Senior Manager Compliance KSA - Based in Riyadh

Job Description

• Conduct control reviews within MEA region, focused on KSA.
• Collaborate with various departments including Operations Finance, Internal Audit, APAC & Americas Compliance, Shared Service Centers, Research & Policy, Corporate Finance, Legal Compliance, and other stakeholders to ensure a unified approach to compliance issues.
• Foster a culture of integrity, transparency, and compliance throughout the organization.
• Lead long-term culture change programs
• Lead compliance education programs and serve as a subject matter expert
• Shape compliance messaging and communication plans
• Analyze the results of KSA’s CSA and SPACE to identify common issues and best practices, and implement relevant solutions such as training, advice on mitigating controls, and policy reviews.
• Own compliance KPIs across KSA and MEA
• Contribute to the evaluation and streamlining of business processes, including support for technology developments to maximize efficiency and reduce risk.
• Build risk profiles of hotels or areas within KSA/MEA and build a framework to safeguard the business
• Work closely with Internal Audit, including facilitating follow up on remediation points post internal audits and maintaining SOX compliance.
• Collaborate with the Pre-Opening team to embed compliant processes during opening/conversion activities, and in early operations.
• Ensure compliance is part of the hotel life cycle
• Understand and interpret Lease and Management agreements and provide compliance support related to these agreements.
• Assist in fraud investigations as needed.
• Distribute monthly compliance measures and progress to relevant stakeholders.
• Any ad hoc support across MEA hotels.
• No job description can cover every issue which may arise within the role at various times and the holder is expected to carry out other duties from time to time, which are within the range of their skills and experience.

What are we looking for? The successful candidate in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:

• Travel flexibility across MEA, sometimes at short notice.
• Fulfill requirements to visit all KSA properties
• Uphold the highest standards of integrity, ethical behavior and absolute discretion with sensitive information.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of your own work.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience of building collaborative relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate and streamline business processes to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Confidence to constructively challenge colleagues in respect of compliance with Hilton policy and accounting regulations.
• Adaptable and flexible approach.

Qualifications To fulfill this role successfully, you should demonstrate the following minimum qualifications:

• BA/BS/bachelor’s degree or experience in lieu of.
• Qualified accountant or working towards qualification
• Experience in hotel operations, with a good understanding of finance processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

It would be helpful in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:

• Detailed knowledge of hotel operations, and systems used by Hilton finance.
• Good knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS & Sarbanes Oxley.
• Audit experience.