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Job Number26147480
Job CategoryFinance & Accounting
Location1601 Lake Robbins Drive, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380, United States
ScheduleFull Time
Located Remotely?N
Position Type Management
Pay Range: $140,000-$180,000 annually
Bonus Eligible: Y
JOB SUMMARY
Functions as the property’s strategic financial business leader. The position champions, develops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target customer and property employees. The position provides the financial expertise to enable the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives while maximizing the return on investment. In addition, creates and executes a business plan that is aligned with the property and brand’s business strategy and focuses on the execution of financial and accounting activities and the delivery of desirable financial results.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
- 4-year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; 2 years experience in the finance and accounting or related professional area.
OR
- Master's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; no work experience required.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Engaging in Strategic Planning and Decision Making
- Develops means to improve profit, including estimating cost and benefit, exploring new business opportunities, etc.
- Analyzes information, forecasts sales against expenses and creates annual budget plans.
- Compiles information, analyzes and monitors actual sales against projected sales.
- Analyzes differences between actual budget wages and forecasted wages for more efficient budget planning.
- Identifies the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute and implement new business plans
- Creates the annual operating budget for the property.
- Provides analytical support during budget reviews to identify cost saving and productivity opportunities for property managers.
- Implements a system of appropriate controls to manage business risks.
- Ensures a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard assets, improve operations and profitability.
- Analyzes financial data and market trends.
- Leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive annual business plan which is aligned with the company’s and brand’s strategic direction.
- Provides on going analytical support by monitoring the operating department’s actual and projected sales.
- Produces accurate forecasts that enable operations to react to changes in the business.
Leading Finance & Accounting Teams
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
- Communicates the strategic goals, the focus and the owner priorities to subordinates in a clear and precise manner.
- Leverages strong functional leadership and communication skills to influence the executive team, the property's strategies and to lead own team.
- Oversees internal, external and regulatory audit processes.
- Provides excellent leadership by assigning team members and other departments managers' clear accountability backed by appropriate authority.
- Conducts annual performance appraisals with direct reports according to Standard Operating Procedures.
Anticipating and Delivering on the Needs of Key Stakeholders
- Attends meetings and communicating with the owners, understanding the priorities and strategic focus.
- Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders (owners, corporate, guests, etc.).
- Advises the GM and executive committee on existing and evolving operating/financial issues.
- Communicates financial concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand and drives desired behaviors.
- Demonstrates an understanding of cash flow and owner priorities.
- Manages communication with owners in an effective manner.
- Manages property working capital and cash flow in accordance with brand SOPs and owner requirements.
- Facilitates critique meetings to review information with management team.
Developing and Maintaining Finance and Accounting Goals
- Ensures Profits and Losses are documented accurately.
- Monitors all taxes that apply, ensuring that taxes are current, collected and/or accrued.
- Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines.
- Develops and supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
- Improves profit growth in operating departments.
- Reviews audit issues to ensure accuracy.
Managing Projects and Policies
- Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
- Reconciles balance sheet to ensure account balances are supported by appropriate documentation in accordance with SOPs.
- Ensures that the P&L is accurate (e.g., costs are properly matched to revenue, costs are recorded in the proper accounts).
- Ensures compliance with management contract and reporting requirements.
- Ensures compliance with standard and local operating procedures (SOPs and LSOPs).
- Ensures compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities
- Ensures team members are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.
- Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
- Ensures new hires participate in the department’s orientation program.
- Ensures new hires receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job.
- Creates appropriate development plans which develop team members based on their individual strengths, development needs, career aspirations and abilities.
- Conduct performance review process for employees.
- Participates in hiring activities as appropriate.
Marriott Hotels strive to elevate the art of hospitality, innovating at every opportunity while keeping the comfort of the oh-so-familiar all around the globe. As a host with Marriott Hotels, you will help keep the promise of “Wonderful Hospitality. Always.” by delivering thoughtful, heartfelt, forward-thinking service that upholds and builds upon this living legacy. With the name that’s synonymous with hospitality the world over, we are proud to welcome you to explore a career with Marriott Hotels. In joining Marriott Hotels, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you.
