Sandpiper Hospitality is one of the fastest-growing and most admired companies in the midscale and economy extended stay hotel market. With 65+ properties in our portfolio of owned and managed hotels, we're growing, and we're looking for a finance leader to grow with us.
Headquartered in Richmond, VA, we're seeking a Vice President of Finance to join our home office leadership team.
The RoleOur next Vice President of Finance will be in a high-visibility, relationship-driven position. As the primary financial liaison for our third-party hotel ownership groups, you'll connect owners with our Operations, Accounting and InfoSync teams, and make sure everyone understands performance, cash needs and next steps.
What you'll do:
- Own the financial relationship with third-party ownership groups, setting reporting expectations and making sure questions get timely, coordinated answers
- Lead financial coordination for owner P&L review calls, partnering with Operations on performance explanations and corrective actions
- Translate financial results, cash forecasts and capital needs into clear, confident conversations with owners
- Lead the financial onboarding of newly managed properties, including transition planning, banking and merchant services, financial documents, payroll tax setup and insurance coverage
- Coordinate owner budgets, review meetings and approvals, and help resolve funding gaps
- Identify financial opportunities to improve property performance
- Mentor finance team members on property operations and owner communication
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of progressive experience in hospitality finance, accounting or asset management, including senior-level responsibility for owner or client relationships
- Strong command of hotel financial statements, cash flow, budgeting and capital planning
- Excellent communication skills, and the ability to coordinate across teams without relying on direct authority
- Sharp analytical skills, sound financial judgment and strong Excel and reporting-system proficiency
Preferred: CPA or other professional designation, and experience with third-party hotel management and financial onboarding
Role Logistics- Location: Richmond, VA (home office)
- Schedule: Full time, Monday-Friday
- Travel: Will be limited- to properties, owner meetings and onboarding activities
- Health, dental and life insurance
- 401(k)
- Generous PTO/vacation allowance
- A seat on the leadership team of a growing, well-respected hospitality company
Sandpiper Hospitality is an equal opportunity employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of progressive experience in hospitality finance, accounting, or asset management
- Senior-level experience managing owner or client relationships
- Strong knowledge of hotel financial statements, cash flow, budgeting, and capital planning
- Excellent communication and cross-functional coordination skills
- Strong analytical skills and sound financial judgment
- Strong Excel and reporting-system proficiency
- CPA or another professional designation
- Experience with third-party hotel management and financial onboarding
What We Do
The “Spirit of Welcome!” is alive and well at Sandpiper. In fact, in many ways, it defines our attitude and behavior. By virtue of this spirit, we have the opportunity and responsibility to enrich the lives of so many people; to touch and influence so many essential people beginning with our associates, extending to our guests and our communities and finally, to our investors and partners. Sandpiper Hospitality was born out of an entrepreneurial spirit determined to find the optimal cross-section of genuine, welcoming hospitality and superior financial returns. That spirit is as bright as ever today as Sandpiper stands on the precipice of compelling growth due to our ability to exceed the expectations of our associates, guests and our investors. We believe that Team Sandpiper has perfectly mixed hospitality with financial acumen to create an organization that is reliable and yet evolutionary for our associates and guests while being accountable and lucrative to our investors and owners. And it all begins with a Sandpiper Welcome!
