Senior Analyst, FP&A

Why Wyndham?

By joining Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, you will play an integral role in our mission to make hotel travel possible for all. You’ll be part of the largest hotel franchise company in the world, where we strive to deliver the best value to our owners and guests. Most importantly, you’ll be entrusted to live our unique Count on Me culture, set by our core values of integrity, accountability, inclusive, caring and fun. At Wyndham, we provide all team members the opportunity to grow through best-in-class training and career development, leadership training, mentorship opportunities and educational support.  Supporting our team members is a top priority, which is why we offer competitive compensation and benefits, vacation, team member appreciation days, workplace flexibility and much more.  At Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, we value and embrace a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion that supports team members of all backgrounds and experiences. We can’t wait to welcome you!

The Role

The Senior Analyst, FP&A will be a key member of the corporate FP&A team, providing critical analysis and support in the corporate planning and budgeting process, executive reporting, cross-functional initiatives, and functional administrative tasks. The ideal candidate will have an ability to manage and prioritize multiple deliverables effectively to meet deadlines. The position will have an ability to grow within the finance department as well as the organization due to the nature of cross-functional interaction and involvement with critical business processes.  

What you'll do

• Develop budget and re-forecast of Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR), a key revenue driver and metric for the largest hotel franchisor, for all 9,300 hotels worldwide.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis on and be able to identify trends within RevPAR performance to articulate what is happening in the market and better project future impacts.
• Develop budget and re-forecast of system-wide Royalty rate drivers, with supporting analysis and be able to identify trends. 
• Responsible for recording monthly Journal Entries in support of monthly and quarterly closes.
• Perform variance analysis in support of the monthly and quarterly close and forecast. 
• Conduct Benchmarking analysis vs hospitality competitors in key external metrics.
• Analyze and track financial impacts of key strategic initiatives.
• Partner with global finance teams to improve forecasting & analysis within non-U.S. regions.
• Produce reporting that is shared with Global Executives, and ad hoc analyses as needed.
• Ad hoc analyses as needed.
   

You'll be successful if you have

• Displays high level of initiative, effort commitment to company and strong work ethic. 
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and financial discipline.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to bring different functions together to achieve company financial goals.
• Highly collaborative and team-oriented individual. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills and exceptional ability to prioritize.
• Effectively manages competing priorities, willingness to change direction and/or take on new responsibilities/assignments, adjusts rapidly to new situations warranting attention and resolution.
• A “change agent” who is continually looking for process improvement opportunities.
• Track record of driving results and getting things done inside a large, global organization.
   

Required Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or data analytics.
• 1-3 years of experience in Accounting or FP&A.
• Business degree or MBA a plus but not required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and financial modeling ability.