Senior Director, Financial Planning & Reporting, APAC

Job Number 24096415

Job Category Finance & Accounting

Location Asia/Pacif/Australia Region, Suite 1108 11th Floor Cityplaza One, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China VIEW ON MAP

Schedule Full-Time

Located Remotely? N

Relocation? N

Position Type Management

Job Summary

This position provides financial leadership for Asia Pacific over, month end reporting, budgeting, forecasting, Area and Continent performance review reporting, and finance analysis. He/she will provide functional and technical expertise to ensure reporting process are done in accordance MI standards and systems, and support continent financial leaders, Directors of Finance (DFAs), continent teams, HQ MI team on existing and evolving operating/ financial issues. He/she also need to lead and drive key finance initiatives and projects to align execution and properties business results with MI and the continent’s strategy.

This individual supervises financial reporting, and finance analysis teams based in several geographical locations.

Specifically, this role will provide financial leadership by measuring and tracking overall performance; managing financial processes and analytical capabilities to enable finance systems process to be executed according to due dates and MI standards, maintaining, and enhancing the appropriate controls environment for the business. Must be understood and consistently applied by his/her finance staff; developing a high performing team of finance professionals, who can effectively support with other key business leaders; and executing business goals and priorities for his/her finance staff and managing performance against these objectives.

This individual supervises financial reporting, and finance analysis teams based in several geographical locations and accountable for supporting a complex geographic area of hotels with multiple languages and currency translations.

This position will also partner with the appropriate business and finance resources in the continent and Corporate HQ including but not limited to Financial Contract Compliance, Business Process Governance, FRA, and other relevant HQ counterparts.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Key Talents And Experience

• Minimum ten (10) years of financial accounting and management experience and relevant professional work experience preferred.
• Strong leader of people – influential, demonstrates flexibility in approach, and motivates others (who may, oftentimes, not be direct reports) to achieve desired results; ability to work in a matrix organization and make things happen without having to own all the resources; leverages shared resources to achieve results.
• Experience with complex operating and financial agreements; demonstrated success in evaluating risks, and developing proactive strategies and plans to mitigate business issues.
• Experience in leading large organizations via matrix reporting relationships
• Excellent finance, accounting, and analytical skills, including experience with finance reporting, forecasting, revenue management strategies, capital expenditure planning and budgeting, and project management.
• Knowledge in generally accepted finance and accounting policies, principles, and controls.
• Knowledge and understanding of MI management and franchisee contracts.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills; ability to take large volumes of complex information and present it in a clear and concise manner to senior management, owners, and franchisees; uses data and a cogent problem-solving methodology in decision making and impact assessment.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills; role requires considerable liaison with multiple stakeholders and maintenance of considerable internal and external relationships.
• Ability to consistently make decisions in a timely manner sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; comfortable challenging organizational norms and accepted thinking to improve effectiveness.
• Process oriented; able to understand, embrace and manage to project planning and execution methodology, including the associated tools and programs, work plan schedules, issue resolution tracking, and status review updates.
• Results oriented; delivers results under difficult conditions and demonstrates balanced judgment under pressure
• Ability to integrate and balance priorities, work activities and resources for the benefit of multiple key stakeholders.
• Excellent spreadsheet skills, word processing, and presentation software skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office products, specifically Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point.
• Knowledge in finance reporting tools, software and programming particularly Power BI, Power Apps, Tableau.
  
  

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline required;
• CPA or MBA or Master of Science/ Graduate Degree in Finance or related field strongly preferred.
  
  

PREFFERED:

• International Finance experience within a hospitality company
• Fluency in a foreign language otherthan English
  
  

EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

• Provides finance and accounting leadership by leading the execution of key priorities for the division and discipline. Identifies opportunities to increase profits and create value by challenging existing processes, using and introducing innovation, and driving necessary change related to finance reporting and analysis.
• Leads the execution of planning, reporting and analysis responsibilities for the lodging properties across all brands in the continent: business planning, budgeting, and forecasting, LRP, operational analysis, financial reporting & systems.
• Oversight of the execution of finance and accounting responsibilities for the financial analysis, financial reporting & systems, CAPEX.
• Develops processes and controls in collaboration with FRA, Business Process Governance, Financial Contract Compliance, and others to ensure timely and accurate reporting, budgeting, forecasting.
• Liaises with Business Process Governance group at Corporate HQ to manage and control the chart of accounts, account code mapping, and maintenance.
• Liaises with Contract Compliance and Financial Contract Compliance group at Corporate HQ to manage Contract Engine, fee reporting, validation, and analysis.
• Leads and executes the creation and maintenance of financial reporting tools and dashboards.
• Monitors and manages bridges or gaps between actual performance and budget and LRP for hotels and initiates necessary corrective actions and opportunities to leverage financial resources, drive benchmarking, productivity, and profit optimization initiatives to achieve overall financial objectives.
• Execute continent’s on-going and ad hoc reporting, analysis and presentation needs and share best practices and leverage reporting across the continent; drives continuous enhancement of tools and reporting processes.
• Uses a proactive approach to optimize results and monitor implementation to assure success and accountability. Develops and implements processes necessary to ensure accurate, timely and meaningful sharing of financial information to key stakeholders in continent and at Corporate HQ.
• Identifies need and develops management reports to help monitor the business, most effectively analyze performance, and facilitate management decision-making.
• Conducts trend, cluster, and other financial analyses to help identify opportunities to enhance property, area, brand, and division results.
• Partners with Area Directors of Finance and Continents/ Regional leaders to support the business priorities and advise hotels on operating financial issues and initiatives.
• Collaborate with back-office solutions team to provide support on Peoplesoft, SUN and BirchStreet and other relevant finance and accounting systems.
• Hires, retains, coaches, and continually develops diverse, high-caliber talent and bench strength for the Company. Anticipates future talent needs based on business plans. Develops a high performing team of finance professionals who can effectively partner with key business leaders at various organizational levels on strategic financial issues.
  
  

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