Senior Director, Managed Hotels Finance

Senior Director, Managed Hotels Finance

Who are we looking for?

Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest hotel companies, has an exciting new opportunity as our Senior Director, Managed Hotels Finance. As a key leader of our Managed Hotel Team, you will be responsible for driving strategic business objectives and delivering results by leading the FP&A team that supports the managed hotel portfolio of 13 properties across the Americas. This role provides comprehensive oversight of procurement, planning, forecasting, and analysis that are essential to the success of the managed portfolio. As a key financial leader, the Senior Director is responsible for identifying opportunities, addressing challenges, and implementing innovative solutions to enhance performance and operational efficiency. They will oversee the proforma process to support portfolio growth through the execution of new managed agreements while ensuring compliance with GAAP and Choice Audit standards.

In addition to financial stewardship, the Senior Director serves as a key partner to the Vice President of Managed Hotels, providing strategic insights and recommendations to drive business success. This role involves engaging with ownership groups and other stakeholders to communicate financial performance and ensure alignment with organizational goals. The Senior Director will lead the implementation of critical strategic initiatives and foster a culture of continuous improvement and excellence within the team.

Are you a strategic thinker who challenges the status quo and drives innovative solutions? Do you strive to be instrumental in shaping the financial strategy and enabling sustainable growth for the managed hotel portfolio? If so, we invite you to apply for our Senior Director, Managed Hotel Finance role and #MakeItYourChoice.

Your Responsibilities:

• Autonomously own all FP&A processes & solutions necessary for developing comprehensive annual operating and capital expenditure plans, forecasts, budgets, and internal audit controls.
• Provide strategic oversight across all facets of managed hotel finance.
• Leverage your expertise and lead your team to identify opportunities for operational efficiencies and implement best practices that align with organizational goals, driving the business forward.
• Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring that financial strategies are clearly communicated and effectively executed to enable the managed hotel portfolio to thrive in a competitive landscape. Navigate complex financial environments, to move the business forward.
• Provide senior management and external business partners, owners, and authorities with timely and accurate financial reporting and communication according to management agreements, lease agreements, US GAAP, local laws and regulations, and other instructions.    
• Lead, coach, and develop your team to mentor hotel-based/operational finance teams, ensuring their effectiveness and productivity align with business objectives and the strategic vision of the managed hotel portfolio.
• Foster a high-performance culture that emphasizes professional growth and retention of top talent.

Your Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; Master’s degree preferred
• 10+ years of progressive experience in financial planning, strategic analysis, prior experience as a hotel Director of Finance strongly preferred
• Proven experience in managing ownership relations and reporting to an executive board of directors and/or senior vice president executives
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate to business partners, customers, and executive management succinctly and effectively
• Ability to collaborate cross functionally to identify areas of opportunity or concern
• Strong financial acumen capable of evaluating financial statements to tell the story of a hotel’s performance
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, drive results, and hold others accountable
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, collect appropriate information, synthesize, analyze, and sell recommendations to key stakeholders
• Experience with project management or oversight especially as it relates to implementing new technology solutions to improve the hotel’s operating environment
• Strong understanding of a hotel’s control environment and compliance with GAAP, the Uniform System of Accounts, and Sarbanes-Oxley
• Ability to travel domestically (up to 40%)

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $185,000 to $217,000 annually, plus variable, performance-based commission. Offers take into account th