Assistant vacancy in Side Turkey

JOB SUMMARY

The Assistant Manager Business Operations Analytics supports the Senior Director F project management operational analysis and ad-hoc reporting in the APEC Continent. The Assistant Manager will support the Senior Director Financial Analysis for all questions concerns operation analytical requests and information relating to hotel finance operations accounting and procedures. The position also supports analytical work for Consumer Operations – including and not limited to Marriott Bonvoy Program Digital Platforms. The Assistant Manager will help drive opportunities and key initiatives by leveraging both qualitative methods and quantitative analysis to aid decision making. Furthermore this position will assist in the development of processes tools and plans that contribute to the optimization of operational performance.

EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

• Provide support to execute finance and operational initiatives in alignment to the APEC Continent and Global short- and long-range strategic planning targets.
• Actively monitors operational and financial performance to anticipate and meet the needs of leadership. Applies understanding of key business processes to effectively anticipate and address the longer-term implications of decisions/actions.
• Assess market regional and continent forecast and actual performances with respect to RevPAR Food & Beverage and ancillary revenues departmental / gross operating profit and net owner return. Leverage the hotel benchmarking process to discover potential opportunity for hotel financial improvement.
• Understand Marriott’s Programs & Services. Assist with the Annual Initiatives Review. Also assist other departments to better understand Marriott’s Affiliation models and assist them with developing cost models and approaches for new brands as they are added to the Continent.
• Support requests to provide pre-opening budget and working capital estimates upon requests from Development and Operations Finance Teams.
• Participate in Continent-wide and cross-functional initiatives to support a variety of projects with different types of scope.
• Support Continent on finance & accounting principles operational guidance and procedures and reporting matters. Leverage experience and knowledge in the Uniform Systems of Accounting in the Lodging Industry (USALI) corporate accounting policies operational procedures and internal control requirements.
• Explore internal and external tools services resources and platforms to drive efficiencies in operating procedures to the extent that benefits not only the Finance but other organizations in the company. Drives for changes in work products and processes that will improve departmental efficiencies and effectiveness.
• Any other projects as appropriate.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong business and critical thinking skills and financial acumen with proven analytical and problem-solving experience. Demonstrate aptitude to consult and diagnose issues problem solve and implement plans to drive solutions.
• Good commercial business skills and a passion for using data to drive better decision making.
• Effective communication skills. Ability to articulate operating and financial results concisely to peers and senior leaders within and outside of the Finance organization.
• Strong computer skills required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Products Hyperion and Peoplesoft Financial Application highly preferred. Familiarity with Marriott International back-office systems (Opera PMS Infrasys/Symphony Point-of-Sales Birchstreet Marriott Bonvoy Program CRS/ARS) a plus.
• Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving strategic planning program development project management change management and group process. Ability to organize large volumes of data to create a synthesized meaningful analysis.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work both independently and as part of a team.
• Self-starter with strong tendency toward pro-active process improvement.

Minimum Job Specifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration Finance Accounting or related field preferred.
• Minimum two years of experience with proficiency in business analytics financial planning and project management. Finance and Accounting experience in the hospitality or related industries preferred.

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