Manager, Finance Business Partner

About Four Seasons

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 130 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide.

At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

This role coordinates the annual budget process, monthly re-forecasting, financial reporting, evaluation of financial capability to support requested ad hoc requests, and financial analysis of charge spend to identify opportunities for optimal spend utilizing the marketing ROI framework for the Marketing and Advertising charge funds with all P&L stakeholders.

This position is responsible for working directly with Senior Commercial leaders and CCO on the Marketing, Sales & Advertising fund financial reporting and analysis. This role coordinates the annual budget process, monthly reforecasting, financial reporting, evaluation of financial capability to support ad hoc requests, and financial analysis of spend. The position will play a key role in identifying opportunities for optimal spend utilizing the marketing ROI framework for the Funds with business stakeholders.

In addition, the role will also be responsible for:

• Preparing management reporting packages/board requests as necessary
• Process improvements and automation to drive forecasting speed and accuracy
• Drive adoption and efficiencies of new financial systems
• Storytelling with data and numbers
• Financial analysis on hotel P&L’s

• Manage end to end annual budgeting and rolling forecast process for Marketing, Sales and Advertising fund.
• Coordinate budget schedules and facilitate regular reviews with Marketing, Sales & Advertising stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business to develop effective reporting that improves clarity and ownership of spend.
• Balance Funds and present budget to Senior Marketing Management for approval
• Review and assess ad hoc spend requests and determine fund availability for approval.
• Manage the quarterly forecasting process and coordinate submissions with P&L stakeholders.

• Own the monthly management reporting cycle and annual budgeting to drive informed decision-making with business leads and Senior Executives
• Coordinate and ensure the delivery of Monthly P&L by sub department for the Funds.
• Conduct regular meetings with cross functional teams to explain results and act as strategic advisor to the business.
• Engage with P&L stakeholders to ensure invoice and T&E processing is timely.
• Oversee preparation of schedules and information required by external auditors for the funds.

• Analyze data and provide value-added information to the business and CCO.
• Collaborate with business leads to assess and analyze spending requests that support Commercial strategic initiatives.
• Analyze data and provide value-added information to the business and…