For you to feel comfortable within our portfolio, you will have familiarity with secondary markets and recognize that hospitality differs from city to city and even from neighborhood to neighborhood. You are comfortable with casual sophistication and realize the concept of luxury has evolved to be approachable and not cookie-cutter. You are adventurous in your backyard and are known to have your pulse on your city and are ready participant within your community. You get excited about the newest restaurant opening, amenity packaging, a guest service story created by an employee's intuition and not a standard, a new service concept, and get goosebumps when one of your direct reports gets promoted.
THE ROLE
The Senior Complex Director of Finance reports to the GM's of the designated properties with a dotted line to the VP, Finance Operations, and ensures execution of hotel financial obligations. This role will be a Complex Director of Finance of the Populus Seattle and Populus Denver. Supervises and directs the financial activities of the hotel, safeguards the assets and prepares the financial reports in accordance with GAAP/USALI and Aparium standards. We are a young company in hyper-growth, so having the ability to be a soldier is as critical as being a general.
The Senior Complex Director of Finance provides strategic leadership, functional guidance, and valuable insights to Operations Leaders, Partners, Executive Committees and Department Heads for optimal business decisions for the hotels; Interacts with the ownership group, asset managers, hotel legal counsel, insurance companies, tax consultants, auditors, commercial and government banks to control the assets of the business effectively. The role is an interdependent part of the core finance team. The Senior Complex Director of Finance will be a highly motivated team player with strong accounting, communication, business presentation, and analytical skills and a solid multi-unit business and finance leader.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Uphold and model the company's principles of People, Place, and Character, and ensure direct reports also model our values that drive collaboration, intuition, and trans-local hospitality.
- Oversee and manage the financial operations of multiple properties, including accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis.
- Develop and implement financial policies, procedures, and controls that ensure compliance with corporate policies and industry regulations.
- Collaborate with hotel leadership and department heads to support operational decisions with financial insights.
- Partner with Sales, Revenue, and Operations teams to evaluate pricing, margin, and business performance initiatives.
- Participate in ownership meetings, presenting financial updates and strategic recommendations. Work closely with the SVP and VP of Finance to develop and execute financial strategies that support the company's overall growth and profitability goals.
- Ensure full compliance with internal policies, accounting standards, and local/state/federal regulations.
- Lead audits (internal and external) and ensure appropriate internal controls are in place.
- Maintain and enforce financial SOPs across both properties. Provide tools and metrics for departments to analyze efficiency and effectiveness to increase profitability.
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with all stakeholders, including property owners, asset managers, lenders, and investors.
- Hire, train, and manage multiple onsite teams of finance professionals to ensure that all financial operations are carried out effectively and efficiently. Aparium Hotel Group does not discriminate based on disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.
HOW YOU LEAD
- Engage others in general conversation tactics to build rapport quickly; leading and adapting communication and presentation tactics to engage your audience; displaying adaptable interpersonal skills for a wide range of audiences and stakeholders
- Approach fact-finding and discovery missions in a collaborative effort; valuing input and experiences of others that creates additional insight to uncover deeper issues that may need to be addressed or removed as a barrier to implementation.
- Value the importance of making decisions with integrity, maintaining confidentiality across internal workgroups, and knowing how to use discretion when appropriate; knows how to keep a secret by understanding the difference between transparency and confidentiality
- Highly analytical in thought and recommendations, although never acting like the smartest person in the room; and continually seeking out the facts; able to express a point of view without being driven by your ego.
- Demonstrates business acumen and practices sound financial decisions by ensuring the actions and plans put into place support the achievement of sales goals and budgets
- Demonstrates the ability to identify strategic needs yet can be a "soldier" to ensure a strategic plan is implemented.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum of 3+ years of work experience as an Area or complex Director of Finance.
- Experienced in all areas of finance and accounting; capital project management, financial reporting and analysis, and related areas.
- Background in hotel accounting and multi-property financial management and the intricacies and vernacular of hotel accounting, specifically Uniform System of Accounts.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Hospitality; Master's degree preferred.
- Travels 50%, sometimes it may be a little more, or sometimes a little less.
- Adaptable interpersonal skills to communicate and address all associate levels of the hotel.
- Willing to work a flexible schedule as sometimes "month-end" responsibilities and tasks need extra attention to ensure accuracy.
- Professional proficiency of the English language in reading, writing, and verbal communication
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU
- $180,000-195,000 annual salary
- Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Pet Insurance
- Employer Paid Basic Life and AD&D
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
- Paid time off to volunteer for the causes you care about in your community
- Strong sense of belonging through diversity, equity, and inclusion
As an equal opportunity employer, Aparium Hospitality Services celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment, a sense of belonging for all employees. We do not discriminate and believe every individual should be proud of who they are, where they come from, and take pride in who we serve. Aparium is an E-Verify employer.
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Aparium Hotel Group
paid time off, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
Aug 29, 2025