Specific Skills Needed:

Top 3-5 mandatory and/or minimum requirements

• Financial modeling
• Variance analysis
• Forecasting
• Account reconciliations
• Proficiency in excel

Top 3-5 desirable attributes/qualifications?

• Strong attention to detail
• Time management (multiple deadlines/priorities)
• Experience with SAP, Oracle

GENERAL FUNCTION

Responsible for developing financial plans and forecasts by leveraging a combination of relationships with key business partners, strong knowledge of cost drivers, assumptions and accounting processes. Evaluate actuals/variances and provide insights into performance trends. Develop/improve processes to deliver accuracy and efficiency gains.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibility for development and review of financial plans, forecasts and estimates

• Develops the forecast for Depreciation and Occupancy across 5 brands, prepares/maintains supporting documentation and tracks key assumptions, contingencies, etc
• Financial partner with brand/shared leaders to capture key inputs for planning process, identifying risks/opportunities
• Proposes methodology changes and improvement opportunities to forecasts and aligns with brand/shared partners on changes
• Manages the Real Estate Pro Forma model and supports key steps of the capital allocation approval process
• Ad Hoc analysis to support the central Real Estate Leadership team and their strategic objectives

Responsibility for monthly results analysis and reporting

• Coordinates month-end closing process by preparing journal entries/accruals and working with accounting to address inconsistencies or errors
• Complete detailed review/analysis of actual results on a monthly basis
• Coordinates obtaining variance explanations and reviews for reasonableness
• Understanding of variances vs plan/forecast/estimate, timing, etc
• Understand and analyze the cost drivers for actual results on a monthly basis
• Prepare monthly variance commentary
• Prepare and assess analyses, providing actionable business insights to brand/shared partners regarding financial trends/performance
• Participate in special projects and create ad hoc analysis as assigned

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor Degree in Finance or Accounting
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence outcomes
• Solid organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Systems – advanced excel skills, experience with Business Objects, ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and Hyperion Essbase/Planning