VP Global FP&A

Description

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

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. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Operations Finance, you will lead a team providing strategic financial planning guidance across the enterprise.

What will I be doing?

• Lead our enterprise-wide financial planning, budgeting, monthly business review, and forecasting processes, while collaborating with Finance Team Members around the world.
• Be a trusted advisor to senior leadership providing the insights they need to drive financial results, provide controllership of corporate administrative expenses, and maintain integrity of operating and capital plans.
• Responsible for 5-year Corporate Planning model to support Hilton’s long-term financial strategy.
• Support Investor Relations and C-Suite in preparation materials for Earnings Releases, including enterprise-wide guidance and Board of Directors meetings.
• Promote a continuous improvement culture, evolving business processes to maximize efficiency and client satisfaction.
• Manage the links between financial planning and analysis, financial systems, accounting, treasury, financial reporting, operations finance, global brands and commercial services finance, and corporate strategy.
• Lead the FP&A team, providing strategic guidance to support their development and achievement of goals.
• Establish a calendar and clear instructions for global planning assumptions setting targets, reviews, and due dates.

Requirements

What are we looking for?

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

• Highly collaborative with Team Members in other functions and around the world.
• Understand business and industry trends to draw conclusions on their impact to company performance and make recommendations.
• Expertise leading and motivating a team.
• Ability to interact with all levels of management and to cultivate relationships with partners globally.
• The ability to clearly and concisely express ideas both verbally and in writing with proper context.
• Solid project management skills, including handling details through to completion and ensuring project deliverables are met.
• Strong analytical skills, facilitating collaborative issue resolution, proactive issue prevention, and nurturing analytical capabilities in Team Members.

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

• Ten (10) or more years in Finance-related roles.
• Five (5) years of management experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing operating budgets, implementing a forecasting process, participating in the monthly close process, and developing financial reporting.
• Five (5) years of management experience in an FP&A role.

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

What is it like working for Hilton?

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to our benefits such as the Go Hilton travel program, employee stock purchase program, and paid time off including parental leave.

Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class 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. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton! 

It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. 

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law.  Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.