Deputy Director of Finance & Business Support at InterContinental Hotels

Location: Lagos
Job Number: LAG000147

Job Description
We employ people who apply the same amount of care and passion to their jobs as they do their hobbies - people who put our guests at the heart of everything they do. And we're looking for more people like this to join our progressive & committed opening team at the InterContinental Lagos.

As the Deputy Director of Finance & Business Support, you will report directly to the Director of Finance & Business Support. You will assist in driving superior financial performance and provide necessary input for monthly and quarterly reviews. You will also assist with managing the overall financial function of InterContinental Lagos, you will provide management with timely financial analysis for effective decision-making.

Key responsibilities of the role include:
Achieve revenue targets, Beat the competition, Achieve profit targets and Operate efficiently.

Qualifications

•     A degree in Accounting/Business/Finance and proven leadership and industry experience
•     Typically 5 years experience in Finance & Business support management with at least 3 years in Finance leadership positions in hotels of international brand
•     Good understanding of the local business and operation environments and markets
•     Service minded and ability to involve and support operations
•     Business savvy and good people skills
•     Experience in emerging markets / similar hard locations
•     Visionary & strategic thinker and ability to convert this to action