Assistant Director of Finance

About the Role

The Resort Operations Finance team at MVW is on a multi-year journey to build a team designed for impact, not transactions. Roles are outcome-based: you'll own decisions and create value as a trusted finance business partner embedded with site resort leaders and Board members, driving revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and cost management outcomes. Transactional work (AP, AR, month-end, reconciliations, audits, billing) is handled by an external managed service provider, allowing you to focus on delivering insights, ensuring governance, and achieving results. Success is measured by impacts across multiple properties, providing broad exposure and meaningful participation.

Responsibilities

• Business Partnership & Financial Support
  • Serve as an assistant finance business partner to Resort Operations leaders at assigned properties, providing fact-based insights and clear trade-offs to support decision-making.
  • Develop annual business plans, budgets, and rolling forecasts for assigned associations and ancillary operations.
  • Translate financial results and market analytics into decision-grade insights, including variance analysis, trends, and recommended actions.
  • Build trusted relationships with on-site leaders, corporate partners, and third-party stakeholders to enable timely, informed decisions.
• Property Owner Association & Board Governance Support
  • Support handling board governance and financial matters for 3–5 smaller associations within a market, mirroring the MDOF's responsibilities on a smaller scale.
  • Review board materials prepared by MSP (e.g., financial statements, budgets, forecasts, reserve funding) for accuracy and completeness.
  • Present fee and capital-priority trade-offs and manage board communications on financial matters.
  • Proactively identify, elevate, and resolve board and association issues, partnering with Legal and corporate teams as needed.
  • Ensure adherence to management agreements and association governing documents across assigned nonprofit property owners' associations.
  • Coordinate reserve planning and required board approvals, supporting compliant financial packages for each jurisdiction.
• Revenue & Savings Opportunity Execution
  • Support identifying, implementing, and executing revenue growth and cost-savings opportunities, including ancillary revenue, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), labor productivity, and controllable expenses.
  • Translate market playbooks and benchmarking insights into site-level action plans and support operating leaders through execution.
  • Track initiatives against baselines, quantify realized value, and surface replicable best practices.
  • Support maintenance fee mitigation and EBITDA improvement efforts that protect owner value and guest experiences.
• Reporting, Controls & MSP Oversight
  • Oversee MSP outputs for assigned associations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to defined requirements without performing transactional processing.
  • Review key financial deliverables (e.g., monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements, critical journal entries, reconciliations) and ensure exceptions are investigated and resolved.
  • Ensure compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, MVW policies, and association governing documents, escalating issues proactively.
  • Support internal, external, tax, and regulatory audit readiness and drive continuous improvement in processes, controls, and reporting transparency.
• Regional Support
  • Support a Market Director of Finance (MDOF) within a market, providing coverage for larger properties, completing special projects, and managing small project market-wide initiatives.
  • Prepare and deliver ad hoc analyses, forecasting support, and decision-support materials that strengthen the market's strategic finance agenda.
  • Build readiness for future career growth by developing leadership, business-partnering, and governance capabilities.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested.

Requirements

• Education

  Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline or equivalent work experience.

• Preferred Certifications
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  • Hospitality Finance (CHAE)
  • FP&A Certifications (FPAC/FMVA)
  • Community-association (CMCA/AMS/PCAM) credentials are a plus.
• Experience

  At least five years of progressive experience in finance and accounting roles that support field-based business operations. Experience as a finance business partner or in stakeholder management is preferred. Experience in Hotel Management, Vacation Ownership, or Hospitality is preferred. Experience coordinating with multiple internal and external resources to accomplish tasks is also preferred.

Skills

• Financial & Analytical Ability
  • Skilled in planning, analyzing, and forecasting, including developing business plans, budgets, and rolling forecasts.
  • Ability to translate financial results and market analytics into decision-grade insights (variance analysis, trend identification, recommended actions).
  • Skilled in identifying and executing revenue and cost-savings opportunities (ancillary revenue, COGS, labor productivity, controllable expenses).
  • Ability to convert benchmarking insights into site-level action plans and track initiatives to quantify realized value.
• Governance, Controls & Oversight
  • Skilled in applying GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, MVW policies, and association governing documents.
  • Ability to review key deliverables and reconciliations and proactively escalate exceptions and risks.
  • Skilled in supporting board governance, presenting fee and capital-priority trade-offs, managing financial communications, and coordinating reserve planning and approvals.
  • Skilled in overseeing Managed Service Provider outputs for accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to requirements without performing transactional processing.
• Partnership, Relationships & Influence
  • Skilled in serving as a trusted finance business partner to resort operations leaders, providing fact-based insights and clear trade-offs to inform and influence decisions.
  • Ability to build relationships and manage stakeholders, including on-site leaders, corporate partners, third-party stakeholders, and board members.
  • Skilled in conveying complex financial information clearly and persuasively to both financial and non-financial audiences to drive action and alignment.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.