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About the Role
The Luxury Collection seeks a strategic financial leader to drive property-wide financial strategies, maximize ROI, and ensure strong accounting controls.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement property wide financial strategies and business plans
- Analyze financial data, forecast sales, and create annual budgets
- Lead finance team, conduct performance appraisals, and oversee audit processes
- Manage working capital, cash flow, and ensure compliance with standard operating procedures
- Advise GM and executive committee on financial issues
Requirements
- 4 year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; 3 years experience in finance and accounting or related professional area
- OR Master's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; 1 year experience in finance and accounting or related professional area
- Experience in strategic financial planning and decision making
- Strong leadership and communication skills
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Job Summary
- Functions as the property’s strategic financial business leader, championing property wide strategies to meet brand and customer needs.
- Provides financial expertise to implement brand service strategy and maximize return on investment.
- Creates and executes a business plan aligned with property and brand strategy.
Candidate Profile Education and Experience
- 4 year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; 3 years experience in finance and accounting or related professional area.
- OR Master's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; 1 year experience in finance and accounting or related professional area.
Core Work Activities Engaging in Strategic Planning and Decision Making
- Develops means to improve profit, including estimating cost and benefit, exploring new business opportunities.
- Analyzes information, forecasts sales against expenses and creates annual budget plans.
- Compiles information, analyzes and monitors actual sales against projected sales.
- Analyzes differences between actual budget wages and forecasted wages for more efficient budget planning.
- Identifies underlying principles by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Thinks creatively to develop, execute and implement new business plans.
- Creates the annual operating budget for the property.
- Provides analytical support during budget reviews to identify cost saving and productivity opportunities.
- Implements a system of appropriate controls to manage business risks.
- Ensures a strong accounting and operational control environment to safeguard assets.
- Analyzes financial data and market trends.
- Leads development and implementation of a comprehensive annual business plan.
Leading Finance Teams
- Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others.
- Communicates strategic goals and owner priorities to subordinates clearly.
- Leverages strong functional leadership to influence executive team and property strategies.
- Oversees internal, external and regulatory audit processes.
- Assigns clear accountability to team members and department managers.
- Conducts annual performance appraisals with direct reports.
Anticipating and Delivering on the Needs of Key Stakeholders
- Attends meetings with owners to understand priorities and strategic focus.
- Understands and meets needs of key stakeholders (owners, corporate, guests).
- Advises GM and executive committee on operating/financial issues.
- Communicates financial concepts clearly and persuasively.
- Demonstrates understanding of cash flow and owner priorities.
- Manages property working capital and cash flow.
- Facilitates critique meetings with management team.
Developing and Maintaining Finance Goals
- Ensures Profits and Losses are documented accurately.
- Monitors all taxes to ensure they are current, collected and/or accrued.
- Submits reports in a timely manner.
- Develops and supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals.
- Improves profit growth in operating departments.
- Reviews audit issues to ensure accuracy.
- Monitors the purchasing process as applicable.
Managing Projects and Policies
- Generates accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations.
- Reconciles balance sheet to ensure account balances are supported by documentation.
- Ensures P&L accuracy (costs matched to revenue, recorded in proper accounts).
- Ensures compliance with management contract and reporting requirements.
- Ensures compliance with standard and local operating procedures.
Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities
- Ensures team members are cross trained to support daily operations.
- Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
- Ensures new hires participate in department orientation and receive appropriate training.
- Creates development plans based on individual strengths and career aspirations.
- Conducts performance review process for employees.
- Participates in hiring activities as appropriate.
About The Luxury Collection
- Part of Marriott International, with over 120 properties in more than 35 countries.
- Offers authentic experiences and has over 100 years of history beginning in 1906 under the Italian CIGA brand.
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