Who are we looking for?
Choice Hotels, one of the world's largest hotel companies, is seeking a dynamic and strategic finance leader to join our Financial Planning & Analysis team as Director of Corporate FP&A.
As a key partner to our executive team, you'll lead financial strategy and influence enterprise level financial decisions, hack our planning processes, and drive impactful analysis across the organization.
In this high-exposure/high-impact role, you'll be responsible for leading the entire corporate FP&A team, partnering directly with executive leadership and functional FP&A business partners. You will transform our financial planning process and drive mission-critical financial strategy decisions at the highest levels of the company. In addition, you will be trusted with infusing the use of artificial intelligence across FP&A. Your efforts will help the entire finance team spend more time on strategic business partnering...and less time on manual tasks!
Do you love connecting the dots between strategy and financial planning? Do you get excited by the idea of fixing pain points and building best-in-class processes that will benefit the entire FP&A team? Do you love talking strategy and debating trade-offs of investment scenarios but also need your daily dose of financial modeling and excel? If so, this role is perfect for you! Apply today for our Director, Corporate FP&A role today and #MakeItYourChoice.
Your Responsibilities
Corporate Strategic Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
Lead the company's annual budget process, quarterly reforecasts, and multi-year strategic financial planning.
Manage company-wide planning guidance, timelines, and stakeholder engagement.
Maintain and continuously evolve robust financial models (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow).
Management Reporting & Executive Decision Support
Deliver accurate and insightful monthly dashboards for the executive team, corporate strategy and the board.
Walk the CEO and CFO through investment options to guide resource allocation and financial strategy decisions.
Proactively identify risks and opportunities in financial performance and recommend actions.
Process Improvement & Systems Optimization
Transform FP&A processes. Be bold and make big changes that will benefit the entire company.
Leverage tools and artificial intelligence (AI) so FP&A can spend more time on strategic analysis and less on manual tasks.
Cross-Functional Leadership, Business Partnering & Influencing
Lead the support functions FP&A business partnering (e.g. Legal, Finance, HR), underwriting and approving investment.
Serve as the go-to FP&A team for Investor Relations to translate financial performance into narratives.
Act as the liaison between FP&A and Accounting, Tax, Treasury and Compensation on key financial decisions.
Special projects
Lead fascinating ad-hoc financial analysis strategies - e.g. M&A synergies offices, underwriting company-wide organizational restructurings, etc.
Team Development & Leadership
Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of analysts to senior managers.
Your Experience, Skills & Competencies
8+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A business partnering, consulting or strategic finance roles.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or Data Analytics or equivalent experience.
At least 3-5 years of experience in team leadership, with a proven ability to coach and develop talent.
Exceptional planning skills - the ability to implement best-in-class processes is absolutely missing critical for the role.
Strong project management skills and exceptional organization skills.
Deep expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis.
Curiosity around AI and pioneering behavior when it comes to leveraging systems and tools to hack FP&A processes.
Executive presence and the ability to influence C-level stakeholders.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills; clear, concise, and data-driven.
Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Experience in hospitality industry is a plus given the strategic nature of the role.
Proficiency with Oracle Fusion EPBCS is a plus.
Your Team
This is a leadership role that will have a team of about 3-4 associates and collaborate with cross functional departments on a regular basis.
Salary Range
The salary range for this position is $160,546 to $188,641 annually. In addition to the annual salary, this role is eligible for an annual bonus based on the terms of Choice's Management Incentive Plan (MIP).
The pay range listed is for this position and is what Choice Hotels reasonably expects to pay. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
Choice prioritizes our associate wellbeing by offering a comprehensive benefits program that is both competitive and flexible to help you achieve your wellbeing goals - here are just a few:
Competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
Leave and paid time-off for holidays, vacation, personal, family, volunteer, sick, jury duty, bereavement, military, and religious observance
Financial benefits for retirement and health savings
Employee recognition programs
Discounts at Choice hotels worldwide
About Choice
Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With 7,500 hotels in 45+ countries and territories, we offer a range of high-quality lodging options in the upper upscale, upper midscale, midscale, extended stay, and economy segments. We're the hotel company for those who choose to bet on themselves - the striver, the dreamer, the entrepreneur - because that's who we are, too.
At Choice, we are united by the simple belief that tomorrow will be even better than today - for associates, our company, and our franchisees. At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, Maryland, at our technology center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and through our associates around the globe, every voice is heard and every idea is listened to, no matter what area of the company they come from. We are united in supporting the entrepreneurial dreams of our thousands of franchise owners, which propels us forward - giving our work at Choice a purpose larger than our business.
Our corporate office locations:
North Bethesda, MD - Located at Pike & Rose (https://pikeandrose.com/) , our worldwide headquarters is less than 15 miles from Washington, D.C., one block away from the North Bethesda Metro station, with easy access to I-495, complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.
Scottsdale, AZ - Located at the northwest corner of Loop 101, the Scottsdale office is home to our technology, eCommerce and customer service organizations, with easy access to complimentary parking, electronic charging stations, restaurants and retail.
Minneapolis, MN - Select roles are based in our Minneapolis office on Highway 394, near the intersection with Highway 100, only five minutes from downtown.
Field/Remote - Select roles designated as field/remote will require associates to work from a home office, connecting virtually with Choice team members and leadership on Zoom, with possible required travel depending on the role.
Choice's Cultural Values
Welcome and Respect Everyone | Be Bold | Be Quick | Listen | Be Curious | Show Integrity
Choice's Leadership Principles
Act with Intention | Lead with Authenticity | Grow & Deliver
