Senior Analyst Honors Finance

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***This role is based in our McLean, VA corporate office***

Our Finance team serves as a critical business partner responsible for managing all global activities related to financial performance, accounting, tax, forecasting, risk management, and asset management.

What will I be doing?

The Honors Finance team is a crucial business partner responsible for supporting Hilton’s award-winning loyalty program, Hilton Honors. The team’s responsibilities include Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Controls and Stewardship, Annual Budgeting and Planning, and Project Support.

The Senior Analyst, Honors Finance will report to the Senior Manager, Honors Finance, and will support the Honors loyalty program and the related strategies and support functions. In this role, you will execute monthly and annual budgeting and forecasting responsibilities, prepare and analyze financial reports, and perform business analyses to help optimize and manage revenue and costs. In addition to supporting the Honors loyalty program, the Honors finance team is also responsible for supporting key strategic partnerships, including co-branded credit card partnerships. The analyst will help maintain financial models and provide analytical support to assist in the success of these programs.

More specifically, you will:

Assist in preparing business cases and investment requests for the Honors program

Prepare and analyze monthly financial performance reports, identify key trends, and prepare variance explanations

Use PeopleSoft, Hyperion, and Excel to maintain, update, and continuously improve financial forecasts

Perform monthly Accruals and assist with Actuals Closing for Honors departments

Assist in the production of Monthly Business Reviews, providing insights into any budget/forecast variances

Play a key role throughout the annual budget process, building relationships and helping business partners to prepare their annual operating plans

What are we looking for?

The success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:

Excellent communication, relationship-building, teamwork, and collaboration skills

Strong financial analysis and modeling skills; ability to analyze financial data to identify trends and issues, draw conclusions, and make recommendations with meticulous attention to detail and timelines

Ability to work well under pressure and effectively balance multiple, concurrent demands and appropriately prioritize responsibilities

Self-starter, with the intellectual curiosity and drive to identify challenges and potential problems and to independently propose solutions

General accounting knowledge, specifically around accrual, cost allocation, amortization

To fulfill this role successfully, you should demonstrate the following minimum qualifications:

Two (2) years of analytical experience within a financial function

Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

Proficiency in Structured Query Language (SQL)

It would be helpful in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:

BA/BS Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, or Mathematics

Four (4) years of analytical experience within a financial function

Proficiency with Oracle Smart View and/or Hyperion Essbase

Hospitality industry experience

What is it like working for Hilton?

The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton (https://www.hilton.com/en/): a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands (https://jobs.hilton.com/us/en/brands) . Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture, and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces.

We support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members, so they can Thrive, thanks to innovative programs and benefits (https://jobs.hilton.com/us/en/benefits) such as workplace flexibility, career growth and development, and our Go Hilton travel discount program. Hilton prioritizes understanding and integrating our Team Members’ unique perspectives and voices—along with those of our Guests, Owners, Suppliers, and Partners—to cultivate a diverse and inclusive (https://jobs.hilton.com/us/en/diversity-home2) environment for all. Check out the Hilton Careers blog (https://jobs.hilton.com/us/en/blog) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hiltoncareers/) to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of their role, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.#LI-KJ1

Job: Finance and Accounting

Title: Senior Analyst, Honors Finance

Location: null

Requisition ID: COR013NM

EOE/AA/Disabled/Veterans

Company info

Hilton Worldwide
Website : http://www.hiltonworldwide.com