Senior Analyst, Operations Finance

Senior Analyst, Operations Finance

The Senior Analyst, Operations Finance will collaborate with the Director, Operations Finance to Property Finance Business Process Management and outsourcing.

Business Process Management (BPM) includes standardizing and automating tasks, developing best practice processes, tools, and templates, and facilitating their deployment across the global portfolio alongside property teams and the business process outsourcing (BPO) partner, with the aim to drive efficiency of accounting processes globally.

The Senior Analyst, Operations Finance will support compliance of the core accounting functions, with both transactional actuals as well as planning (budgeting and forecasting).

The Senior Analyst, Operations Finance will support the implementation of systems, policy and process, ensuring property teams are leveraging the established Standard Operating Procedures. They will also assist with ad hoc requests as requested by Senior Management and other stakeholders.

Strong attention to detail, organization, process knowledge, critical thinking and problem-solving skills are necessary for successfully achieving deadlines and requirements of multiple workstreams across a range of properties. The ideal candidate is analytical and proactive, with strong business acumen and a passion for process improvement and standardization.

What You'll Be Doing:

Process Efficiency & Governance

• Drive adoption of best practices and standards.
• Maximize the use of standardized tools and templates by the properties.
• Monitor and improve KPI's within the Service Level Agreements.
• Minimize Capgemini errors reported by the properties.
• Maximize efficiency of onsite processes.
• Assist in establishing/enforcing policies, rules, internal controls and safeguards.
• Continuously deliver the highest level of service with respect to property support and maximize property satisfaction of outsourced services.
• Provide hotel users with support for standard tools, templates and processes.

Regional Oversight

• Support leadership decisions through reporting and data-driven insights.
• Demonstrate proficiency as a lead/power-user of company financial systems and regional practices.
• Provide regular status reporting as required.

Insights and Innovation

• Transform complex data into summarized meaningful and actionable insights.
• Present and provide meaningful commentary to stakeholders on past, current and future state across all identified areas of responsibility.

Collaboration and Communication

• Collaborate with Operations Finance, property teams and business process outsourcing partner to ensure timeliness and integrity of financial processes.
• Represent both Operations Finance and the properties on cross-functional projects and requests.
• Leverage Microsoft 365 suite of software including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams to enhance communication, reporting, organization and collaboration within the team and other groups.

What You Bring:

• 3-5 years of experience in a related hospitality accounting or shared services role
• Field experience with hands on knowledge of PMS/POS environments, Income Audit, and GL processes.
• Familiar with detailed workflows and system navigation, the clicks, the sequences, and the practical application.
• CPA or university degree in hospitality, accounting or finance preferred.
• Multilingual is an asset.

Key Skills/Who You Are:

Behavioral

• Proven leadership skills in a property and/or corporate office environment.
• Highest level of integrity and transparency, and ethical approach to influence the outcome of situations.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills to work with cross-functional teams, negotiate for resources, influence stakeholders, and gain acceptance of and commitment to plans, ideas and initiatives.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and use sound judgement.
• Promotes a continuous learning environment that creates an atmosphere for professional development opportunities.
• Ability to meet various deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Work in a safe, prudent and organized manner.

Functional

• Strong oral and written communication skills to prepare and deliver reports, effective presentations and to facilitate meetings with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
• Strategic and analytical, with solid business acumen and problem-solving skills.
• Strong multi-tasking and project management skills.
• Attention to detail with a focus on solutions, results and continuous improvement.
• Ability to deal with confidential information in a professional manner.
• Demonstrates excellence in conflict resolution.

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Working technical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ability to read, write and speak English fluently; additional languages an asset.

Travel:

• Occasional travel as needed.

This role will be a Hybrid working model, which will require 3 days per week in the Miami Four Seasons Corporate Office (3 days per week) located at 1441 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1007, Miami, Florida.