Finance Analyst Manager

RAFFLES; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality brand is seeking a Finance Analyst Manager in Dubai. The role involves providing financial support, analyzing performance against competitors, and assisting in budget forecasting. Candidates should have at least 5 years of finance experience, particularly in a hotel context, along with strong analytical skills and proficiency in tools like Microsoft Excel and Power BI. Knowledge of the leisure industry and fluency in English, with additional languages preferred, is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Finance with expertise in hotel business models.
• Knowledge of leisure and hospitality industry.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support to senior management and stakeholders.
• Assist in financial forecasting and budget reviews.
• Analyze and benchmark financial performance against competitors.

Skills

Financial analysis

Analytical background

Experience in hotel finance

Microsoft Excel

Knowledge of Business Intelligence

Languages (English, French, Arabic)

Tools

Microsoft Excel VBA

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Company Description

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Join a dynamic team and be part of the Fairmont family – with 90 spectacular properties, and 34 more in the pipeline, in 30 countries around the globe, stretching from the beaches of Hawaii, to the unspoiled national parks of Canada, to the heart of London, to the deserts of the United Arab Emirates.

Raffles Hotels & Resorts
The Birthplace of stories and legends since 1887, Raffles is a legendary brand, steeped in history and loved by generations past, present and future.Raffles, at distinguished landmark addresses around the world, is the vibrant heart of its destination, curating experiences that are culturally enriching, intellectually stimulating and always respectful of local communities, heritage and the environment.

Job Description

The Finance Analyst Manager provides financial and analytical support to the SVP and VP Finance Operations & other business stakeholders in all areas of hotels financial and operational activities. Assist Finance and Operations to ensure review of monthly hotels results, forecast and budgets.

This will include monitoring trends, benchmarking exercises, analysing actuals results in order to drive focus and awareness across the estate (Raffles and Fairmont globally) and providing monthly updates to the Corporate Finance team and the management committee.

• “OneStream” hotels user, supports hotels on loading as needed.
• Support Ops Finance team in the process of hotels budget, forecast and actuals review: Hotel Top Line, Performance and main KPIs… etc.
• Support hotel action plan follow-up with the Ops Finance
• Continual development and improvement of trading measures, efficiency ratios and statistical data to improve monthly statistical analysis.
• Review Financial analysis and comments produced by hotels Directors of Finance for Trading, Forecast and Budget Reviews.
• Monthly analysis of benchmarking against competitors using available tools (i.e STR, Hotstats, TRI…) and other competitor data. Monitors market trends and benchmark Raffles and Luxury relative performance, in order to support projections
• Production of reports on published Competitor data, results, etc, and drafts monthly comments for business partners and stakeholders
• Builds a profile of data and analytics by providing clear data and analytics stories and spreading them across the business. This is in regard to why data work is important, the insights revealed by data analytics, and actions that should follow the data analyses
• Contribute to planning processes including hotel budget guidelines, timetables and other financial instructions, liaison with business partners on system capture and data formats, analytical review and challenge of hotel produced budgets to ensure full understanding and identify areas of opportunities, producing review material.
• Contribute to financial projections as required for new development opportunities.
• Provide support and training to hotel staff on the monthly, budget, forecast and general reporting process.
• Attend trading review calls and meetings
• Assist in providing analysis, reports and commentaries on the company receivables, ageing and collection trackers, bad debt movements and action plans as well as assist with complex credit collection issues and follow up with hotel payment plans where applicable
• Identify and inquire discrepancies vs Budget / Forecasts / previous years
• Challenge new forecasts that do not reflect revenue trends and/or profit benchmarks
• Make recommendations to Ops Finance on forecast and budget

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Finance including exposure to areas such as:
  • Hotel trading and hotel business models
  • Hotel Finance
  • External financial reporting
  • Finance consulting
• Knowledge and experience of leisure and hospitality industry
• Strong financial and analytical background
• Sound understanding of hotel operations, Finance and corporate background
• Experience in leadingprojects
• Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure
• Strong analytical and numerical skills including a good understanding of financial valuation methodology
• Advanced ability to use Microsoft applications i.e., with extensive knowledge in Microsoft Excel VBA, Excel application and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence platforms such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Excellent written and oral level in English. Other language skills are desired (French and / or Arabic)
• Good interpersonal skills, influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong problem-solving orientation