Finance & AI
Visibility is the cornerstone to decision-making. Through robust system integration, hotels can leverage data to create their unique financial story.
What We Offer
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You can’t manage what you can’t see. We build centralized data warehouses that pull from every source system in your operation — PMS, POS, payroll, procurement, OTA channels — into a single network. From there we develop Business Intelligence dashboards that give ownership, operators, and department heads real-time visibility into the metrics that actually drive performance.
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The full-cycle accounting process — from invoice receipt through accounts payable, month-end close, reconciliations, and internal controls — is still largely manual at most hotels. That means slower closes, higher error rates, and finance teams buried in repetitive work. We redesign and automate these workflows end to end, freeing your team to focus on analysis and strategy rather than data entry.
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Numbers tell you where you’ve been. Financial planning tells you where you’re going. We build models that translate your operational reality into forward-looking strategy — whether that means identifying the levers to hit a performance target, stress-testing scenarios for an ownership conversation, or building a recovery plan when cash or RevPAR falls short of forecast. We work at the intersection of the P&L and the business decision.
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Most hotel technology stacks are held together by workarounds. Property management systems that don’t talk to accounting platforms. Point-of-sale data that never reaches the people making decisions. We audit your full technology ecosystem and build the connections that should have been there from the start — so your systems work as a network, not a collection of silos.
Our Process
01 — Survey
Every engagement begins with a full audit of your current environment — technology stack, workflows, reporting structure, team capabilities, and data flows. We map what exists before we prescribe what’s missing.
02 — Pilot
Rather than overhauling everything at once, we identify the single highest-impact pain point and solve it first. A contained pilot builds confidence, surfaces hidden variables, and delivers a measurable win before the broader work begins.
03 — Refine
With a proven solution in hand, we expand the methodology across the full operation — end to end, system by system — until the entire cycle runs with the accuracy, speed, and visibility your property deserves.
Solutions
real-time gl Dashboards
Bring live GL details to GM’s, DORM’s, and department managers in real-time to analyze revenue, labor, and expenses on a perpetual basis.
Document Workflows
Automate document handling workflow from email inbox to Sharepoint and leveraged ERP OCR capability to streamline full-cycle AP processing.
power bi Owner decks
Embed Fabric dashboards into PowerPoint finance slides, presenting custom KPI’s for Rooms, F&B, Other Operated, and Miscellaneous revenue.
Sharepoint communication
Develop multiple SharePoint sites and Teams channels to centralize information and guide teams in a unified environment and eliminate email reliance.
custom work ticket system
Provide zero-cost platform to submit, track, and fulfill requests using Power Automate and Teams, tied to Power BI performance dashboard.
ERP capability maximization
Spearhead development projects to completion such as multi-period functionality, eliminating manual prepaid amortization with a one-page reference guide.
Our Expert
Kendall Williamson
Kendall brings 15 years of hotel finance leadership across luxury, full-service, and select-service assets. He served as the finance leader for 3 hotel openings and has experience with Independents, Marriott, Hilton, and IHG/Kimpton brands. With multi-property management experience, including the iconic Brown Palace Hotel & Spa — he has built his career at the intersection of financial discipline and operational precision.
Having worked across ownership groups, management companies, and branded environments, Kendall understands the full financial lifecycle of a hotel asset. His work in AI and automation brings a forward-facing dimension to the finance function that most properties have yet to unlock.
He founded Julian Hospitality on the belief that hotels deserve financial leadership as passionate about the guest experience as it is about the bottom line.
Where Does Your Operation Need Us Most?
Every engagement begins with understanding your environment — not selling you a solution. Share a few details below and we’ll come to the conversation prepared, not presumptuous.