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Role Overview
Regional Manager of Finance & Business Support at Sonder, a global hospitality brand. This is a senior finance leadership position overseeing end-to-end financial operations across a regional portfolio of hotels and properties.
Company Overview
Sonder (NASDAQ: SOND) is a leading global hospitality brand founded in 2014, offering premium, design-forward apartments and intimate boutique hotels. Properties are located across 40+ markets in nine countries and three continents. The company combines thoughtfully designed spaces with seamless, tech-enabled service delivered through the Sonder app, which provides guests with self check-in, 24/7 support, and full control over their stay. In 2024, Sonder announced a strategic partnership with Marriott International, integrating Sonder properties into Marriott.com and the Marriott Bonvoy app. The organization blends the agility of a tech company with the standards of a global hospitality brand, focused on delivering amazing experiences for the modern traveler while driving smart, sustainable growth.
Role Purpose
You will serve as the senior-most finance partner for Operations in your region, responsible for revenue integrity, cost controls, internal compliance, and financial planning across multiple properties. You will be the connective tissue between Finance and Operations — building a collaborative culture grounded in accountability, transparency, and results — while helping operators make smarter, faster decisions through clear financial insight and analysis.
Key Responsibilities
Revenue & Financial Controls
- Serve as the regional Finance lead overseeing the full spectrum of financial operations across multiple hotels and properties.
- Own daily revenue audits and PMS reporting to ensure all financial postings are accurate, justified, and reconciled, with swift follow-through on open folios and exceptions.
- Ensure property-level internal controls are implemented and followed, with particular focus on guest collections and credit card reconciliation.
- Review purchase orders, invoices, and accounting transactions to ensure accuracy and compliance with USALI standards.
Tax & Compliance
- Lead tax compliance efforts across the region, including ongoing sales tax reconciliation and jurisdictional rate changes.
Credit & Receivables
- Run the weekly credit meeting with GMs and Sales to monitor outstanding receivables, deposits, and in-house balances.
Budgeting & Planning
- Own the annual budgeting process and guide monthly forecasting, partnering closely with operators to drive alignment on labor, costs, and margin improvement opportunities.
- Review monthly P&Ls for accuracy and usability, and partner with GMs to understand variances and inform future planning.
Financial Leadership & Development
- Develop financial acumen across the organization, helping teams at all levels understand how their decisions impact the bottom line.
Strategic Partnership
- Act as a strategic business partner to Regional Ops leadership, bridging Finance and Operations to drive long-term business health.
Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years of experience in finance roles with direct responsibility for multi-unit operations, ideally in hospitality, retail, or multi-site environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Hotel Business Administration, or equivalent field of study; or an equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
- Proven expertise in revenue controls, budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
- Strong command of USALI reporting standards.
Skills & Competencies
- Systems experience across Opera PMS, NetSuite, Coupa, Anaplan, and Tableau or equivalent.
- Clear communicator with a bias for action, able to influence both operators and senior leaders.
- Analytical mindset with obsessive attention to detail, comfortable digging into numbers while keeping sight of the big picture.
- Assertive and principled, with a collaborative spirit and a commitment to team-wide success.
Additional Information
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (where applicable)
- Flexible vacation
- Wellness and volunteering days
- Annual free credits and discounts to stay in Sonder locations
- Workplace flexibility (for remote-specified positions only)
- Attractive employee travel perks for any Sonder location
Equal Opportunity
Sonder is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity. The company does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other classification protected by applicable state, federal, or local law. Extend Hospitality To All is one of Sonder's Leadership Principles. The company has created Sonder Circles, employee resource groups that foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace aligned with the communities they serve. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants requiring assistance in completing applications, interviewing, pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process. Direct inquiries to recruiting@sonder.com.