Deliver financial insight to support the CoE FP&A and Hotel Operations teams and Finance business partners in driving performance and value to IHG.
Key Accountabilities
Provide decision support activities to the respective UK CoE team, including supporting first round of budgeting and forecasting, and management reporting for
System size and pipeline, Corporate and Hotels results.
Create and maintain dashboards and standard packs.
Support CoE month end close activities including but not limited to the raising of journal requests.
Populate standard reports with data, and consolidation of sub-sets.
Flexible to provide ad-hoc reports and analysis as required.
Identify process improvement opportunities and support the delivery of improvements in processes, systems and procedures.
Build and maintain strong relationships within the CoE and collaborate to deliver high quality outputs.
Build and maintain strong relationships with the BSC, being able to collaborate to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
Ensure documentation of relevant processes is created and maintained.
Contribute to management reporting through maintenance of data logs.
Support audit queries.
Key Skills & Experiences
Finance or business-related education preferably CA (I)/CWA (I) or equivalent such as MBA in Finance with at least 3 years of experience in a similar role.
Some experience as a finance analyst is desired, including experience with operational planning, budgeting and forecasting processes, management reporting.
Advanced user of Oracle, Essbase, reporting tools, Excel, PowerPoint.
Ability to prioritise and to operate effectively in a fast moving, global environment with tight deadlines.
Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, collaborative and problem solving skills.
At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?
