Remote Loan Officer: Expand Financing Access

Placements24; Canterbury; Remote; NZD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted room rates

F&B discounts

Laundry services for business attire

PerkBox lifestyle savings

Paid birthday leave

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced parental leave

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

IHG Hotels & Resorts Auckland seeks a Director of Finance & Business Support to lead the hotel’s finance team, partner with senior leaders, and deliver strategic financial insights that drive operational excellence.

You will work with external stakeholders, manage budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, controls, and compliance, and champion commercial performance across the hotel.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior Finance leadership role, ideally within the hotel or hospitality industry.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting experience.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and ability to translate financial information into practical business recommendations.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and compliance.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing a Finance team.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the hotel's Finance team, fostering a high-performing and collaborative culture.
• Partner with the General Manager and Executive Committee to drive financial and commercial performance.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, outlooks, and financial planning processes.
• Analyse financial results and provide clear insights and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Oversee cash flow, working capital, credit and collections, purchasing and financial controls.
• Ensure financial reporting, reconciliations and accounting practices are accurate, timely and compliant.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

Introduction
Turn data into strategy and help hotels unlock their full revenue potential. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with revenue leaders across a portfolio of hotels, influencing pricing, forecasting, and commercial decisions that directly impact business performance. If you enjoy combining analytical thinking with problem-solving and want to build a career in revenue management, this is an excellent opportunity to make an impact while accelerating your growth.

Your day to day

• Analyse revenue, market, and competitor data to provide insights that support pricing, forecasting, and performance optimisation across a portfolio of hotels.
• Partner with Revenue Managers and hotel stakeholders to support revenue meetings, maintain action plans, and identify opportunities to improve commercial performance.
• Monitor market trends, customer demand, loyalty performance, and distribution channels, translating data into actionable recommendations that drive revenue growth.
• Support forecasting and inventory management activities, ensuring pricing, availability, and demand strategies are aligned to maximise revenue opportunities.
• Maintain revenue management systems, reporting tools, and performance dashboards while contributing to special projects, market research, and ongoing process improvements.

What we need from you

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and translate insights into clear recommendations.
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with confidence working with large data sets, reports, and presentations.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders.
• A degree in Hospitality, Business, Finance, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience in a data-driven environment.
• A proactive and detail-oriented mindset, with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You'll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there's Room for You at IHG.
Over recent years, we've transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.
We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That's why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance - working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that's why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.
We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.
Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

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Director of Finance & Business Support | Crowne Plaza Auckland

Remote IHG

Job Description

About the role
As Director of Finance & Business Support, you will lead a high-performing Finance team, partner with senior leaders to drive business results, and provide strategic financial insight that supports operational excellence. You will work closely with external stakeholders including auditors, banks, legal counsel, insurance providers, and tax consultants to ensure effective management of the hotel's assets and financial performance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop the hotel's Finance team, fostering a high-performing and collaborative culture.
• Partner with the General Manager and Executive Committee to drive financial and commercial performance.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, outlooks, and financial planning processes.
• Analyse financial results and provide clear insights and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Oversee cash flow, working capital, credit and collections, purchasing and financial controls.
• Ensure financial reporting, reconciliations and accounting practices are accurate, timely and compliant.
• Ensure compliance with IHG policies, procedures and relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Manage internal and external audit processes and maintain strong relationships with owners, auditors, banking partners and other external stakeholders.
• Oversee capital expenditure to ensure investment remains aligned with approved business cases and objectives.
• Partner with department leaders to strengthen financial accountability and commercial awareness across the hotel.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and overall business performance.
• Ensure appropriate banking arrangements, financial records and delegation of authority are maintained.
• Coach and develop Finance team members, identifying opportunities for career growth and progression.

About you

• Proven experience in a senior Finance leadership role, ideally within the hotel or hospitality industry.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and reporting experience.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and the ability to translate financial information into practical business recommendations.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and compliance.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing a Finance team.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making through commercial insights and business partnering.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline is preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a high level of attention to detail.
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced operating environment.

What you can expect from us

At IHG, we provide our colleagues with the resources and support they need to succeed. This includes a competitive salary that recognises your contributions, as well as a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support both your professional and personal life. These benefits include discounted room rates at IHG hotels worldwide, food and beverage discounts, laundry services for business attire, lifestyle savings through PerkBox, paid birthday leave, flexible working arrangements, enhanced parental leave, and access to extensive learning and development opportunities. At IHG, we are committed to giving you room to belong, room to grow, and room to make a difference throughout your career.
IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow and make a difference in a collaborative environment. We know that to work well, we need to feel well - both inside and outside of work - and through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace.

Join us and become part of the global IHG family. We work better together, support each other, do the right thing, and welcome different perspectives.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.