Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner
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Location: China, Shanghai, Shanghai
Hotel: Corp Shanghai, 2nd Floor, Citigroup Tower, No. 33 Hua Yuan Shi Qiao Road, Pudong District, 200120
Job number: 141334
This role is a strategic and trusted finance business partner for assigned functions (mainly HLG and Development). This role is to support function leaders to drive room growth by proactively reviewing growth drivers, planning and managing overheads resources. This role also needs to support the Senior Director FP&A on budget/forecast per IHG Finance’s forecast cycle needs.
Your day to day
- Design, analyze, and enhance growth metrics to drive growth behavior and provide leading indicators.
- Maintain an in-depth understanding of the GC’s Short term and Long-Range Plan for system size and pipeline performance and be able to design and continuously review and upgrade forecast model assumptions and logic.
- Review, log, document, and update GOLS of system size room adjustments and ensure accurate reporting and compliance in place.
- Manage and ensure accurate TSF (Technical Service Fee) deferred revenue balance booking monthly and revenue recognition quarterly based on TSF collection, pipeline status and estimated opening date refresh. Responsible for coordinate among BSC, DS and Business to ensure proper RACI is in place.
- Partners with HLG and Development to plan and allocate resources with solid rational, identify area of improvement, identify key challenges and opportunities, support on business project analysis and ensure compliance and controls are embedded.
- Support Senior Director FP&A to manage budget cycle, prepare reports, presentations, and analysis for GCLT and group FP&A.
- Ad-hoc project support
What we need from you
- Bachelor or master’s degree in finance or accounting oriented study; CPA/ACCA/CIMA is a plus
- 5+ years’ experience in FP&A/FBP in multinational company
- Success working in high-paced, global, matrixed organizations
- Must be flexible and able to manage tight deadlines, have a hands-on mentality and handle confidential topics with care
- Project management and team leadership experience is preferred
- Experience working with remote teams and managing indirect resources
- Strong analytical and numerical skills and excellent master of Excel and PowerPoint skill.
- Excellent knowledge of PRC, IFRS requirements
- Fundamental understanding of financial planning systems/processes along with advanced Excel/spreadsheet modeling
- Possesses strong cross-functional thinking, interpersonal and negotiation skills to communicate with and influence various stakeholders
- Demonstrate ability to set priorities and be able to manage simultaneous deliverables
- Excellent language skill in both English and Mandarin
- Familiar with BI tools, Power BI/Power Query/Tableau is a plus
- Familiar with Essbase Smart View application
Who we are
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
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