FP&A & Hotel Ops Finance Assistant Manager

Job description

Description

Day To Day

Individual accountabilities

•Provide day to day decision support activities to the respective CoE team and relevant Finance business partners, incl. supporting first round of budgeting and forecasting, and management reporting and analysis for System size and pipeline, Corporate and Hotels.

•Take the lead on CoE month-end close activities including but not limited to the raising of journal requests.

•Create and maintain dashboards and static packs.

•Populate standard reports with data, incl. consolidation of sub-sets and flash commentary.

•Flexible to provide ad-hoc reports and analysis, incl. scenario modelling to support decision making.

•Identify process improvement opportunities and support the delivery of improvements in processes, systems and procedures.

•Build strong relationships with the CoE and collaborate to deliver high quality outputs.

•Maintain strong relationship with BSC, being able to collaborate to resolve issues quickly and effectively.

•Ensure documentation of relevant processes is created and maintained.

•Support external audit queries.

Day To Day

Parameters for success

Key Metrics

Organisational parameters

As defined by the Service Management Framework. The core metrics will focus on customer, process, continuous improvement and financial

•Understanding of hotel operations and hospitality accounting, incl. franchised and managed business models.

•Understanding of IHG's planning, budgeting and forecasting and management reporting processes.

•IHG’s financial systems knowledge and ability to access and interpret data.

•Responsive and customer focused approach in day to day activities.

•Ability to build and sustain trusted relationships with respective CoE teams and to effectively collaborate with Finance teams across the globe.

•Ability to challenge processes and identify opportunities for improvement.

Day To Day

Key Collaboration Network / Collaboration

Key shared accountabilities

Key interfaces

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•As defined by the Service Management Framework.

Critical Knowledge and Experience

•Commercial Finance or business-related education. Preferably working towards professional finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

•Preferably, experience as a finance analyst, incl. experience with operational planning, budgeting and forecasting processes, management reporting, scenario analysis and modelling skills, with preference for leisure and hospitality or similar single unit, multi-revenue stream operations.

•Advanced user of Oracle PeopleSoft, Essbase, reporting tools, Excel, PowerPoint.

•Ability to prioritise and to operate effectively in a fast moving, global environment with tight deadlines.

•Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.

•Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal and problem solving skills.

•Critical thinking and ability to connect and explain linkage between drivers and outputs.

Day To Day

Decision Rights

Owns

•N/A

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Influences

•Presents insight to focus attention on key performance areas in support of decision making.

•Inputs into process improvement initiatives.