Hotel Performance Optimizer
As a key member of the Hospitality, Sports, and Leisure team, you will play a crucial role in overseeing and enhancing the performance of our hotel assets. This includes conducting thorough financial analyses, developing strategic initiatives to boost profitability, and ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Assist in creating and maintaining detailed financial models for individual hotel assets and the consolidated portfolio, including P&L, cash flow, IRR, and sensitivity analysis.
* Analyze operating performance and forecast scenarios for existing assets, identifying areas for improvement and opportunities to enhance operational and financial outcomes that support strategic and tactical decision-making.
* Evaluate returns on proposed capital investments, renovations, repositionings, or lease restructurings.
* Support regular performance reviews of owned and managed assets, collaborating closely with operations, finance, and commercial teams.
* Track and benchmark key KPIs (e.g., ADR, GOP, flow-through, TRevPOR) against budget and comp set.
* Identify underperforming assets and contribute to strategic recovery plans.
* Assist in preparing annual asset plans, owner reports, and long-term value-enhancement strategies.
* Collaborate with operations, marketing, sales, and revenue management teams to understand commercial levers and operational constraints.
* Analyze performance by business unit (rooms, F&B, wellness, golf, etc.) to identify revenue or margin improvement areas.
* Propose data-driven initiatives to enhance rentability, guest experience, and cost efficiency.
* Help shape KPIs and reporting tools that provide transparency and accountability for performance delivery.
* Contribute to feasibility studies, market analysis, and competitive benchmarking.
* Conduct research and analysis on macroeconomic, regulatory, and industry trends impacting portfolio performance.
* Assist in developing presentations and reports for senior executives and board meetings, summarizing key insights and strategies.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Hospitality Management, or a related field. A Master's degree is advantageous.
* Minimum 2 years of experience in consulting, private equity, or investment banking, preferably with exposure to hospitality or real estate.
* Strong financial modeling skills; highly proficient in Excel and experienced with advanced financial tools and techniques.
* Strong understanding of hotel P&L dynamics, operational KPIs, and real estate fundamentals.
* Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize large datasets into actionable insights.
* Ability to communicate findings and recommendations clearly through presentations, dashboards, and reports.
* Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel. Experience with Power BI and AI tools/softwares is beneficial.
Location:
* Lisbon