Senior Finance Analyst, Indonesia & Malaysia

Additional Information

Job Number26031729

Job CategoryFinance & Accounting

LocationJakarta Area Office, One Pacific Place 10th Floor Suite 10-12 (M1), Jakarta, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia, 12190 VIEW ON MAP

ScheduleFull Time

Located Remotely?N

Position Type Non-Management

Job Summary

The Senior Business Analyst will support the Indonesia and Malaysia in the execution of financial processes related to the finance operation and administrative results for financial performance hotels. He/She will support the Area Team Finance to assist them in achieving the Company’s business objectives, including:

• Support the ongoing monitoring, measuring and forecasting of results. Develop and implement actionable recommendations to address identified business needs, challenges and opportunities
• Support the timely and efficient execution of key financial business process specifically to ensure strong accounting and operational control environment, improve finance operations and optimize profitability in the Area
  
  

The Senior Business Analyst will also provide proactive support to ensure the financial and accounting information, reporting, and analysis needs of the Asia Pacific Continent are met through effective partnerships with the stakeholders. He/she will establish and maintain strong relationships with Area team and Hotel Finance Business Partner to help effectively address business issues and play a lead role in managing key finance and accounting processes in the Area.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Overall

• Responsible for managing the finance process in the Area coordinating with Finance Business Partners in Hotel and Corporate as appropriate such as Annual Business Planning, Annual Capital Expenditure Process, Month-end reporting and processing
• Partnering with Area Teams in providing guidance to all Directors of Finance on P&L review and technical accounting support. Works with Area Directors of Finance on exception reporting, Area benchmarking and ISRA reviews, annual statement of operations and management agreement synopsis review.
• Keep the Area Director of Finance informed about property internal control challenges.
• Responsible for supporting the Finance Teams for any reporting and analysis request for Ownership groups.
• Use proactive approach to optimize results and monitors implementation to assure success and accountability in the Area. Implements processes necessary to ensure accurate, timely and meaningful sharing of financial information to key stakeholders in the Area
• Monitor the forecast process to keep the Area Director of Fiannce informed of challenge properties. Coordinate with Hotels to identify opportunities to revise projection, increase profits and reduce cost where needed.
• Uses financial data, data trends and market information to accurately assess performance, identify risks and deliver quality solutions to critical business issues.
• Support efforts to monitor and measure the financial performance of the Area and its applicable programs and services to help ensure results are aligned with business objectives.
• Contribute knowledge of the business environment for the Area and/or obtain necessary information to support the completeness and accuracy of financial information and explain trends and/or variations in results vs. expectations.
• Manage the overall consolidation of the Area’s operating results and analysis for inclusion in the broader enterprise reporting.
• Using standard and customized reports, benchmarks/KPIs and other data, assist in the development and implementation of actionable recommendations to appropriately address identified business challenges and opportunities.
• Ensure information flow is timely and appropriate to effect attention to business challenges and opportunities.
• Where applicable, ensure knowledge and understanding of any new programs, services and initiatives impacting the Area.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses for and/or provide information to and advise; as appropriate, including key operating issues within the discipline.
• Performs other duties as assigned to meet business needs.
  
  

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education And Experience

• BS/BA in accounting, finance or related field. MBA is a plus
• Minimum 4 years relevant accounting / finance experience
• Lodging/ hospitality industry experience preferred but not a must
• Ability to travel occasionally for property site visits and/or Area meetings
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Marriott accounting policies and procedures and systems or similar capacity
• Understanding of Marriott management and franchisee contracts, or similar capacity
• Excellent PC skills: advance knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Power Apps including MS Forms, MS SharePoint, Power Query, Power BI, Power Automate, TEAMS, CoPilot, or , or similar capacity
• Knowledge of Accounting, back office system such as Birchstreet and Peoplesoft reporting is a plus, or other Accounting and Purchasing system
• Strong financial acumen
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills
• Effective problem solving abilities; recognizes and researches problems and identifies their underlying causes and recommends and implements solutions
• Effective decision making abilities; uses data appropriately in the process; escalates issues where appropriate
• Strong organizational skills; effective in prioritizing and managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines
• Strong communication skills; communicates effectively both orally and in writing; listens to others and effectively comprehends information
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to build and maintain key relationships; able to influence others and function effectively in a collaborative work environment
• Strong service orientation
• Flexibility to work across time zones and establish relationships over the telephone while being sensitive to different cultures
• Active learner; applies past experiences to identify alternative solutions for current problems, able to understand and adjust to changing priorities, circumstances, direction, and personal styles
• Able to work independently
• Relationship builder; networker
• Collaborative; team player
• Results oriented
• Trustworthy with strong business integrity
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change
  
  

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