Senior Finance Director - Strategy, Planning & Analytics

Senior Finance Director - Strategy, Planning & Analytics
NYC (hybrid schedule - in office 3 days, WFH 2 days)

Summary

We are looking for a Senior Finance Director to lead our Strategy, Planning and Analytics. If you are interested in providing strategic and analytical support to maximize the operational performance of a real estate focused company, then please keep reading!

What you'll be doing

Drive strategic and operational decision making by providing analytical support:

• Drive strategic and operational decisions by producing analytical support covering all areas of the organization, analyze operational and financial data, both internal and external; determine trends and opportunities.
• Assess and analyze operation data, including a wide range of operational KPIs (examples: marketing, payroll, utilities, renovations, etc.) to determine inefficiencies, opportunities, operational goals and strategy.
• Understand data structure, determine data inefficiencies and improvement opportunities. Actively participate in a large data improvement and BI roadmap and data restructuring.

Develop and execute an asset management strategy:

• Incorporate a value-oriented approach by analyzing revenue opportunities supported by financial models to justify major capital investments and financial decisions.
• Conduct physical inspections to develop a thorough understanding of each property to assess implementation of strategic initiatives and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Work with Design & Construction team to assess the capital needs/expenditures and develop both short and long-term capital plan and strategy.
• Evaluate, formulate and implement new strategies, products and services intended to grow rental and ancillary income and create operational efficiencies.

Generate operational reporting and materials for ownership and investors:

• Produce weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc reporting for the organization, ownership and investors; produce reporting that covers wide range of operational and financial data.
• Ensure accuracy and quality of presented data, analytical explanations, and conclusions.
• Manage board books, business plans and other investor related materials.
• Utilize data visualization tools to facilitate decision making.

Oversee budgeting and forecasting:

• Produce complex and comprehensive revenue models and forecasts.
• Set budgeting and forecasting tools and templates for business partners and budget owners.
• Lead and manage the organization through the multiple budget processes.
• Review, validate, challenge, and finalize budget assumptions.
• Create and present budget materials and annual business plans for ownership and investors.

Develop and execute revenue management and optimization strategy:

• Set goals, measure, analyze and improve revenue driving factors; oversee revenue related statistics - track, measure, analyze, forecast, present and explain KPIs.
• Generate long-term and short-term revenue maximization strategy for rate growth, occupancy, and inventory management.
• Continuously evaluate marketing, demographic and economic data to determine trends.

Support ownership with new acquisitions:

• Provide analytical support with potential acquisitions, including underwriting, due diligence and asset transition.

Skills we're seeking

• 10+ years of experience with FP&A
• 5+ years of experience in finance and/or analytics leadership roles
• Experience managing direct reports
• Experience with Asset Management
• Managing strategy as it relates to Data Visualization and Reporting
• Real Estate and/or Financial Services experience