Job Description
Primary Operations Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities are to support the Global VP of Operations and Finance, Accor One Living, globally. In particular, this comprises:
- 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 globally), including liaison with Accor’s global development marketing team & Chief Business Officer as required
Finance Responsibilities
In addition to operations support responsibilities globally, the Manager will also support the VP Finance, Accor One Living, on a global basis as follows:
- 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 response to corporate financial queries and requests
Qualifications
Past Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Business or Hospitality
- At least 2 years of relevant experience in the hotel or residential industry (mandatory)
- Knowledge of hotel business, financial modeling, residential development business, branded residential is necessary for this position
- 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
