Daniel Ma
Assistant General Manager, Finance System Solutions @ The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
About
Finance Transformation Specialist - specialize in Finance System Core Application designs, maintain corporate standards while meeting the local fiscal requirements. Nearly 30 years of accounting and finance experience in the hospitality industry. Opened more than 20 hotels globally with three different organizations. With my current global responsibility, I have the privilege of traveling and collaborating with different colleagues around the world on five continents and over 30 destinations. My greatest strengths are utilizing my accounting/finance background with different jurisdictions and mixing in with my system knowledge. These allow me to see the big picture while focusing on the details, enable process improvements, and enhance efficiency while maintaining effective controls with the ability to work with all concerned parties within the organization and around the globe.
Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong
Hospitality
Financial Systems Implementation, Business Process Improvement, Internal Controls, Financial Analysis, Hotel Management
Experience
Assistant General Manager, Finance System Solutions
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
Hong Kong SAR
Financial Controller - Systems & Analysis
Mandarin Oriental
Hong Kong SAR
• Finance Lead and Subject Matter Expert in Groupwide System Transformation Projects • Establish MOHG standards and CORE designs for hotel finance systems • Co-ordinate the implementation of a corporate management reporting system and act as the on-going corporate ‘super-user’ • Assist in the co-ordination and implementation of the finance systems for new developments • Provide day-to-day project management oversight of the implementation process • Support on hotel systems upgrades and operational matters in the finance and accounting arena • Manage relationships between MOHG Finance and the key finance system vendors
Financial Controller
Mandarin Oriental
Hong Kong SAR
• Member of Opening Executive Team • Responsible for the overall hotel finance performance • Oversaw internal controls and regulatory compliances on the entire hotel operations • Analyzed monthly financial statements and identified potential improvement opportunities • Prepared annual budget and monthly financial forecasts
Assistant Controller
The Peninsula Hotels
Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Member of Opening Management Team • Selected and hired all positions of the hotel accounting team • Trained and directed staff of ten on daily accounting operations • Established and implemented internal controls on hotel operations • Prepared and analyzed monthly financial statements
Assistant Controller
Westin Hotels & Resorts
Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Acting Controller from November 1999 to February 2000 • Managed staff of twelve and directed daily accounting operations • Received “Outstanding” Internal Audit Score – the second highest in the company • Selected by Corporate Office to assist in the Internal Audit Task Force
Business Unit Controller
House of Blues
Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Administered hotel accounting policies and controls in compliance with the corporate standards • Prepared annual budget for the unit • Responsible for the coordination and control of monthly departmental forecasting • Prepared and analyzed monthly financial statements
Assistant Controller
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Member of hotel opening team • Started from Management Trainee in 1991, gradually promoted from Department Assistant, Staff Accountant, Director of Purchasing, and Assistant Controller in six years. • Directed daily operations of the accounting department including accounts payable, income audit, payroll, general cashier, and night audit functions • Responsible for preparation of monthly financial statements and account reconciliations • Re-designed and automated the income audit function resulting in savings of 1300 man-hours annually • Re-developed and automated night audit function resulting in a saving of 2000 man-hours annually
Education
DePaul Driehaus College of Business
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Michigan State University
Hospitality Administration/Management
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