Assistant Manager Management Information Delivery

Role Purpose

Responsible for providing accurate and timely financial and statistical management information for all IHG hotels and corporate entities. This information is used for reporting of results to the board, stock exchange, investors and senior management, as well as providing valuable information to the business for decision making purposes.

Key Accountabilities

• Collect data from hotels, load data files, validate data to source systems and review data quality for key aspects of the month end close, the hotel forecast and the annual hotel owner budget processes.
• Execution of regional master data changes in Essbase (outline changes) and coordination of those changes with PeopleSoft and Informatica.
• Ownership of franchise reporting process including prior period statistical data changes and communication to the business.
• Run, check and distribute month end report books and produce weekly reports for key hotels.
• Provide data extracts to hotels for use in their EFPM forecast and budgeting models on a monthly and adhoc basis.
• Provide data extracts to third parties on a monthly basis.
• Ensure any prior period adjustments are correctly reflected in Essbase & EFPM.
• Support cross training to minimize regional inconsistencies, improve efficiency and data quality.
• Assist in the year end application rollover process and on other Global projects as required, for example the EPM Upgrade, EFPM testing, new application development.
• Assist in training and development of other Global Information Delivery team members in Gurgaon.
• Provide support to end users in the Gurgaon office, regional Business Support & Hotel Controllers and where appropriate identify and communicate training needs in respect of new applications/tools. If required provide end-user training.
• Provide support as required to the Global Information team.

Key Skills & Experiences

Required Skills –

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong numeric skills with good attention to detail
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Can demonstrate geographic and cultural awareness
• Enthusiastic team player
• Advanced Excel Skills
• Essbase experience & PeopleSoft skills advantageous

Experience –

• Typically 3-5 years experience in a management accounting or reporting position, preferably including hotel reporting and forecasting.

Qualifications –

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or international equivalent.
• Qualified accountant or an equivalent combination of education and work related experience.

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