Corporate Director Feasibility Financial Analysis and Operational Analytics

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for data, finance, and hospitality? PM Hotel Group is seeking a results-driven, forward-thinking Director of Feasibility & Analytics to lead and elevate our Business Development and Support Center capabilities. In this influential role, you'll play a key part in driving the company's growth by underwriting deals, managing a team of analysts, delivering operational insights, and providing data-driven recommendations that support short- and long-term objectives.

You'll collaborate directly with executive leadership, ownership groups, and industry partners to evaluate new opportunities, streamline operations, and guide critical decisions across our portfolio. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy building cross-functional relationships, and have a keen eye for financial detail and operational performance-this is your opportunity to make a major impact at a growing and respected hospitality organization.

The Director Feasibility & Analytics is responsible for enhancing Support Center capabilities by managing, overseeing, and advancing the company's short- and long-term goals, supporting the Business Development team, and helping to propel the growth objectives of the Company. The Director is tasked with developing programs, ideas, and strategies to improve performance and support company growth. The Director creates progress reports, requests proposal responses, prepares documents and presentations, underwrites deals, manages analysts, manages deal pipeline and internal communication, and works closely with the executive leadership team and ownership groups as well as deal influencers. The Director must ensure that all communications are clear and will ensure cross-departmental collaboration while overseeing company-wide initiatives. It is also important in this position to build beneficial relationships with other companies/clients and build relationships within the company to create more efficient and balanced strategies.

Summary of Essential Job Functions

Financial Analysis and Feasibility

• Manages team of Analysts
• Feasibility and underwriting for existing hotels and potential management contracts
• Manages and contributes to key financial reports
• Communicates financial report findings and provides quantitative, data-driven insight to business development team in the pursuit of potential management contracts
• Manages standardization, simplification, and automation of feasibility underwriting procedures
• Manages marketed deal process, handles back of envelope analysis for potential opportunities
• Communicates with brokers and consultants, and communicates with ownership groups related to deal feasibility/market analysis/proformas
• Manages deal pipeline reporting
• Works with Growth and Development team members to determine brand options, negotiate with brands, gather information from brands, and understand brand PIPs
• Researches and responds to information requests from internal departments and management
• Maintains project log and is responsible for ensuring on time delivery of all feasibility projects through communication with Business Development, Owners, and Hotel teams
• Sources and houses data related to industry and market trends
• Sources and houses data related to competitive trends

Operational Analytics:

• Optimization and Efficiency: Oversees Operational Analytics Manager-
• Works with various departments to identify opportunities to streamline processes and find operational efficiencies. Make data-driven recommendations for resource allocation and improvements.
• Performance Metrics and KPIs: Monitors and reports on key performance indicators (KPIs) for various operational aspects, including guest satisfaction, revenue, and efficiency. Uses data-driven insights to suggest improvements and optimizations using KPIs. Collaborates with different departments to implement improvements based on data insights.
• Reporting and Dashboards: Creates and maintains data visualization dashboards to provide actionable insights to stakeholders. Regularly presents findings and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Data Technology Evaluation: Stays up to date with emerging data technologies and tools, making recommendations for adoption where applicable.

Abilities Required

• Must have the ability to communicate in English.
• Must communicate effectively with owners, General Managers, and associates.
• Must have excellent analytical skills to resolve issues and make timely decisions.
• Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Always maintain a professional appearance and manner.
• Demonstrated strengths in organizational skills required in selecting, managing, and developing staff.
• Strong team player; business and financial partner with senior management team. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing requirements. Unquestioned integrity, ethical standards, and confidentiality.

Essential Experience

• Bachelor's degree with strong preference for master's level work in finance and hospitality
• Experience working with senior executives and/or owners in the hospitality industry
• Prefer 3-5+ years of experience in hotel finance and detailed knowledge of hotel operations.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in data analytics and leadership roles, preferably within the hospitality industry.
• Proficiency with data analytics tools and the ability to interpret data for operational improvement.
• Strong understanding of hospitality operations and the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex findings to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.

Compensation:

The projected annual salary range for this position is $130,000 - $150,000 per year. Actual pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to the applicant's: qualifications, skills, expertise, education/training, certifications and other organization requirements.

Benefits:
PM Hotel Group offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package that presently includes:
Flex PTO and sick leave, paid holidays, floating holidays
Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
401(k) and pension plan
Hotel discounts

Work Habits:

To maintain a positive owner and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed Support Center standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality, and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in Support Center procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job, and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.

NOTE:

This description excludes non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job-related duties may be assigned by the associate's supervisor.

Furthermore, this description is subject to change, at the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an "at will" associate.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)