CFO cum Head of Asset Management

The CFO cum Head of Asset Management will play a dual strategic and operational role with full accountability for the financial stewardship, asset performance, and investment strategy of CG Hospitality's diverse hotel portfolio. You will serve as a trusted advisor to the Group Executive Board, supporting aggressive growth through acquisitions, joint ventures, and ROI optimization of hospitality assets. This is a rare opportunity for a leader who thrives at the intersection of finance, investment, real estate, and hospitality operations. **Key Responsibilities:** **Financial Leadership:** - Own all aspects of financial governance, including reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, audits, risk management, and compliance across hospitality entities. - Design and implement robust internal controls and drive financial best practices aligned with global standards. - Develop and lead investor relations, financial modeling for projects, and secure funding from strategic or institutional investors. - Partner with business and operational heads to align financial KPIs with asset-level and brand-level growth objectives. - Oversee CAPEX control, cost optimization, and long-range financial planning. **Asset Management & Investment Oversight:** - Lead the end-to-end asset management function: performance benchmarking, P&L accountability, capital planning, and operator engagement. - Conduct ongoing asset performance reviews with brand operators to maximize ROI, GOP, NOI, and valuation. - Build and lead a strong hospitality M&A and transactions desk, identifying new investment opportunities (greenfield/brownfield/acquisitions). - Drive deal structuring, negotiations, and execution of joint ventures, leases, management contracts, and franchise models. - Lead feasibility assessments, due diligence, operator selection, and asset repositioning strategies. **Strategic & Operational Impact:** - Play a lead role in expanding the hotel portfolio across domestic and international geographies. - Serve as the finance and asset voice in investment committee and board meetings. - Build and mentor a high-performing finance and asset management team. **Qualifications:** - CA or MBA (Finance) from a reputed institution. - 15+ years of progressive experience with at least 5-7 years in a CFO or Head of Asset Management role in hospitality or real estate. - Deep understanding of hospitality operations, investment models, contracts, and operator dynamics. - Demonstrated track record of executing M&A, JV structuring, deal negotiations, and asset turnarounds. - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and board-level presentation skills. - Willingness to travel across domestic and international markets as required. **Preferred:** - Experience in managing multi-brand or multi-country hospitality portfolios. - Prior exposure to working in promoter-led or family-run business environments. - Strong network across hotel operators, developers, legal, and investment firms. - Work with visionary leadership and a professional yet entrepreneurial environment.,