Overview

Travel-Based Hospitality Finance Leadership Role

Are you a hospitality finance professional who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys solving operational challenges, and loves making an immediate impact? We are seeking a dynamic and adaptableField Controller to support hotel properties across our portfolio during transitions, special projects, training initiatives, and leadership coverage assignments.

This is far from a traditional accounting role. As a Field Controller, you will step into hotels as a trusted financial leader-driving process improvements, mentoring teams, strengthening controls, and helping properties operate at their highest potential. If you enjoy variety, travel, and the opportunity to influence operations across multiple hotels, this role offers a unique and rewarding career path.

The Field Controller reports directly to the Regional Director of Finance. 100% travel role.
What You'll Do
Lead Hotel Finance Operations

• Serve as the acting Director of Finance/Controller for assigned hotels as needed.
• Evaluate accounting operations, identify inefficiencies, and implement stronger processes and controls.
• Ensure financial activities are accurate, compliant, and aligned with company standards.

Drive Accuracy & Financial Performance

• Oversee daily income audit processes, system interfaces, tax accuracy, and financial reporting integrity.
• Ensure Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions are operating efficiently and effectively.
• Monitor critical payments including taxes, insurance, and vendor obligations to ensure timely processing.
• Lead month-end close processes and assist in preparing financial statements, ownership reports, forecasts, and budgets.
• Complete and review balance sheet reconciliations with strong attention to detail and compliance standards.

Coach, Train & Support Teams

• Provide hands-on leadership, training, and mentorship to hotel accounting teams.
• Support onboarding and development of team members with varying levels of experience.
• Partner closely with General Managers and hotel leadership teams to improve operational and financial performance.

Support Transitions & Special Projects

• Assist with hotel openings, transitions, operational improvement initiatives, and audit preparation.
• Serve as a key resource during periods of change, helping properties maintain stability and financial excellence.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of accounting or finance experience, ideally within hospitality.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Accounts Payable & Receivable
  • Income Audit & Payroll
  • Financial statement preparation
  • Forecasting & budgeting
  • Balance sheet reconciliations
  • Hotel accounting systems & internal controls
• Working knowledge of GAAP and USALI standards.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Proven ability to train, mentor, and support accounting teams.
• Comfortable working independently, adapting quickly, and managing multiple priorities.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel extensively on a regular basis.

Why You'll Love This Role

This position is perfect for someone who enjoys stepping into new environments, building relationships, improving operations, and creating lasting impact. Every assignment brings a new challenge, a new team, and an opportunity to help hotels succeed.

If you are looking for a career that combines hospitality, leadership, travel, and finance expertise-this is your opportunity to make a difference across an entire portfolio.

Benefits

Davidson Hospitality Group is an award-winning, full-service hospitality management company overseeing hotels, restaurants, dining and entertainment venues across the US. A trusted partner and preferred operator for Hilton, Hyatt, Kimpton, Marriott, and Margaritaville, Davidson offers a unique entrepreneurial management style and owners' mentality that provides the individualized personal service of a small company, enhanced by the breadth and depth of skill and experience of a larger company. In keeping with the company's heritage of delivering value, Davidson is comprised of four highly specialized operating verticals: Davidson Hotels, Pivot, Davidson Resorts and Davidson Restaurant Group.

In keeping with the company's heritage of delivering value to its owners and team members, Davidson offers a rich benefit program with a variety of benefits designed to enrich the lives and well-being of our team members and their families.

• Multiple Tiers of Medical Coverage
• Dental & Vision Coverage
• 24/7 Teledoc service
• Free Maintenance Medications
• Pet Insurance
• Hotel Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, bereavement, and Holidays).
• 401K Match

Working at Davidson is like nowhere else. It's less of a job, more of a calling. It's part career, part revolution. Because whatever you do here, you play a part in helping redefine the way quality hospitality is delivered to our guests, our clients, our partners, and each other.