Role and Responsibilities
· Support the finance team with specific areas of responsibility – ensuring timely and accurate delivery of results
· Recurring reports on financial/operational performance and pushing the boundaries by collaborating with departments across the company to create new analytical tools and access previously unknown insights
· Produce monthly financial reporting for franchise hotel owners, and support franchisees with any financial or operational data-related questions
· Prepare monthly and quarterly debt covenant reports, focusing on P&L performance analysis and key hotel revenue metrics (including Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, or STR reports) required by lenders
· Coordinate annual budget preparation for various portfolios, including working with the senior analyst to procure project and property-level budgets and preparing consolidated portfolio budgets
· Spearhead financial/project data analysis and the creation/enhancement of financial models and other resources for decision-making, including financial models for decision-making
· Report on enterprise performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews/quarterly Board meetings
· Assist with transaction financing if needed, including preparation of financing memoranda, providing lender due diligence materials, analysis of competing bids, and closing coordination
· Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements
· Identify and facilitate process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and dashboards
· Assume a lead role in market research, data mining, and business intelligence functions
· Experience analyzing hotel industry reports from firms such as CoStar, STR, Kalibri, and/or Highland
· Expert proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, especially Excel
· Experience with cloud-based EPM solution, specifically Planful (preferred)
Qualifications and Education Requirements
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· Bachelor’s degree required (Accounting/Finance/Economics)
· High proficiency in financial modeling techniques – strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions
· Experience preparing complex business presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint
· Initiative-taker with excellent interpersonal communication and critical thinking skills
· Strong analytical and data gathering skills; good business acumen
Personality & People Skills
· Must be a results-based initiative-taker, analytical person, and intently organized professional
· Ability to streamline functions and passion to learn and grow
· Strong people skills, including written and oral communication skills
· Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently
· Excellent communication and presentation skills
· Significant financial modeling experience
Preferred Skills
· Experience using Planful, or other similar financial performance management systems is a plus
· 2+ years of analytical or other relevant experience
· Master’s degrees are a plus
· Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Statistics are preferred major fields
· Proven work experience in a commercial real estate investment-heavy role
Proven work experience in a quantitatively heavy role.
This position requires authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid jury duty
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
- Wellness program
Work Location: In person
