Role Purpose
Deliver financial insight to support the DS FP&A and Finance business partners in driving performance and value to IHG.
Key Accountabilities
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Provide decision support activities to the respective DS team, including supporting first round of budgeting and forecasting, and management reporting for
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System size and pipeline, Corporate and Hotels results.
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Create and maintain dashboards and standard packs.
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Support DS month end close activities including but not limited to the raising of journal requests.
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Populate standard reports with data, and consolidation of sub-sets.
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Flexible to provide ad-hoc reports and analysis as required.
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Identify process improvement opportunities and support the delivery of improvements in processes, systems and procedures.
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Build and maintain strong relationships within the DS and collaborate to deliver high-quality outputs.
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Build and maintain strong relationships with other teams, being able to collaborate to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
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Ensure documentation of relevant processes is created and maintained.
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Contribute to management reporting through maintenance of data logs.
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Support audit queries.
Key Skills & Experiences
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Finance or business-related education preferably CA (I)/CWA (I) or equivalent such as MBA in Finance with at least 2 years of experience in a similar role.
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Some experience as a finance analyst is desired, including experience with operational planning, budgeting and forecasting processes, management reporting.
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Advanced user of Oracle, Essbase, reporting tools, Excel, PowerPoint and Copilot
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Ability to prioritize and to operate effectively in a fast moving, global environment with tight deadlines.
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Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
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Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, collaborative and problem solving skills.
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