Choice Hotels International hiring Senior Strategic Analytics Analyst, Upscale Brands, Domestic & CALA (Hybrid) in North Bethesda, MD | LinkedIn (2024)

Sr Analyst, Strategic Analytics, Upscale, Domestic and CALA North Bethesda, MD (Hybrid)Who are we looking for?Choice Hotels, one of the world’s largest lodging franchisors, has an exciting new opportunity as our Senior Analyst, Strategic Analytics, Upscale Brands for US and CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) in the Advanced Analytics Department. The Strategic Analytics Team is the team that provides business performance analysis, forward-looking guidance, and ad hoc strategic insights across the business. As a key member of our Strategic Analytics Team, you will support strategic analytic needs and produce impactful analysis for our Upscale brands, Domestic and CALA (Caribbean and Latin America).

Are you a polished analytics professional that can deliver meaningful and actionable insights for business stakeholders? We invite you to apply today for our Senior Analyst, Strategic Analytics, Upscale Brands, Domestic and CALA role today and #MakeItYourChoice.

Your Responsibilities

• Support the Sr. Manager, Strategic Analytics for Upscale brands. This includes documentation, analysis creation, and presentation preparation. This position may require occasional delivery of stakeholder presentations.
• Network with the CALA team to understand their data, analytics, and reporting requirements as well as identify strategic opportunities for analytic value creation.
• Measure success through tracking and analyses. Apply prescriptive and predictive analysis techniques to inform strategic decision-making.
• Partner across the Analytics team to represent the segment (e.g., partner with Data Visualization team to create real-time dashboarding, Data Science team to provide development modeling, Commercial Analytics on initiative ROIs, etc.). Regularly socialize with Segment team.
• Assist the Sr. Manager in preparing strategic quarterly reviews of performance. This includes segment analysis, press releases, and earnings releases.
• Consistently seek out and promote innovative solutions or approaches to problem solving in a highly flexible and interactive manner.

Your Experience, Skills & Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in a field such as statistics, analytics or other quantitative fields required.
• 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Must be able to demonstrate initiative and creative problem solving in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. Expected to interact occasionally across the organization.
• Must be agile in transitioning from project to project in a dynamic workplace and be able to effectively multi-task and prioritize.
• Advanced PowerPoint skills required. Ability to tell a story and advise strategy based on data.
• Ability to query data and leverage various platforms (SQL, Tableau, R or Python).
• Must be able to uphold Choice’s Values & Performance Principles of collaboration, performance excellence, sense of urgency, openness to new ideas, inclusion & diversity, integrity, customer focus, and respect.
• Background in travel or hospitality a plus.

Your Team This is an individual contributor role that will report to the Sr. Manager, Strategic Analytics, Upscale & Midscale, Domestic and CALA. You will have 1 peer teammate and collaborate with cross functional departments on a regular basis."

Your Work LocationAs our Senior Analyst, Strategic Analytics, Upscale Brands, Domestic and CALA, you will be based in our beautiful, state-of-the-art worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, MD. Less than 15 miles from Washington, DC, we’re located one block away from the North Bethesda Metro station, with service on the Red Line and the MARC Brunswick line, easy access to I-270, and plenty of free parking provided by Choice Hotels.

Right now, our associates in corporate headquarters are working in a hybrid environment, up to 4 days per week in the office and virtually from your home office the remaining days. We provide flexibility and encourage ongoing communication with your leadership to establish expectations about your unique needs.

About ChoiceChoice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH) is one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world. With nearly 7,500 hotels, representing nearly 630,000 rooms, in 46 countries and territories as of September 30, 2022, the Choice® family of hotel brands provides business and leisure travelers with a range of high-quality lodging options from limited service to full-service hotels in the upper upscale, upper mid-scale, midscale, extended-stay, and economy segments. The award-winning Choice Privileges® loyalty program offers members a faster way to rewards, with personalized benefits starting on day one. For more information, visit www.choicehotels.com.

At our worldwide corporate headquarters in North Bethesda, MD and St. Louis Park, MN as well as our technology center in Scottsdale, AZ, and through our associates around the globe, we keep Choice Hotels thriving by serving as a champion for our franchisees and providing cutting-edge technology.

About Choice Hotels Financial PerformanceRecord total revenues grew 10% to $1.5 billion for full-year 2023 compared to the same period of 2022. Adjusted EBITDA for fourth quarter 2023 increased 11% to $125 million from the same period of 2022. Fourth quarter 2023 adjusted diluted EPS increased 14% to $1.44 compared to the same period of 2022. Please click here to review highlights of our Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Results.

• PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for sponsorship ***

Ability to model Choice’s Cultural Values: Welcome and Respect Everyone, Be Bold, Be Quick, Listen, Be Curious and Show Integrity.