Senior Hospitality Asset Manager – Financial Analytics

Waterton; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive compensation

Benefits package (Medical, Dental,Life

401k + match

PTO & holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Hybrid work environment

Descripción de la vacante

Waterton in Chicago seeks a Senior Analyst, Hospitality Asset Management to provide analytical and presentation support for portfolio-level decision-making, blending financial modeling, market research, and business plan analysis to optimize asset utilization and equity returns.

You will build and maintain hotel performance models, collaborate with operators and brand teams, track KPIs, and support acquisitions, renovations and go-to-market initiatives across the portfolio.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in finance, real estate, hospitality management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in hospitality asset management, real estate finance, hotel operations, or investment analysis.
• Valid driver's license required.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.
• Advanced skill set with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Superior quantitative and financial modeling skills, with the ability to build, stress-test, and defend complex models independently.
• Requires professional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to tailor communication style to the audience.
• Demonstrated interest in process systemization and an aptitude for adopting structured, repeatable workflows, with room to grow into ownership of platform systems over time.

Responsabilidades

• Builds and maintains financial models analyzing hotel performance, cash flow projections, return on investment, and partnership economics across the operating portfolio
• Prepares the underlying analysis for asset-level business plans and budgets, and owns the variance narrative and forecast updates each reporting cycle, flagging performance risk early
• Tracks key performance indicators against plan and prepares performance summaries for portfolio review
• Partners with the hotel operator, brand and property teams to assess financial performance, cost structure, and revenue-enhancing or cost-saving opportunities
• Conducts site visits to evaluate physical conditions and management effectiveness
• Supports investment decisions by providing data-driven analysis for acquisitions, renovations and repositioning strategies
• Provides financial analysis in support of the business plan during renovation phase, including any proposed changes to project scope, spend, or timeline
• Monitors the property manager's execution against operator’s opening responsibilities and reports on progress toward a strong opening
• Tracks opening-readiness milestones across budget, systems, and business plan handoff
• Monitors hotel operations to ensure alignment with business plans
• Works with the operator to create and implement action plans that arise from the brand compliance/quality assurance inspections
• Works with the VP to create and implement ownership SOPs
• Assists with post-mortems following transactions, transitions, renovations, and go-to-market launches, incorporating findings into the playbook
• Partners with the VP to build repeatable processes around recurring FP&A and opening work, creating capacity to support further optimization of platform operations over time
• Works with property managers, the hotel operator, and internal teams to implement asset management strategies
• Prepares lender and investor reporting materials in support of covenant compliance
• Tracks regulatory developments and industry trends affecting hospitality asset performance
• Ensures compliance with all SOPs
• Maintains professional associations and industry networking; participates in professional or industry events as needed

Conocimientos

Financial modeling

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Travel flexibility

Educación

Bachelor's degree in finance, real estate, hospitality management, or related field

Herramientas

Excel

Word

Outlook

Descripción del empleo

Waterton in Chicago seeks a Senior Analyst, Hospitality Asset Management to provide analytical and presentation support for portfolio-level decision-making, blending financial modeling, market research, and business plan analysis to optimize asset utilization and equity returns.

You will build and maintain hotel performance models, collaborate with operators and brand teams, track KPIs, and support acquisitions, renovations and go-to-market initiatives across the portfolio.