Regional Vice President Finance, SEAA

About Shangri-La Group

At the Shangri-La Group, we are a heart-warming family. We share something powerful - our genuine care and respect for others. Our strength lies beyond our harmonious surroundings and hideaway locations. It lies in our core values that guide us to treat each and everyone with honor, as kin, as family. We strive to be the preferred employer by providing great benefits, a tranquil and sincere working environment, work-life balance, and recognition of effort.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced finance leader to provide strategic and commercial financial leadership across a diverse hospitality portfolio. Partnering closely with senior business, Operations and Commercial leaders, this role will drive financial performance, strengthen governance, support investment decisions and lead key finance transformation priorities.

A significant part of the mandate will be to transform and consolidate the shared services operating model, creating a more scalable and cost-effective finance organization.

As a Regional Vice President, Finance, We Rely on You To

• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial strategy
• Partner with business leaders to drive profitability, cash generation and sustainable business performance
• Lead performance reviews, identifying key financial drivers, risks and opportunities
• Lead the centralization of regional hotels that are not yet operating under the shared services model
• Drive the subsequent consolidation of shared services into one cost-effective location, improving efficiency, scalability and service delivery
• Develop and execute the transition roadmap while ensuring strong controls, stakeholder alignment and business continuity
• Provide financial and commercial evaluation for new developments, acquisitions, conversions, renovations and other investment opportunities
• Support senior leadership with financial insights, scenario analysis and recommendations for key business decisions
• Build strong relationships with hotel owners, asset managers and other key stakeholders
• Provide financial leadership on budgets, operating performance, cash requirements and capital investment
• Ensure robust financial reporting, controls, compliance and risk management across the portfolio
• Strengthen working capital, cash flow management and financial governance.
• Drive process standardization, automation, systems improvement and stronger use of financial data
• Simplify finance processes and operating models to improve productivity and decision-making
• Lead and develop geographically dispersed finance teams, building strong capabilities and succession pipelines
• Foster a culture of commercial thinking, accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement

We Are Looking for Someone With

• Professional accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent
• Approximately 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, ideally within hospitality or a similarly complex multi-market environment
• Commercial and operational finance experience with a track record of improving profitability and business performance
• Proven experience in shared services, finance centralization, consolidation or operating model transformation
• Proven change-management experience, particularly in leading complex, multi-country transformation initiatives
• Good understanding of hospitality economics, hotel operations, owner relationships and management agreements
• Experience leading senior, geographically dispersed teams and influencing executive-level stakeholders
• Good commercial judgement, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience within hospitality, multi-site operations or a similarly complex, asset-intensive environment
• Exposure to hotel openings, acquisitions, portfolio integration, business restructuring or transformation
• Proven experience in shared services consolidation, centralization and operating model transformation, including assessment of location and cost efficiencies
• Experience driving finance systems enhancement, automation, process standardization and broader finance transformation initiatives

If you are the right person, what are you waiting for

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