Job Number26147480
Job CategoryFinance & Accounting
Location1601 Lake Robbins Drive, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380, United States
ScheduleFull Time
Located Remotely?N
Position Type Management
Pay Range: $140,000-$180,000 annually
Bonus Eligible: Y
JOB SUMMARY
Functions as the property’s strategic financial business leader. The position champions, develops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target customer and property employees. The position provides the financial expertise to enable the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives while maximizing the return on investment. In addition, creates and executes a business plan that is aligned with the property and brand’s business strategy and focuses on the execution of financial and accounting activities and the delivery of desirable financial results.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
- 4-year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; 2 years experience in the finance and accounting or related professional area.
OR
- Master's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; no work experience required.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Engaging in Strategic Planning and Decision Making
- Develops means to improve profit, including estimating cost and benefit, exploring new business opportunities, etc.
- Analyzes information, forecasts sales against expenses and creates annual budget plans.
- Compiles information, analyzes and monitors actual sales against projected sales.
- Analyzes differences between actual budget wages and forecasted wages for more efficient budget planning.
- Identifies the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute and implement new business plans
- Creates the annual operating budget for the property.
- Provides analytical support during budget reviews to identify cost saving and productivity opportunities for property managers.
- Implements a system of appropriate controls to manage business risks.
- Ensures a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard assets, improve operations and profitability.
- Analyzes financial data and market trends.
- Leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive annual business plan which is aligned with the company’s and brand’s strategic direction.
- Provides on going analytical support by monitoring the operating department’s actual and projected sales.
- Produces accurate forecasts that enable operations to react to changes in the business.
Leading Finance & Accounting Teams
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example.
- Communicates the strategic goals, the focus and the owner priorities to subordinates in a clear and precise manner.
- Leverages strong functional leadership and communication skills to influence the executive team, the property's strategies and to lead own team.
- Oversees internal, external and regulatory audit processes.
- Provides excellent leadership by assigning team members and other departments managers' clear accountability backed by appropriate authority.
- Conducts annual performance appraisals with direct reports according to Standard Operating Procedures.
Anticipating and Delivering on the Needs of Key Stakeholders
- Attends meetings and communicating with the owners, understanding the priorities and strategic focus.
- Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders (owners, corporate, guests, etc.).
- Advises the GM and executive committee on existing and evolving operating/financial issues.
- Communicates financial concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand and drives desired behaviors.
- Demonstrates an understanding of cash flow and owner priorities.
- Manages communication with owners in an effective manner.
- Manages property working capital and cash flow in accordance with brand SOPs and owner requirements.
- Facilitates critique meetings to review information with management team.
Developing and Maintaining Finance and Accounting Goals
- Ensures Profits and Losses are documented accurately.
- Monitors all taxes that apply, ensuring that taxes are current, collected and/or accrued.
- Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines.
- Develops and supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
- Improves profit growth in operating departments.
- Reviews audit issues to ensure accuracy.
Managing Projects and Policies
- Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
- Reconciles balance sheet to ensure account balances are supported by appropriate documentation in accordance with SOPs.
- Ensures that the P&L is accurate (e.g., costs are properly matched to revenue, costs are recorded in the proper accounts).
- Ensures compliance with management contract and reporting requirements.
- Ensures compliance with standard and local operating procedures (SOPs and LSOPs).
- Ensures compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities
- Ensures team members are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.
- Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
- Ensures new hires participate in the department’s orientation program.
- Ensures new hires receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job.
- Creates appropriate development plans which develop team members based on their individual strengths, development needs, career aspirations and abilities.
- Conduct performance review process for employees.
- Participates in hiring activities as appropriate.
