Director of Finance - Amsterdam

Conscious Group is looking for an experienced Director of Finance to take ownership of the financial engine of our growing hospitality group.

Conscious Group is a multi-brand hospitality group consisting of Conscious Hotels, Hotel V and several food and beverage concepts, including The Lobby, Stadscafé and Sticky Fingers.

With approximately €39 million in revenue, multiple legal entities and locations in Amsterdam and Utrecht, we are in an active phase of restructuring and expansion. As our Director of Finance, you will play a key role in building a strong financial foundation for our next phase of growth.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead our finance and administration team and take end-to-end responsibility for financial reporting, planning, control, cash management and corporate finance.

This is a broad and influential role. You will operate at director level within the management team, while remaining close to both the numbers and the people behind them.

Your main responsibilities include:

Finance operations and team leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the finance and administration team, including financial controllers, administrators, payroll colleagues and interns.

• Set clear expectations, plan workloads and manage team performance without micromanaging.

• Own the monthly closing and reporting cycle across all entities.

• Ensure accurate and timely management reporting in USALI format.

• Oversee payroll processing and compliance, working with external payroll and HR providers where required.

• Maintain strong internal controls, clear segregation of duties and documented, audit-ready processes.

• Act as the first point of escalation for operational finance and reporting matters.

• Monitor capital expenditure and renovation projects against budget in cooperation with Operations.

• Retain overall responsibility for our finance internship programme, supported by the Supervisor Operational Finance.

Financial planning and business insight

• Lead the annual budgeting process, forecasting and rolling cash-flow forecasting across all entities and brands.

• Develop meaningful KPI dashboards for hotel managers and Heads of Department.

• Work with systems and data platforms such as Omniboost, Mews, Lightspeed and Visma.

• Translate financial performance into clear insights and practical recommendations.

• Help the business look ahead by identifying opportunities and risks early.

Cash and liquidity management

• Maintain a rolling, multi-entity cash-flow forecast.

• Actively manage liquidity across the group.

• Identify potential liquidity risks and present realistic mitigating actions.

• Optimise intercompany cash movements within the group structure.

Reporting, audit and tax

• Oversee statutory and management reporting across all entities.

• Coordinate external audits and manage relationships with auditors.

• Manage VAT, corporate income tax and local tax matters in cooperation with external tax advisers.

• Support group-level tax efficiency while ensuring full compliance.

• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting principles and regulatory requirements in the Netherlands and future expansion markets, such as Belgium.

Shareholders, lenders and corporate finance

• Prepare clear and accurate reporting for shareholders and the Investment Committee, including monthly EBITDA, rooms, F&B and cash-flow reporting.

• Manage relationships with lending banks.

• Monitor financial covenants, compliance requirements and covenant headroom.

• Develop scenario-planning and stress-testing models covering base, upside and downside cases.

• Evaluate leverage capacity, cost of capital, refinancing opportunities and other funding options.

• Advise the CEO on capital structure and financing decisions.

• Act as the financial lead during due diligence, transactions, new openings, acquisitions and potential disposals.

• Provide financial support for investment proposals, shareholder resolutions and banking change-of-control processes.

Legal, compliance and risk

• Coordinate legal and regulatory compliance across the group.

• Identify financial and legal risks and develop appropriate mitigation measures.

• Coordinate disputes, mediation and litigation in collaboration with external legal counsel.

• Review commercial and procurement contracts for financial and legal risks before sign-off.

• Engage specialist external advisers when necessary.

• Help safeguard the group’s brands, intellectual property and contractual position.