Managing Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Best Western Hotels & Resorts • Phoenix, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

BWH Hotels is seeking a highly strategic, forward-thinking, and technology-enabled leader to serve as Managing Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). This senior leadership level position is responsible for leading financial planning and analysis, business intelligence, strategic decision support, financial systems optimization, and finance transformation initiatives across the organization. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive management, providing forward-looking insights, recommendations, and decision support that enhance organizational performance and drive long-term value creation. This role is expected to modernize the FP&A function through automation, advanced analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), predictive modeling, and enhanced reporting capabilities. The Managing Director will lead a team responsible for planning, analytics, reporting, and business intelligence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience in FP&A, strategic finance, business intelligence, analytics, or related functions; including people leadership and management experience.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership teams.
• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CPA, CFA, CMA, or similar professional designation preferred.
• Experience with Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to management, providing financial leadership, actionable insights, and decision support that drive growth, profitability, operational excellence, and long-term enterprise value.
• Lead the Company's budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, actual results analysis, and enterprise performance management reporting processes.
• Direct and develop financial planning governance, enterprise reporting, and Board reporting.
• Identify and evaluate key business drivers, risks, opportunities, trends, and performance against financial and operational objectives.
• Support enterprise performance metrics, analytics, and decision-support capabilities.
• Lead FP&A modernization through financial systems, automation, AI, and data governance.
• Oversee international cost-share budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and billing.
• Lead business intelligence and analytics capabilities that deliver actionable insights, enhance performance visibility, and support strategic decision-making.
• Oversee financial models, business cases, investment analyses, dashboards, and scenario planning supporting key organizational initiatives and decisions.
• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and results.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision available day one
• Vacation/Sick- accruals start day one
• Paid company holidays and personal holidays to celebrate what’s important to you
• 401K - company contribution and match (U.S.)
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) – company contribution and match (Canada)
• Employee discounts/hotel discounts
• Free financial and health wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive