Finance business partner

Description

Are you a dedicated finance professional ready to build your career in a growing hotel management owner/operator called “Another Star”? Another Star is the company that built citizenM from an idea into a global brand. We operate all citizenM hotels in Europe and the United States under a long-term franchise partnership with Marriott. Our centralised way of working treats the entire portfolio as one global operation powered by smart design, clever technology and brilliant people. Our goal is simple: consistently great stays for guests and a hotel platform that performs at its best, every day.

As a Finance Business Partner for Shared Services, you will act as the trusted finance partner for the People, Procurement and Tech departments. You will support monthly performance, budgeting and forecasting, and build strong working relationships with department heads. This is a hands-on role with clear, established stakeholders and recurring processes. A strong foundation for someone looking to grow in their finance business partnering career, with scope to grow into additional domains over time. You will be part of the wider global Finance organization located mainly in Leiden, which enables you to build a long-term career by extending your experience to other finance areas such as FP&A, finance transformation, financial control, amongst others.### Key Responsibilities

• Act as finance business partner for Shared Services departments, and support and strengthen their business performance on monthly performance and decision-making
• Provide insights on financial and non-financial business performance for your domains. Clearly explain business trends and their implications to department heads and stakeholders
• Lead the annual budget and Business Plan input for your domains, aligning with department heads and reviewing assumptions where needed
• Provide monthly Latest Estimate and Risks & Opportunities input for your domains, built together with the business
• Work closely with the Financial Control team during month-end close: provide input where needed (e.g., accrual requirements, business context on a variance), and ensure every cost line above the explanation threshold carries a clear commentary
• Contribute domain highlights for the monthly board report, and help answer ad-hoc questions on your domains from senior stakeholders
• Support Another Star's finance strategy and identify opportunities for improvement, standardization and best practice implementation across Shared Services

Qualifications/Skills

• Have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or economics
• Solid experience in finance, business control, accounting, or a related analytical role
• Strong motivation and curiosity to perform financial analysis, identify trends, and understand the ‘story’ behind the numbers
• Have strong communication skills and can communicate business insights to various organizational levels and with different internal stakeholders
• Exceptional Microsoft Excel skills; experience with Proquro, Power BI, or Tagetik is a plus but not required
• Have a proactive mindset and enjoy developing new solutions

Location / Hours

Leiden Support Office. Hybrid role, with 2-3 days in the office per week. Not fully remote. This is a full-time role.

What's in it for you?

• citizenM experience nights for you (discounts for friends and family)
• Favourable rates at Marriott hotels
• Personal and professional development opportunities and programs
• Latest tech devices and all the tools you need to be successful in your role
• Commuting travel costs covered (by car or public transport)
• Pension and cycle-to-work scheme
• Subsidized fresh daily lunches at our support office
• Flexible public holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Varied team days and social events (from food trucks and quizzes at the office to parties on boats)
• Modern office in Leiden, 500m from the central station

About Another Star

Another Star is the company behind all citizenM hotels in Europe and the USA. Our purpose is simple – to make sure citizenM hotels have everything to run smoothly and keep the guests happy. Bedding, tech, room maintenance, crunchy croissants and more – Another Star takes care of it all.

citizenM hotels were founded in 2008 by Rattan Chadha. From 2008 to 2025, citizenM was its own owner-operator, which is unusual in the traditional hotel industry where separate owners and operators are the norm. In 2025, the citizenM brand was acquired by Marriott International and added to their existing portfolio of 30+ hotel brands worldwide. A new company was created to keep hotel operations under one roof – that’s Another Star. It may be a new company by name, but it’s made of the same people who have been building and running citizenM hotels for two decades – knowledgeable and guest-fanatic.

Another Star operates 37 citizenM hotels – all in Europe and the USA. The remaining two hotels – one in Kuala Lumpur and one in Taipei – are operated by Marriott.