Senior Financial Planning Analyst
Role Overview
Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and decision support across hospitality operations.
Partner with operational leaders and senior management to provide financial insight, improve profitability and efficiency, and support long-term growth.
Qualified CA and hospitality industry experience are mandatory.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and decision support across hospitality operations.
Partner with operational leaders and senior management to provide financial insight, improve profitability and efficiency, and support long-term growth.
Qualified CA and hospitality industry experience are mandatory.
Principal accountabilities
- Lead annual budgets and periodic reforecasts; coordinate departmental submissions and consolidate financial plans.
- Build decision-support models, monitor budgets, prepare forecasts, and analyze variances and financial drivers.
- Partner with operational and commercial leaders, support performance reviews, and advise on initiatives, projects, and investments.
- Prepare management reports, dashboards, and hospitality KPI analysis; present results and insights to senior management.
- Conduct feasibility studies, business cases, investment appraisals, ROI analysis, pricing, and revenue optimization.
- Maintain accurate financial information and controls, support audits, and improve governance and processes.
- Enhance planning models and reporting tools, drive automation, and use ERP and BI tools to analyze performance and support system improvements.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) is mandatory.
- Minimum 5–8 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or commercial finance.
- Hospitality industry experience is mandatory; hotels, resorts, golf clubs, leisure destinations, entertainment venues, or hospitality groups are relevant settings.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, reporting, and business partnering experience.
- Experience supporting multiple business units or properties is highly desirable.
- MBA, CFA, CMA, or another professional finance qualification is an advantage.
Knowledge and skills
- Advanced financial planning, forecasting, financial modeling, and analytical capabilities.
- In-depth understanding of hospitality financial drivers and KPIs.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; ERP experience such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or other BI tools.
- Presentation, stakeholder management, communication, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
Core competencies and performance measures
Core competencies include financial acumen, commercial awareness, strategic thinking, decision-making, attention to detail, planning, results orientation, and continuous improvement.
KPIs include budget and forecast accuracy, reporting timeliness, variance management, cost optimization, EBITDA improvement, revenue support, business case accuracy, stakeholder satisfaction, and reporting automation.
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