Operations & Finance Manager, Accor One Living in London

Join us at Accor, where life pulses with passion! As a pioneer in the art of responsible hospitality, the Accor Group gathers more than 45 brands, 5,600 hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries. While each brand has its own personality, they all share a common ambition: to keep innovating and challenging the status-quo. By joining us, you will become a Heartist®, because hospitality is, first and foremost, a work of heart.

About Accor One Living: Accor One Living is an industry first mixed-use platform, focused on the development and operation of branded residences. Leveraging Accor’s two decades of residential experience pioneered under iconic brands like Fairmont and Raffles, the Group is now developing trend-setting residential solutions across luxury, lifestyle, premium and midscale segments. Accor One Living also supports the development of other innovative products that enable real estate investors to unlock value in mixed-use developments anchored by hotels and resorts, including private clubs, extended stay hotels and coworking solutions.

Primary Operations Responsibilities

• Support the Global VP´s of Operations and Finance, Accor One Living, globally.
• Support the preparation of residential pre-opening budgets, working along with Finance & People & Culture.
• Support the preparation of initial Residential Homeowner Association budgets, working alongside Finance and People & Culture Teams.
• Review and approve rental program proformas, working alongside Development Feasibility Teams.
• Work closely with the Development team to create compelling internal validation documents.
• Maintain the list of global Branded Residential projects and ensure correct reporting in the Company database.
• Prepare and update internal reporting and presentations for Accor One Living (both regionally and global presentations), including liaison with Accor’s global development marketing team & Chief Business Officer as required.

Finance Responsibilities

• Assist as liaison between the Accor One Living Leadership and Divisional Finance teams to ensure timely billing and/or accruals of all Accor One Living Revenues, including review of General Ledger postings in a multi-system environment.
• Raise Invoices for residential license fees.
• Provide timely and accurate financial information to management.
• Monitor and analyze financial reports and results.
• Assist with the coordination of periodic financial planning (forecast and budgets).
• Support in response to Corporate financial queries and requests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Business/Hospitality/Real Estate/Finance or similar.
• At least 2 years of relevant and solid experience in the hotel, residential or finance industry.
• Knowledge of hotel business, financial modeling, residential development business, branded residential is a very strong plus.
• Ability to align complex and frequently divergent stakeholder interests.
• Strong communicator, both written and verbal.
• Strong user knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Entrepreneurial drive and energy.
• Excellent communication skills enabling strong and effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders/departments.
• Excellent analysis and presentation skills, and developing negotiation skills.
• Excellent teamwork and collaborative style.
• Flexible and able to embrace and respond to change effectively.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is critical.
• Strong networker who is able to collaborate with internal and external clients.