FLEX Director Finance, Project Digital & Technology Transformation

Job Description

As a member of the Finance Business Partner group for Technology the Director will be the primary finance business partner to the senior leadership team for the Digital & Technology Transformation (DTT) Project a multi-year effort to modernize and replace legacy reservation property management (PMS) loyalty and related enterprise systems. The Director will coordinate with and support multiple stakeholders including continent and corporate leadership discipline teams and external stakeholders. The Director will also partner closely with other finance leads within the finance business partner groups to leverage resources as needed (e.g. reporting business/operations analysis budgeting & forecasting etc.) in order to provide accurate timely and actionable reporting and analyses related to the financial operation and management of in-scope legacy systems. The Director will also work with corporate finance and accounting stakeholders providing relevant and timely updates on the program to meet other enterprise deliverables.

Candidate Profile

Education and Experience Required

8 years of financial management experience in a global organization with increasing management responsibility including complex data analysis and financial modeling.
Baccalaureate degree in Finance Accounting or related discipline.
Demonstrated knowledge of GAAP finance/accounting principles and internal controls with the leadership and business-partnering skills to influence team strategies and decisions.
Proven ability to lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously translate business needs into operational financial management priorities and present complex models and concepts to senior executives clearly and concisely.
Preferred CPA or MBA.
Knowledge and understanding of Marriotts business model and management and franchisee contracts.

Core Work Activities

Lead and manage the financial models business cases and reporting & analysis for the DTT Project and present them to senior and executive leadership.
Lead overall business case execution of key financial processes for the DTT Project helping to ensure sound decision making around discipline financial objectives.
Leverage FBP GT resources to ensure the proper execution of the development and monitoring of the annual budgeting & forecasting process the annual charge-out rate analysis program analysis and review annual audits owner and franchisee inquiries and all related reporting and financial controls for the platform.
Serve as finance stakeholder and subject matter expert on discipline project teams as assigned and leverage the appropriate FBP resources to compile analyze model and interpret financial information in support of the DTT Project.
Provide financial thought leadership on the deployment of DTT with ability to challenge the status quo and anticipate issues.
Leverage diverse resources and sources of information (General Ledger Apptio etc.) to create reports and develop analyses to help successfully monitor and analyze overall development and deployment costs by utilizing their cost monitoring tools and reporting and forecasting process.
Ensure that potential issues are identified early and that project management is informed of program/project costs at all times.
Lead efforts to implement the financial aspects of discipline initiatives related to DTT including leading and presenting PSAC submissions OFB charge code requests billing etc.
Analyze ongoing business decisions and initiatives ensuring the right financial approaches and resources are brought to bear on overall business challenges and opportunities.
Ensure the integrity and accuracy of data and reports produced through the systemic monitoring of key performance measures and the auditing of key reports on a sampling basis.
Identify unusual financial and process performance trends and investigate and resolve any problems and/or inconsistencies as appropriate.
Partner with discipline leaders Owner and Franchise Services and continent leaders to improve communication of impacted charges to owners and participate as required in dispute resolution with owners.
Ensure alignment of DTT Project costs with management agreements to provide accurate compliant allocation of cost and recovery of same to participating hotels.
Financial management of DTT program changes including project change orders project schedule revisions and labor forecast updates to clearly identify impacts to overall costs and the project business case.
Ensure that potential issues are identified early and that senior leaders and project managers are informed of program/project costs as needed.
Ensure the efficient and effective execution of the budget processes for the program/project including timely and complete communications to stakeholders and budget updates in the form of supplemental approvals and forecasts.
Actively monitor DTT program costs and identify and promote strategies to reduce overall program costs and mitigate risk areas.
Oversee the necessary internal financial reporting and variance analysis for DTT. This would include detailed forecast of development costs cash flow reporting balance sheet projections Prepared by Client (PBC) work papers and other internal management legal owner and audit requests.
Prepare and present project financial updates as required for Marriott financial reporting and planning processes Steering and Corporate Growth Committee meetings owner and franchisee meetings etc.
Establish and maintain strong collaborative relationships with GT Consumer Operations Global Operations their FBP teams and other key stakeholders to understand the business.
Drive alignment and shared accountabilities with key stakeholders by identifying and communicating key process and outcome requirements.
Participate on intra- and cross-discipline project teams providing a strategic finance perspective to the work and helping the project team achieve objectives.