Hotel Process Improvement Manager
Added 9 Oct · still live
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£50,200
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2431 (63% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £50,200, and Arora Group is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2440 (Business and financial project management professionals). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
Your salary route
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2431 Management consultants and business analysts Most likely code | £35,100 | £40,200 | £45,200 | £50,200 |
2440 Business and financial project management professionals Also possible | £39,500 | £45,200 | £50,800 | £56,500 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
The Arora Group is one of the largest private owner and operator of hotels in the UK, with over 6000 rooms in operation across 12 Global Brands, including Marriott, Hilton, Accor, IHG and Radisson portfolios. Our values revolve around our people, our guests and achievement through ownership which has enabled our exponential growth over the last few years.
As a member of Arora’s Group Finance Team supporting the Hotels division, this experienced Hotels Process Transformation Analyst will play a pivotal role in improving, standardising and transforming finance processes across the hotel portfolio. The role will focus on hotel finance operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, income audit, and the interfaces between hotel operations, central finance and senior leadership. The post holder will be expected to work independently, identify areas where processes, controls or ways of working can be improved, challenge existing practices constructively and lead agreed changes through to completion with a broad range of hotel, finance, IT and operational stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
As a member of Arora’s Group Finance Team supporting the Hotels division, this experienced Hotels Process Transformation Analyst will play a pivotal role in improving, standardising and transforming finance processes across the hotel portfolio. The role will focus on hotel finance operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, income audit, and the interfaces between hotel operations, central finance and senior leadership. The post holder will be expected to work independently, identify areas where processes, controls or ways of working can be improved, challenge existing practices constructively and lead agreed changes through to completion with a broad range of hotel, finance, IT and operational stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of the Hotels division at Arora, including hotel operating models, finance structures, property-level processes and the interaction between hotel operations and central finance.
- Understand the nuances between multiple Hotel brands and the requirements or restrictions that each one may place upon Transformation initiatives.
- Review, document and challenge current hotel finance processes across accounts payable, accounts receivable, income audit, cash, banking, purchasing, revenue controls, reconciliations and month-end close activities.
- Identify inefficiencies, control gaps, duplication, bottlenecks and manual workarounds that prevent hotel finance teams from operating consistently, accurately and efficiently.
- Develop practical improvement proposals that simplify, standardise or re-engineer processes across the Hotels division, balancing operational requirements with finance control, compliance and reporting needs.
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- 5+ years of experience in a multi-site hotel environment and able to demonstrate business process analysis, finance transformation, process mapping and process improvement.
- Strong practical understanding of hotel finance operations, with direct experience of accounts payable, accounts receivable and income audit processes within a hotel environment essential.
- Experience reviewing finance controls, reconciliations, month-end processes, purchasing workflows, revenue controls and operational finance touchpoints across hotel properties.
Fluent in English
- Full Qualified Accountant, ACA or ACCA with 5+ years PQE
- Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics finance package is advantageous
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Arora Group, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Management consultants and business analysts (SOC 2431) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~251k in sampleSOC 2431
- Middle half £40,196–71,188
- Median £53,820
- Going rate £50,200
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £35,100–45,200
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Arora Group holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2431 going rate of £50,200. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.