Director Finance & Business Support, South West Asia
Location
Gurgaon | India
Job description
Role Purpose
To drive hotels financial performance and provide strategic leadership and business support to the Vice President, Director of Operations and Vice President of Finance through the management of the financial analytics, growth analysis, capital investment assessment, ROI projects, operational & financial governance and procurement activities.
Key Accountabilities - Responsible to lead the hotel budget and business planning initiative, forecast process & P&L reviews. Support and lead where required owner financial presentations, including budgets, capital investment and ROI presentations.
- Consults with the procurement and payroll productivity teams to drive strategic performance across both managed and franchise hotels.
- Explore and develop Best Practices in reporting and performance monitoring in conjunction with the Centre of Excellence (CoE).
- Monitors performance of hotels through benchmarking, conversions and analysis of key indicators to ensure returns are maximized.
- Advise VP Finance IMEA of new innovative operating profit opportunities and best practice which can be shared across BUs.
- Leads the VP/Dir OPS and VP Finance IMEA in commercial discussion with owners, on contract disputes and extensions.
- Contributes to BU LT reviews and provides key updates on IMF and bad debt provisioning.
- Accountable to ensure IHG management and service contracts are complying with terms and conditions and to resolve minor contract disputes after discussion with all stakeholders.
- Maintain co-ordination to drive efficiencies across the estate of hotels with the support of the Area DOF's, BSC, and CoE.
- Actively engage with Legal and Company Secretarial on matters relating to the SWA directorship.
- Lead specific project for the BU to drive profitability and owner return.
- Drive compliance with Hotel Accounting Policies and Procedures and ensure hotel Internal Audit recommendations, eCSA, DocMx and PeopleSoft action plans are implemented to strengthen control environment and minimize error rates.
Key Skills & Experiences Educational Attainment: - Bachelor or Master's Degree in Business, Finance, or a relevant field of work, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
Critical Expertise & Experience: - 10+ years of progressive work-related experience in multiple areas of accounting and/or capital projects management and reporting, financial and/or business analysis, accounting, merger/acquisition analysis, or a related area, with 7 to 10 years managing teams and/or significant complex projects.
Technical Skills & Knowledge: - Demonstrated ability to assess and understand a variety of internal and external economic and financial issues which impact the business, to analyze data and forecast future business trends, and to develop effective financial plans based on businesses assessments.
- Demonstrated experience in leading and developing people. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written to address all levels within the organization and ability to gain consensus. PeopleSoft and Essbase Knowledge is a plus.
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