Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Highgate Hotels — Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in U.S. gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco, and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Highgate’s portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20 B and generates over $5 B in cumulative revenues. The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry leading proprietary revenue‑management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value. Location Highgate Corporate Offices - Irving, TX Overview Highgate’s Business Intelligence team manages the majority of standardized operational reporting and situational analysis for the managed hotel portfolio. The team is comprised of cross‑functional subject matter specialists who work together and collaborate with other operating disciplines to create value within the hotels and the management company. We seek a Senior Analyst of Business Intelligence to join our team and lead the vision and continued development of Highgate’s best‑in‑class advanced data & analytics platform. Responsibilities Work closely with business to capture, analyze and understand business requirements, translating activities and business objectives into analytical reporting and analysis. Partner collaboratively with other functional teams to access data elements, understand the data being analyzed and identify improvement opportunities. Develop well‑organized and insightful reports, dashboards, and other forms of data visualizations to support business awareness and decision‑making. Proactively interface with operating disciplines to gather and validate reporting and analysis requirements including data elements and report owners. Automate business processing using process automation. Complete ad‑hoc analyses as requested by senior management with the expectation of presenting deliverables to a large and varied audience. Support the redesign of monthly, quarterly, and annual business reporting for presentation to hotel ownership groups, including public lodging REITs and private real estate investment firms and financing groups. Creatively determine areas of opportunity to develop materials that communicate key successes and or management company performance trends to support business development and investor relations. Qualifications Minimum of three (3) years of prior, relevant professional experience, preferably for a hotel management or ownership company focusing on BI, analytics, process automation, reporting platform, and deployment strategy. Minimum of two (2) years of hands‑on experience in architecting, designing, and implementing advanced analytics models. Prior experience with IBM Planning Analytics TM1 is required. Prior experience in the hotel, hospitality, or travel industry is favorable. Demonstrated exceptional analytical and technical capabilities, including but not limited to: Large data collection, organization, synthesis, and distribution using advanced analytics tools such as IBM Planning Analytics TM1, Oracle EPM, Anaplan. Visualization tools Power BI (preferred) or Tableau. Experience using Microsoft SQL Server for data profiling, formatting, and ad‑hoc analysis. Understanding of data warehousing concepts, relational data models, and end‑to‑end data flow from ingestion to consumption. Comprehension of Microsoft Excel VBA. General knowledge and understanding of financial statements and hospitality‑related performance metrics. Ability to review and understand commonly used industry operating reports (e.g., STR reports, group booking pace, revenue segmentation). Strong verbal and written business communication skills. Affinity for producing work product in a detail‑oriented and self‑sufficient manner, with meticulous self‑checking habits. Adept organizational and project management skills, including time management and priority setting. Ability to work within a dynamic, nimble, and entrepreneurial environment and collaborate across multiple internal disciplines to achieve goals and produce deliverables in a timely and accurate fashion. #J-18808-Ljbffr