Manager, Transactions & Asset Management - Atlanta or Miami [Bilingual, Spanish Required]

Your Day to Day:

Location: Atlanta, GA or Miami, FL area based role; NOT remote

Hybrid schedule in Atlanta or Miami: 3 days a week in office

Bilingual Required: Spanish/English

Job Summary -

Support the Transactions & Asset Management ("TAM") team, a part of the Americas' Development group, which focuses on strategic and critical projects to ensure IHG retains and grows its estate of management contracts and license agreements (together, the "Contracts"). These Contracts are the assets of the company that TAM is charged with managing by maintaining and enhancing the assets' value to IHG. TAM activities include coordinating efforts to maintain existing Contracts, resolving existing and new Contract issues, driving IHG's investment in strategic initiatives, working on IHG's distressed asset portfolio while balancing the needs of internal IHG stakeholders as well as those of owners, third-party managers, lenders and master/special servicers. This role includes supporting due diligence efforts, negotiating Contracts, following up on deal particulars, and coordinating deal terms with Brand Management, Regional Operations and Finance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities -

Manage and/or support a large volume of projects simultaneously with various project leaders within a complex matrix organization. These projects may include the following:

• Work directly with owners to relicense or renew existing IHG agreements in the MLAC region as they approach expiration.
• Undertaking initiatives to protect, and enforce IHG's rights under various Contracts, including efforts to track and retain strategic hotels within the IHG estate.
• Ensuring third-party ownership changes do not cause a change in brand representation for strategic IHG hotels. These efforts include tracking for-sale assets, developing and maintaining excellent broker relationships, sourcing buyers, and facilitating the transaction.
• Working with Development, Brand Management, Quality Evaluation team, Regional Operations, Legal and Finance on appropriate capital investment and business development strategies.
• Identifying value-accretive opportunities within the existing asset base, including rights of first offer and rights of first refusals ("ROFO/ROFR"), and implementing strategies to unlock such value such as leveraging ROFO/ROFR to gain control of transactions.
• Coordinating with various internal groups to provide research and support for presentations. Reviewing the project as appropriate with Legal, Regional Operations, Brand Management, and Development to ensure the presentation appropriately represents IHG's strategy and objectives.
• Participating in strategic IHG initiatives including investments behind new brand rollouts and investments in target markets to support IHG brand growth.

What We Need From You:

Education -

Bachelor degree in Hotel Administration, Business, Finance or related disciplines or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

Experience -

5-7 years' progressive, hotel-focused work experience in real estate, development, acquisitions, feasibility, investment analysis, and/or lending. Experience working on significant and complex hotel real estate projects including deal structuring, with proficiency in multiple skills related to the position. Demonstrated proficiency in multiple skills related to the position. Working knowledge of hotel pro formas and investment analyses as well as hotel Contracts essential.

Technical Skills and Knowledge -

This candidate must be a good communicator, able to work independently, manage a large volume of projects, and think outside of the box to resolve critical and complex problems. Specific skills include:

• Ability to multitask and function within a global organization
• Experience supporting multiple projects and project teams including timely completion of projects and effective communication of results/findings.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision across a global organization.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to analyze and draw conclusions from complex financial, statistical and market/sales data. Proficiency in paying attention to details.
• General understanding of modeling hotel proformas and investment analyses.
• Exposure to reviewing and negotiating business terms within hotel Contracts.
• General knowledge and understanding of the following hotel-related areas: investor practices, capital markets, purchase and sale agreements ("PSAs"), property-level operations and real estate markets.
• Excellent communication skills including strong writing ability and extensive experience preparing effective PowerPoint presentations.

Number of employees supervised: 0

The statements in this job description are intended to represent the key duties, essential nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be all responsibilities or qualifications of the job.

What We Offer:

We'll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits - including great room discount and superb training.

Join us and you'll become part of the global IHG family - and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together - we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - click here to find out more about us.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees 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.

IHG is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion where everyone feels safe, respected and valued. We seek talent from all backgrounds to join our teams, and encourage our colleagues to bring their authentic and best selves to work.

The salary range for this role is $58,834.00 to $110,000.00. This 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.

**This job is also eligible for bonus pay.

At IHG, we believe in taking care of our employees. That's why we offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k, and any other benefits to eligible employees. We want you to feel secure and cared for, so you can focus on bringing True Hospitality to the world.

You can apply for this role through the link below (or through an internal career site if you are a current employee).

Note: 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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Who we are

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 regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

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