Role Purpose

Partners with senior executives on structuring deals to maximize IHG returns and comply with IHG investment policy. Manages financial modeling, valuation, and investment analysis of individual hotel development projects and large-scale portfolio opportunities. Leads end-to-end financial analysis of all franchise opportunities and perform thorough analysis for work outs, asset acquisitions/disposals, and higher level, complex deal structures. Capitalizes on collaboration and influencing skills to collaborate with Development, Global and Americas Finance, Corporate Operations, Technical Services, Brand Management, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, and Legal to ensure all issues relevant to development projects are properly identified, analyzed, and documented in the Company’s capital papers. Projects may vary from single-asset owned, managed, or franchised properties to portfolio opportunities where IHG’s capital investment for these projects could be in the range of $50M to $500M in any given year.

Your day to day

• Market/Industry Research: Engages with industry contacts and reviews publications to stay informed on market trends, providing insights to VPs of Business Development on competitive fee structures and hotel performance projections.

• Ad-Hoc Investment Analysis Projects: Supports the Director of Investment Analysis by reviewing financial analyses and guiding the Finance Department on modeling and analysis policies, including non-hotel projects like franchise development.

• Modeling Expertise: Trains and leads best practices in financial modeling across various teams, including Finance, CIT, Development, and Brands.

• Capital Approval Process: Provides regional support for compliance with IHG investment policy and represents Investment Analysis in approval papers for the Americas Operating Committee and Executive Committee, collaborating with various departments to address key issues.

• Financial Modeling/Investment Analysis: Manages complex financial modeling for transactions, assessing NPV, IRR, and earnings impact, and develops proposals to enhance project viability in line with the Company’s return requirements.

What we need from you

• Communication - Demonstrated ability to present a persuasive argument to senior-level managers, and experience providing challenge and using influencing skills.

• Organization - Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing information to clients, vendors, senior management and staff.

• Investment knowledge - Demonstrated experience in investment analysis techniques with complex modeling, including NPV, IRR, and DCF, VBA and in real estate deal structures including multi-tiered promote structures, mezzanine financing, operating and debt service guarantees, and joint ventures.

• Project Management - Demonstrated cross-functional project management experience in organizing, planning and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation.

• Industry Specific - Demonstrated knowledge of financial principles, GAAP, current business, economic and industry trends surrounding capital investment in the hotel industry. Knowledge of industry standard reports such as STR , Offering memorandums, cap rates is a must.

Location - Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in office. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

No travel is required

The salary range for this role is $58,844 to $90,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medial/dental/vision insurance, 401K and other benefits to employees.

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At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.

Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.

We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

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Important information :

• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.

• No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.