Analyst, Finance Business Partner

Role Purpose

Provide analytical support to Business
Support for IT cost allocations. Assist in review of monthly financials,
research identified issues and their effect on the full year forecasts. Assist
in review and challenge of forecasts, budgets and long-range plan processes.
Prepare and upload monthly operational files. Prepare and review monthly
schedules.

Serve as the primary contact for Finance and the secondary contact for
the managers for finance-related questions.

Key
Accountabilities

• Support technology cost transparency
  project by maintaining the cost model and reports within IT costing tool.


• Execute the yearly setup and monthly expense attribution via IT costing
  tool.
• Perform monthly financial reporting in assigned areas. Prepare
  monthly schedules required by management and reconcile to the appropriate
  financial statements.
• Review financial statements for unusual items;
  research variances and their effect on the full year forecast.
• Assist
  with planning and analysis of cost allocations such as identification
  of allocation risks to budget and forecast and development and execution
  of process controls.
• Assist other Business Support and Finance staff
  with monthly capital reporting and analysis including testing of process
  controls..
• Prepare ad hoc reporting as requested by Management
  and Business Support
• Work with Business Support and Finance staff
  in the preparation and coordination of the allocation process.
• Serve
  as the primary contact for Finance and the secondary contact for the cost center
  managers to ensure issues are researched and resolved in a timely manner


• Develop reports to meet business needs. Ensure that work is being completed
  in an effective and efficient manner while still meeting the business
  needs.
• Provide relevant and timely financial information and analysis
  to the group’s management team in order to facilitate business decisions
  and special projects.
• Respond to ad hoc requests, projects,
  and presentations.

Key Skills &
Experiences

Education –

Bachelor’s degree
in Finance, Accounting, or a related field of work.

Experience
–

At least 3 years progressive work-related experience in areas
of financial and/or business analysis, with demonstrated technical proficiency
related to the position.

Technical skills and Knowledge –

• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for
  the purpose of providing information to clients, vendors and/or staff. Must
  be able to work effectively with senior managers, possess strong relationship
  management skills, and well-developed negotiating and persuading abilities.


• Demonstrated financial and business analysis skills, and demonstrated
  ability to analyze operating, forecast, and budget information. Demonstrated
  ability to use the results of analysis to make effective strategic
  decisions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial statements, financial
  principles and the ability to convert them to use in the hotel industry.


• Advanced MS Excel skills required.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite
  required.
• Knowledge of relational database concepts a plus
  (Access)
• Knowledge of ERP system (PeopleSoft, Hyperion) or similar
  a plus
• Highly proactive and flexible competency levels with the ability
  to work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated organizational skills
  and ability to manage multiple tasks/projects.