Team Lead, FP&A Americas, CoE

Job description

Description

About us

Individual accountabilities

•Provide decision support activities to the respective CoE team, 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 standard packs along with preliminary commentary.

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

•Flexible to provide ad-hoc reports and analysis to support timely decision-making.

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

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

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

•Ensure documentation of relevant processes is created and maintained.

•Take ownership and accountability of management reporting through maintenance of data logs.

•Support internal and external audit queries.

Your 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

•Preferably CA/CWA with up 2 years of work experience in a similar role or CA (I)/CWA (I)/MBA in Finance with at least 3 to 5 years of work experience in a similar role.

•Preferably, experience as a finance analyst is desired, including experience with operational planning, budgeting and forecasting processes, management reporting.

•Advanced user of Oracle, 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.

What we need from you

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.

What we offer

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.