Best Western

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

Best Western • $150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline.
  • Minimum 10 years of leadership experience in FP&A or strategic finance.
  • Professional designation such as MBA, CPA, CFA, CMA preferred.
  • Experience partnering with executive leadership teams.
  • Proficient in Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted strategic advisor, providing actionable insights to drive growth and profitability.
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes for the company.
  • Oversee financial governance and enterprise reporting, including Board reporting.
  • Evaluate business drivers, risks, and performance against objectives.
  • Modernize FP&A through automation, AI, and data governance initiatives.
  • Enhance business intelligence and analytics capabilities for strategic decision-making.
  • Inspire and develop a high-performing finance team focused on results.

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision available day one.
  • Vacation/Sick accruals start day one.
  • Paid company and personal holidays.
  • 401K with company contribution and match (U.S.).
  • RRSP with company contribution and match (Canada).
  • Employee and hotel discounts.
  • Free financial and health wellness programs.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
Full Job Description
BWH Hotels is seeking a highly strategic, forward-thinking, and technology-enabled leader to serve as Managing Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).

Job Profile Summary:

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.

Reports To: Vice President, Finance

Job Description and Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Partnership & Advisory Services
  • 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.


2. Financial Planning & Analysis
  • 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.


3. Business Intelligence & Decision Support
  • 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.


4. Leadership & Talent Development
  • Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and results.


Leadership Expectations: The ideal candidate will be recognized as:
  • A strategic thinker and trusted advisor.
  • A finance transformation business leader.
  • An exceptional communicator and collaborative enterprise leader.
  • A developer of high-performing teams.
  • An intellectually curious problem solver.


Required and Preferred Qualifications:
  • 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.
  • MBA, CPA, CFA, CMA, or similar professional designation preferred.
  • Experience partnering with executive leadership teams.
  • Experience with Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning a plus.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills.


Work Arrangement: Full-time, in-office (5 days per week) with occasional work-from-home flexibility. The office address is 6201 N 24th Parkway, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Benefits Summary for Full-Time Employees
• 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

About Best Western

Best Western International, Inc. is a hotel chain with over 4,700 hotels in over 100 countries. The chain, with its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, operates 17 brands of hotels, each suited to different market segments. Best Western has a long history dating back to 1946 when it was founded by M.K. Guertin. The company has grown to become one of the largest hotel chains in the world. Best Western is known for its commitment to providing quality accommodations and exceptional customer service. The company has won numerous awards for its hotels and its loyalty program, Best Western Rewards.
Learn more about Best Western
Size
4,381 employees
Market Cap
$45.2 million
Industry
Net Income
-$2 billion
5 Year Trend
+5.3%
Revenue
$31.8 billion
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