Job Description - Interim Project Manager - Finance Function (18months FTC) (EUR015JD)
Job Number:
EUR015JD
Work Locations
Hilton - Area Office - Glasgow 191 West George Street Glasgow G2 2LD
Our Finance team (HAFS = Hilton Accounting & Finance Services) serves as a critical business partner responsible for managing all global activities related to financial performance, accounting, tax, forecasting, risk management, and asset management.
The HAFS organisation manages the accounting and finance functions both on property and at a corporate level, allowing us to develop scalable, global processes that allow team members the opportunity for growth and the ability to spend more time on strategic, high-value work. This includes managing relationships with our critical business partners across our global activities with a key focus on driving finance process transformation to deliver sustainable benefit for our key customers.
What will it be like to work for Hilton?
With thousands of hotels in over 120 countries and territories, Hilton offers countless opportunities to delight. From an open door to a welcoming smile and an exceptional experience, we offer the millions of travellers who stay with us every year a welcome they will never forget. If you appreciate the impact global travel can have on the world you may be just the person we are looking for to work as a Hilton Team Member. Because it’s with Hilton where we never forget the reason we're here: to delight our guests, Team Members, and owners alike.
What will I be doing?
As a Project Manager, Hilton Accounting and Finance Services (HAFS) Global Project Management Office, you will be responsible for the delivery of distinct project workstreams related to ongoing efforts to centralise and continuously improve Finance and Accounting business processes across the portfolio.
You will manage the implementation of key project workstreams from beginning to end, overseeing project deliverables and the associated deployment timeline for your project areas, utilising recognised project methodologies.
* Support the expansion of our finance centralised operating model and hotel transition activity
* Collaborate with the programme team to ensure successful deployment of your workstream with an awareness and understanding of context within the wider programme
* Manage the deployment of strategic project workstreams, current or proposed business solutions or processes, to achieve function-wide objectives
* Own the deployment of complex project objectives including, the delegation of work effort and direction of cross-functional team members over multiple functional areas
* Implement projects/processes/tools that support key business drivers within the HAFS major programme areas
* Identify project workstream risk and issues and propose mitigation tactics and strategies
* Support coordination with other teams across HAFS and Operations Finance, including leaders, as appropriate, to understand project implications for other programmes, projects, or processes or when subject matter expertise is required
* Collaborate with the programme manager to input to compelling, logically structured presentations and deliverables that will be shared at the business leadership level
What are we looking for?
Required:
* Strong Project Management and associated governance experience
* Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with stakeholders at all levels.
* Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
* Excellent organisational, administration and time management skills
* Self-starter who takes initiative in implementing goals and possesses adaptability to change to effectively handle concurrent responsibilities
* Upbeat team members with a high degree of flexibility, innovation, and awareness
* You may also be required to travel up to 25% of the time: Domestic and International Travel
Preferred:
* Experience in a GBS or Shared Service environment
* Successfully delivered large scale finance and or technical transformation and change projects
* Bachelor’s degree in business or related field
Required Qualifications:
* Prolific Project Management Experience
* The ability to demonstrate Progressive Overall Experience
* Project Management or Programme Management certification (e.g. PMP, PgMP, Prince2, Six Sigma)
Preferred Qualifications:
* Extensive functional knowledge of the Hilton Accounting and Finance Services organisation, financial systems, and processes
What benefits will I receive?
Your benefits will include a competitive starting salary and holiday entitlement. As an employee, you will become a member of the Go Hilton Team Member Travel Program, which provides reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends! We look forward to explaining in detail the range of excellent benefits that you would expect from a global hotel organization like Hilton.
#J-18808-Ljbffr