Manager, Finance & Business Support
Hotel Brand:
Location: Mexico, Guadalajara
Hotel: Corp Guadalajara, Ontario #1050, Col., 44630
Job number: 160473
Role Purpose
Drive growth in Loyalty by engaging with the business and providing financial leadership through business stewardship, support, and challenge
Key Accountabilities
Assist the development of the business strategy and learn to challenge priorities
Create business cases to support strategic resource allocation
Evaluate longer-term cost & revenue optimization opportunities
Perform tactical interventions with the business to close gaps vs. plan and achieve project delivery
Develop, manage and monitor operating expense budgets
Enhance commercial acumen by proactively engaging with business counterparts to understand business drivers and industry / competitive challenges
Support the multi-year strategic planning process, formal budget review process and quarterly forecast review process
Review monthly / quarterly financial performance reports and commentary of high value business areas including transparency of risks and opportunities
Assist decision-making of senior management by assessing risks and opportunities to improve key financial and winnings metrics
Identify improvement opportunities by benchmarking performance within / across regions
Play a proactive role in identifying opportunities to make the broader finance team more efficient and effective, supporting the execution of new technology and ideas
Key Skills
Ability to sustain high impact, trusted relationships and make connections across the business
Ability to see connections between financial levers, surfaces un-intended consequences
Ability to facilitate innovative approaches based on external thinking
Ability to challenge the status quo, and have courage to ‘do the right thing’
Strong technical skills (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint)
Strong communication skills, verbal and written
Key Experiences
Experienced business leader with at least 5 years of finance, strategy, and/or management consulting experience
Loyalty experience preferred, including experience with financial modeling of loyalty programs
Experience leading cross-functional teams, driving change, and challenging & communicating with senior leadership in a complex matrix organization
Financial Systems (e.g. Peoplesoft, Essbase)
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in business, finance or related field required. Master’s Degree or equivalent work experience in business, finance or related field preferred
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