Role Purpose
- Join a team of Project Managers to lead strategic projects including oversight on the end-to-end delivery of a range of Finance projects.
- A key enabler in delivering change and positive outcomes, working across Finance to move from vision to action.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of Finance projects, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and managing scope, quality, and cost.
- Analyse current processes and design optimised future states using ESSA principles (Eliminate, Simplify, Standardise, Automate).
- Present updates to stakeholders and governance forums, shaping direction and providing recommendations where required.
- Maintain comprehensive project plans and budgets, ensuring they are up to date to reflect the latest status.
- Build strong partnerships with GPOs (Global Process Owners) and business stakeholders, taking full accountability for delivering strategic outcomes.
- Be the point of contact with full awareness of all aspects of the project, working with multiple stakeholders across Finance and Technology.
What We Are Looking For
- Ability to lead and communicate, taking full ownership of activities to realise outcomes to time, cost, and quality.
- Strong relationship-building skills across Finance functions, PMO (Programme Management Office), and external partners to ensure alignment and delivery.
- Ability to influence without authority to achieve desired objectives.
- Experience working across matrix teams in multiple locations.
- Demonstrated success in delivering change initiatives in Finance or Technology; ideally with project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP).
- A proactive, innovative approach to identifying and delivering measurable benefits.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
Skills & Experiences
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant Finance experience across multiple teams.
- Experience in Project Management and/or Change Management.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering change initiatives or projects.
- Leadership of projects/change and ability to take full ownership to drive objectives independently to realise outcomes to time, cost and quality.
Desirable:
- Exposure or experience in delivery of technology or process improvement initiatives.
- Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP) or equivalent relevant internal experience at IHG.
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.Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
