Senior Director, Finance, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Hainan
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18 hours ago
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Job Summary
JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Director Finance Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Hainan who reports to both RVP and VP Operations Finance provides financial leadership in achieving profit and key performance goal while further enhancing owners and franchise relationship in the Region. Partners with the regional team and RVP to help make optimal business decisions for the region. Provides astrategic perspective and uses sound financial skills and business acumen to identify profitable opportunities anticipate challenges and create competitive breakthrough strategies while ensuring a controlled financial environment and protecting and strengthening Marriotts competitive advantage.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
Required
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent required.
- 10 years of progressive financial management experience.
- Able to read and speak in Chinese (Mandarin) and English.
Preferred
- Experience evaluating business trends and developing and successfully implementing new business programs and strategies that enhance financial performance in a complex multidimensional operating environment.
- Experience in owner relations.
Experience with complex operating and financial agreements; demonstrated success in evaluating risks and developing proactive strategies and plans to mitigate business issues.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
- Support RVP to achieve annual goals and targets to ensure profitability and revenue growth for the responsible region.
- Acts as strategic business partner to the RVP & rest of the Regional team. Provides financial leadership and strategic perspective in developing and monitoring business plans to achieve profit and growth objectives for the Regional; identifies profitable opportunities manages business risk and helps make optimal business decisions. Supports and advises the RVP Finance and the Regional management team (GMs DOFs) on key operating/financial issues; helps enhance the teams financial and business skills. Facilitates the Regions business planning processes (LRP operating and capital budgets forecast risk assessment) standard reporting processes (working capital month end reporting annual statement of operations etc.) and compliance with local tax financial and accounting regulations. Provides direction support and ensures compliance on balance sheet analysis/certification hotel audits and internal control standards P&L reviews cash flow forecasts technical accounting financial systems & reporting and financial analysis (pro forma project analysis business cases etc.).
- Leads the execution of finance and accounting responsibilities for the Region across multiple sovereign jurisdictions and in different currencies: budgeting and forecasting controls financial analysis cash management balance sheet financial reporting & systems P&L CAPEX owner returns financial risk management.
- Implements appropriate metrics and controls to manage business risks; ensure strong accounting & operational control environment to safeguard assets improve operations profitability and ROIC.
- Ensures strong owner relationships in the Region. Understands the owners perspective & ROI expectations proactively anticipates and addresses needs; manages an effective balance between the owners and MIs interests developing solutions that creates value for conjunction with the regional leadership team pulls in resources as appropriate tohelp resolve owner relations/contract issues as well as ad hoc division and exception operating issues (Business Support Global Asset Management etc.). Directly involved in meetings for key priority hotels and ventrally accounted hotels.
- Is accountable for compliance with contract and reporting requirements. Ensures that GMs and RDOFs are familiar with the management contract and structure of the deal and in compliance with contract requirements.
- Works with corporate and regional team to ensure smooth hotel opening process; works with the RVP and the property team on the development of pre-opening and working capital budgets and other pre-opening activities relating to finance and accounting
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
Leadership
Adaptability - Maintains performance level under pressure or when experiencing changes or challenges in the workplace.
Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues problems and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions solves problems and chooses a course of action.
Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.
Managing Execution
Building and Contributing to Teams - Participates as a member of a team to move toward the completion of common goals while fostering cohesion and collaboration among team members.
Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates focuses and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.
Planning and Organizing - Gathers information and resources required to set a plan of action for self and/or others; prioritizes and arranges work requirements to accomplish goals and ensure work is completed.
Building Relationships
Coworker Relationships - Interacts with others in a way that builds openness trust and confidence in the pursuit of organizational goals and lasting relationships.
Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the companys service standards.
Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles abilities motivations and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.
Generating Talent and Organizational Capability
Organizational Capability - Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.
Talent Management - Provides guidance and feedback to help individuals develop and strengthen skills and abilities needed to accomplish work objectives.
Learning and Applying Professional Expertise
Applied Learning - Seeks and makes the most of learning opportunities to improve performance of self and/or others.
Business Acumen - Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges.
Technical Acumen - Understands and utilizes professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges.
oDemonstrates working knowledge of discipline-specific systems tools and business processes.
Basic Competencies - Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities.
oBasic Computer Skills - Uses basic computer hardware and software (e.g. personal computers word processing software Internet browsers etc.).
oMathematical Reasoning - Adds subtracts multiplies or divides quickly correctly and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues.
oOral Comprehension - Listens to and understands information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
oReading Comprehension - Understands written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
oWriting - Communicates effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
At Marriott International we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture talent and experiences of our associates. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis including disability veteran status or other basis protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
Exec
Key Skills
- Accounting Software
- Forecasting
- Ellucian
- Financial Report Writing
- GAAP
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Budgeting
- Financial Management
- Financial Planning
About Company
At Le Méridien, we are inspired by the era of glamorous travel, celebrating each culture through the distinctly European spirit of savouring the good life. Our guests are curious and creative, cosmopolitan culture seekers that appreciate moments of connection and slowing down to savou ... View more
