Finance Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or in a related discipline or equivalent work experience.
• At least five years of progressive experience in finance and accounting roles that support field-based business operations.
• Ability to plan, analyze, and forecast – skilled in developing business plans, budgets, and rolling forecasts and in translating financial results and market analytics into decision-grade insights, including variance analysis, trend identification, and recommended actions.
• Ability to drive revenue and savings outcomes – skilled in identifying and executing revenue and cost-savings opportunities, e.g., ancillary revenue, COGS, labor productivity, controllable expenses, etc., converting benchmarking insights into site-level action plans, and tracking initiatives to quantify realized value.
• Ability to ensure compliance and maintain controls – skilled in applying GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, MVW policies, and association governing documents; reviewing key deliverables and reconciliations; and proactively escalating exceptions and risks.
• Ability to support board and association governance – skilled in supporting board governance for assigned associations, presenting fee and capital-priority trade-offs, managing financial communications, and coordinating reserve planning and required approvals.
• Ability to oversee vendor and service delivery – Skilled in overseeing Managed Service Provider outputs for accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to requirements, and in managing the relationship without performing transactional processing.
• Ability to partner as a trusted finance advisor – skilled in serving as a finance business partner to resort operations leaders, providing fact-based insights and clear trade-offs that inform and influence operational decisions.
• Ability to build relationships and manage stakeholders – skilled in establishing trusted relationships with on-site leaders, corporate partners, third-party stakeholders, and board members to enable timely, informed decisions across the market.
• Ability to communicate and influence – skilled in conveying complex financial information clearly and persuasively to both financial and non-financial audiences to drive action and alignment.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
• Hospitality Finance (CHAE)
• FP&A Certifications (FPAC/FMVA)
• Community-association (CMCA/AMS/PCAM) credentials are a plus.
• Experience as a finance business partner or stakeholder management preferred.
• Experience in Hotel Management, Vacation Ownership, Hospitality preferred.
• Experience coordinating and working with multiple resources, both internal resources and external vendors, to accomplish tasks preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs more complex quantitative and qualitative analysis for business processes and/or projects.
• Often manages small projects, business processes or parts of larger ones.
• Responds to, solves and makes decisions on more complex/non-routine business requests with limited to moderate risk.
• Responsible for own work and contributing to team, department and/or business results.
• May direct work of non-management staff.
• Assists more senior associates in achieving business results by: identifying opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of business processes, providing training and technical guidance to less senior staff, where appropriate, and serving as point-of-contact for problem resolution, participating in setting department operating plans, recognizing and celebrating team successes, achieving results against budget within scope of responsibility.
• Demonstrates an awareness of personal strengths and areas for improvement and acts independently to improve and increase skills and knowledge.
• Performs other duties as appropriate.
• Serves as an assistant finance business partner to Resort Operations leaders at assigned properties, providing fact-based insights and clear trade-offs to support decision-making.
• Develops annual business plans, budgets, and rolling forecasts for assigned associations and ancillary operations.
• Translates financial results and market analytics into decision-grade insights, including variance analysis, trends, and recommended actions.
• Builds trusted relationships with on-site leaders, corporate partners, and third-party stakeholders to enable timely, informed decisions.
• Supports handling board governance and financial matters for 3–5 of the smaller associations within a market, mirroring the MDOF's responsibilities on a smaller scale.
• Reviews board materials prepared by MSP, e.g., financial statements, budgets, forecasts, and reserve funding for accuracy and completeness.
• Presents fee and capital-priority trade-offs and manage board communications on financial matters.
• Proactively identifies, elevates and resolves board and association issues, partnering with Legal and corporate teams as needed.
• Ensures adherence to management agreements and association governing documents across assigned nonprofit property owners' associations.
• Coordinates reserve planning and required board approvals, supporting compliant financial packages for each jurisdiction.
• Supports identifying, implementing, and executing revenue growth and cost-savings opportunities including ancillary revenue, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), labor productivity, and controllable expenses.
• Translates market playbooks and benchmarking insights into site-level action plans and supports operating leaders through execution.
• Tracks initiatives against baselines, quantify realized value, and surface replicable best practices.
• Supports maintenance fee mitigation and EBITDA improvement efforts that protect owner value and guest experiences.
• Oversees MSP outputs for assigned associations, e.g., confirming accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to defined requirements – without performing transactional processing.
• Reviews key financial deliverables, e.g., monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements, critical journal entries, and reconciliations, and ensures exceptions are investigated and resolved.
• Ensures compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, MVW policies, and association governing documents, escalating issues proactively.
• Supports internal, external, tax, and regulatory audit readiness and drives continuous improvement in processes, controls, and reporting transparency.
• Supports an MDOF within a market, e.g., providing coverage for larger properties, completing special projects, and managing small project market-wide initiatives.
• Prepares and delivers ad hoc analyses, forecasting support, and decision-support materials that strengthen the market's strategic finance agenda.
• Builds readiness for future career growth by developing leadership, business-partnering, and governance capabilities.
• Performs other reasonable job duties as requested.