FM Recruitment
Aisha Rahman · Group Financial Controller
Finance specialism: tech-forward hotel finance Seniority: lead Property type: lifestyle independent
Location: London Salary: £105,000 Availability: 8 weeks
Current employer: citizenM Owner / management group: citizenM (independent)
Matches: 3 companies
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🛡 Ownership-safeOwnership-safe: excluded their own group (citizenM (owner/management: citizenM (independent))) — no discovery picks needed filtering this run; excluded set on file: citizenM, citizenM Hotels
Matches, decision-makers & drafted outreach
T1 YOTEL · 5/5 awaiting_approval
Yvonne — Chief Financial Officer Yotel
✉ yvonne.thomsen@yotel.com
With a Group Financial Controller track record built at citizenM, including automated month-end reporting for a tech-led urban hotel disruptor, this candidate brings directly transferable expertise to YOTEL as it competes for the same budget-lifestyle city traveller and faces identical finance complexity around high-volume, tech-integrated operations.
Day 0 email · Group FC from citizenM – relevant for YOTEL's finance leadership
Dear Yvonne,
I wanted to bring a specific candidate to your attention because the fit is unusually direct.
We are currently working with a Group Financial Controller who has spent 13 years in tech-forward hotel finance, most recently at citizenM. During that time they built automated month-end reporting from the ground up for a high-volume, tech-integrated urban hotel business. The operational and financial complexity at citizenM closely mirrors what YOTEL manages, right down to the budget-lifestyle city traveller profile and the systems-first approach to running lean, scalable operations.
This is not a candidate who would need time to understand your model. The parallels are substantive.
They are available on eight weeks' notice and are genuinely selective about their next move, which is why YOTEL is on a short list.
If you would like me to send the full CV, I am happy to do so promptly.
Kind regards,
Mark
The FM Recruitment team
T1 edyn · 4/5 awaiting_approval
James — Deputy CFO
✉ james@findingedyn.com
With edyn scaling the Cove apart-hotel portfolio at the intersection of tech and lifestyle hospitality, a Financial Controller who built automated month-end reporting inside citizenM's similarly disruptive, independent model offers James and the finance team a directly transferable playbook at precisely the right seniority level.
Day 0 email · FC with citizenM automated reporting background, available in 8 weeks
James,
We represent a Group Financial Controller with 13 years in hotel finance, currently at citizenM, who is exploring their next move with roughly eight weeks' notice.
The reason I thought of edyn specifically: this individual built automated month-end reporting from the ground up inside citizenM's tech-led, lifestyle model, a genuinely disruptive independent operation with similar DNA to the Cove portfolio. That is not a skill set you find by searching generically for hospitality finance candidates.
As edyn continues scaling the Cove estate at that intersection of technology and lifestyle hospitality, the playbook they have built is directly transferable, and the seniority sits at precisely the right level to add weight beneath a Deputy CFO without duplication.
If it is worth a fifteen-minute conversation to explore fit, I am happy to share the full profile.
Kind regards,
Sarah
The FM Recruitment team
T2 Cycas Hospitality · 3/5 awaiting_approval
George — Cluster Financial Controller
✉ george@cycashospitality.com
With Cycas rapidly adding managed properties across the UK, a Group Financial Controller who built scalable, automated month-end reporting for a multi-site lifestyle hotel operator brings exactly the infrastructure thinking a growing management company needs to maintain financial control without headcount bloat.
Day 0 email · Group FC with automated multi-site reporting built for scale
George,
As Cycas adds managed properties at pace, financial infrastructure tends to become the pressure point. Headcount grows, month-end stretches, owner reporting becomes inconsistent. It is a familiar pattern in expanding management companies.
We are currently representing a Group Financial Controller from citizenM, 13 years in hotel finance, who built automated month-end reporting from the ground up across a multi-site lifestyle portfolio. The result was a scalable close process that did not require proportional headcount growth as the estate expanded. That kind of systems thinking is reasonably rare at FC level.
Given Cycas's trajectory, we thought the fit was worth putting to you directly. The candidate is available on an eight-week notice period.
If the profile sounds relevant, I am happy to share the CV and talk through the detail.
Kind regards,
Laura
The FM Recruitment team