Bench Director of Finance

Negotiable
Experience
1-3 years
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Thailand, Nan
Job Description

BENCH DIRECTOR OF FINANCE


JOB SUMMARY

Functions as
the property’s strategic financial business leader. The position champions,
develops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products
and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target
customer and property employees. The position provides the financial expertise
to enable the successful implementation of the brand service strategy and brand
initiatives while maximizing the return on investment.

In addition, creates and executes a business plan that is aligned with
the property and brand’s business strategy and focuses on the execution
of financial and accounting activities and the delivery of desirable financial
results.

CANDIDATE PROFILE


Education and Experience


  • 4-year bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or related major; 2
    years experience in the finance and accounting or related professional
    area.

OR

  • Master's degree
    in Finance and Accounting or related major; no work experience
    required.

CORE WORK
ACTIVITIES

Engaging in Strategic Planning
and Decision Making

  • Analyzes financial data
    and market trends.
  • Analyzes information, forecasts sales
    against expenses and creates annual budget plans.
  • Compiles
    information, analyzes and monitors actual sales against projected
    sales.
  • Develops means to improve profit, including
    estimating cost and benefit, exploring new business opportunities,
    etc.
  • Analyzes differences between actual budget wages
    and forecasted wages for more efficient budget planning.

  • Identifies the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information
    by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

  • Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute and implement
    new business plans
  • Protects and strengthens our
    competitive advantage by advocating and supporting sound business and financial
    decision making.
  • Ensures a strong accounting
    and operational control environment to safeguard assets, improve operations
    and profitability.
  • Implements a system of appropriate
    controls to manage business risks.

Leading
Accounting Teams

  • Utilizes interpersonal
    and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates
    sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads
    by example.
  • Communicates the strategic goals, the focus
    and the owner priorities to subordinates in a clear and precise
    manner.
  • Provides excellent leadership by assigning team
    members and other departments managers' clear accountability backed
    by appropriate authority.
  • Holds staff accountable
    for successful performance.

Developing
and Maintaining Finance and Accounting Goals


  • Supports property strategy from a finance and accounting
    perspective
  • Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring
    delivery deadlines.
  • Ensures Profits and Losses
    are documented accurately.
  • Achieves and exceeds goals
    including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.

  • Ensures appropriate corrections are made to audit results if
    necessary.
  • Reviews audit issues to ensure
    accuracy.

Managing Projects
and Policies

  • Monitors all taxes that apply,
    ensuring that taxes are current, collected and/or accrued.

  • Generates and providing accurate and timely results in the form
    of reports, presentations, etc.
  • Ensures compliance
    with standard and local operating procedures (SOPs and LSOPs).

  • Oversees internal, external and regulatory audit
    processes.
  • Ensures compliance with Standard Operating
    Procedures (SOPs).
  • Ensures that the P&L is accurate
    (e.g., costs are properly matched to revenue, costs are recorded in the proper
    accounts).

Anticipating and Delivering on
the Needs of Key Stakeholders

  • Understands
    and meets the needs of key stakeholders (owners, corporate, guests,
    etc.).
  • Understands the owners' perspective and ROI
    expectations.
  • Anticipates and addresses owner needs
    and involves ownership in key decisions.
  • Leverages strong
    functional leadership and communication skills to influence the executive team,
    the property's strategies and to lead own team.
  • Advises
    the GM and executive committee on existing and evolving operating/financial
    issues.
  • Facilitates critique meetings to review
    information with management team.
  • Attends owners meetings
    in order to provide context and explanation for financial results.

  • Attends meetings and communicates with the owners, understanding
    the priorities and strategic focus.
  • Demonstrates
    a commitment to meeting the needs of all key stakeholders.

  • Communicates financial concepts in a clear and persuasive manner
    that is easy to understand and drives desired behaviors.

Managing and Conducting Human Resource
Activities

  • Ensures team members
    are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.

  • Ensures property policies are administered fairly
    and consistently.
  • Ensures new hires participate in
    the department’s orientation program.
  • Ensures new hires
    receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their
    job.
  • Creates appropriate development plans which develop
    team members based on their individual strengths, development needs, career
    aspirations and abilities.
  • Ability to travel approximately
    75% - 80% of the time.