Marriott Hotels strive to elevate the art of hospitality, innovating at every opportunity while keeping the comfort of the oh-so-familiar all around the globe. As a host with Marriott Hotels, you will help keep the promise of “Wonderful Hospitality. Always.” by delivering thoughtful, heartfelt, forward-thinking service that upholds and builds upon this living legacy. With the name that’s synonymous with hospitality the world over, we are proud to welcome you to explore a career with Marriott Hotels. In joining Marriott Hotels, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you.
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Who's Hiring
- Marriott International11
- Jobot3
- Experitec2
- Noovo1N
- Optum1
Top Industries Hiring
- Staffing & Recruiting
- Investment & Asset Management
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in director of finance and accounting jobs.
- CPA or CMA certification strongly preferred across most industries
- Ten or more years of progressive finance and accounting experience
- Proficiency in ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
- Experience managing the full month-end and year-end close process
- Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills in Excel or similar tools
- Experience leading and developing a finance or accounting team directly
Tips for Your Director of Finance and Accounting Job Search
Align your resume to FP&A or controllership
Director of finance and accounting roles split between planning-heavy and accounting-heavy mandates. Tailor your resume to one lane, leading with either budgeting and forecasting metrics or close-cycle ownership and audit leadership, so hiring managers immediately see the right fit.
Quantify your team and budget scope
Hiring managers for this level expect to see the size of the teams you have led and the revenue or budget figures you have owned. Pull those numbers from your last two roles and place them in your summary and each job entry.
Target companies at the right growth stage
Pre-IPO, post-acquisition, and rapid-growth companies hire directors of finance and accounting to build infrastructure from scratch. Those roles differ sharply from steady-state corporate positions, so filter your search by company stage to find openings that match what you actually want to do.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists director of finance and accounting openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a case study for the CFO interview
Final-round interviews for director-level finance roles almost always include a conversation with the CFO. Prepare one specific example of a process you rebuilt or a financial risk you caught early, and walk through the numbers, your decision, and the outcome.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base
At the director level, equity, bonus structure, and signing packages vary widely by industry and company stage. Before your offer call, research how companies in that sector typically structure director-level compensation so you can respond to the full package, not just the salary line.
Director of Finance and Accounting Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most director of finance and accountings?
The most active employers for director of finance and accountings right now are Marriott International, Jobot, and Experitec, and the most openings are in Florida, Texas, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare systems, private equity-backed companies, and large manufacturers are consistently among the heaviest hirers for this role.
How many director of finance and accounting jobs are remote?
About 60% of director of finance and accounting openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully remote roles are more common in FP&A and financial planning functions than in controllership or accounting operations roles, which typically require on-site presence for audit, close, and compliance work.
How do you become a director of finance and accounting?
Most directors of finance and accounting start with a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, earn a CPA or CMA, and spend several years in roles such as senior accountant, financial analyst, or accounting manager. Progressing to a controller or senior finance manager role before moving to director is the most common path, with strong technical skills in reporting, close management, and cross-functional collaboration being the key differentiators.
Can you get a director of finance and accounting job with little experience?
Moving directly into a director of finance and accounting role with little experience is uncommon because the position typically owns both a team and a material budget or reporting function. Candidates who make the jump earlier than expected usually have deep technical credentials like a CPA, have led a close cycle end to end, or have stepped into an acting director capacity during a transition at a smaller company.
What does the director of finance and accounting interview process look like?
The interview process for director of finance and accounting roles typically runs three to five rounds. An initial screening with HR or a recruiter is followed by a technical interview with the CFO or VP of Finance covering accounting policy, close processes, and financial analysis. Later rounds often include a panel with department heads or a business case presentation, and final-round interviews almost always include a conversation with the CFO or CEO.
Where can I find and apply to director of finance and accounting jobs?
You can find and apply to director of finance and accounting jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that fit your specialization and experience level, and apply directly to each listing that matches what you are looking for.
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