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Leadership

  • Adaptability - Determines how change impacts
    self and others; displays flexibility in adjusting priorities; and communicates
    both the reasons for change and how it impacts the workplace.

  • Communication -
    Customizes approach to conveying complex information and ideas to others in
    a convincing and engaging manner; appropriately interprets verbal and non-verbal
    behavior; and models active listening to ensure understanding..

  • Problem Solving and Decision
    Making
    - Models and coaches others on breaking complex issues into
    manageable parts, identifying and evaluating alternatives and their implications
    before making decisions, and involving and gaining agreement from others when
    making key decisions.

  • 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 - Leads
    and participates as a member of a team to move the team 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 for self and/or others 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 needs
    and actions consistent with the company’s 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 team 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 team,
    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
  • Cleaning Materials, Equipment,
    and Techniques
    - Knowledge of use, handling, storage, and disposal
    of cleaning chemicals and equipment (including Material Safety Data Sheet
    requirements), and use of personal protective equipment.
  • Housekeeping Tracking
    and Inventory
    - Knowledge of inventory and purchasing policies,
    procedures, and best practices. This includes the ability to track and maintain
    inventory, order and track receivables and payments, set up and maintain
    inventory systems or logs, and basic cart care.
  • General Housekeeping - Knowledge
    of procedures, policies and techniques for cleaning all public areas, trash
    handling and removal, room item replenishment and placement, treatment of room
    damage and stain removal, use of cleaning supplies, floor care and maintenance,
    general housekeeping codes, cart care, spa linen, uniform control, inventory
    management, room status change systems and opening and closing of the house.
    Ability to use general housekeeping codes to indicate room
    readiness.
  • EIWO
    (Everything In Working Order)
    - The ability to inspect and identify
    guest room components (e.g., light bulbs, remote control, air conditioning
    units, toilets, appliances, vacuums) for functional deficiencies. This includes
    reporting procedures.

  • General Laundry - Knowledge of proper processing
    of various types of textiles, fabrics and colors, including techniques stain
    removal, dry cleaning, washing and drying of terry, F&B linens, and bed
    sheets. Linen quality control, to include discards, ragging, etc.

  • Environmental
    Sustainability
    – Knowledge of products and procedures that reduce,
    recycle or reuse natural resources such as bed linen and towel re-use
    programs.

  • Security/Loss Prevention - Knowledge of
    the procedures and techniques for property surveillance, property locks
    and keys, emergency situations, and legally defensible incident, accident,
    and injury investigations.

  • Public Safety - Knowledge of processes and procedures
    to ensure public health and safety in regards to Norovirus and Bloodborne
    pathogens and pest elimination (i.e. bed bugs, ants, etc.).

  • Preventative
    Maintenance
    - Knowledge of general cleaning programs and policies
    to extend the life of materials and areas.

    For example, knowledge of carpet, tile, and floor care including daily cleaning,
    heavy extraction, and interim cleaning.

  • Purchasing and Materials Management - Knowledge
    of practices and procedures needed to maintain material, equipment and supplies;
    including vendor identification and contract negotiation, supply requisition
    and purchasing, and inventory control.
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Basic
Competencies
- Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing
basic work activities.


  • Basic Computer Skills - Uses basic computer hardware
    and software (e.g., personal computers, word processing software, Internet
    browsers, etc.).

  • Mathematical Reasoning - Demonstrates ability to add,
    subtract, multiply, or divide quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one
    to solve work-related issues.

  • Oral Comprehension - Demonstrates ability to listen
    to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words
    and sentences.

  • Reading Comprehension - Demonstrates understanding
    of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

  • Writing -
    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 celebrated. Our 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.

Marriott International is the world’s largest hotel
company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates
to grow and succeed. Be where you can do your best work,​ begin
your purpose, belong to an amazing global​ team, and become
the best version of you.

We have an extraordinary portfolio of brands, with over 9,700 hotels and resorts under more than 30 preferred brands in the industry, covering 143 countries and regions, offering a richer selection for you to feel, experience, and explore the world.