Director Financial Planning Hospitality

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Director - Financial Planning to lead financial planning, consolidated reporting, and financial coordination for the Hospitality Business Unit's development pipeline. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role acts as the central financial data resource, providing reliable portfolio insights to support informed decisions on funding, development phasing, and financial performance.

Role Context and Scope

The successful candidate will combine strong financial planning and analysis expertise with practical knowledge of large-scale hospitality development. This includes understanding hotel financial structures, hotel management agreements, multi-property and multi-category portfolios, hospitality market analysis, FF&E and OS&E budgeting, and pre-opening cost planning. The Director will collaborate across Development, Finance, Commercial, Procurement, Project Controls, Asset Management, Investment Management, and Hospitality Strategy to maintain a consistent financial source of truth, strengthen forecasting discipline, and proactively identify risks, opportunities, and performance trends.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range financial planning across the Hospitality Business Unit's development pipeline.
• Own the consolidated financial view of the portfolio, ensuring project and business-unit data is complete, consistent, and current.
• Direct monthly reporting and provide senior leadership with clear variance commentary and forward-looking financial insights.
• Coordinate financial inputs across projects and corporate functions to align business plans, budgets, forecasts, and funding requirements.
• Maintain visibility of capital deployment and portfolio exposure, escalating material risks, opportunities, and funding pressures.
• Set financial data definitions, controls, and reporting standards that support a reliable single source of truth.
• Lead the Financial Management team and partner with senior stakeholders to strengthen planning discipline and informed decision-making.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field. A relevant master's degree or MBA is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in financial management or FP&A, including leadership responsibility in a complex development environment.
• Proven experience leading portfolio-wide budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and consolidated financial reporting.
• Strong record of coordinating financial inputs across projects and functions while maintaining a reliable central financial data resource.
• Hospitality or large-scale development experience, with an understanding of hotel financial structures and multi-asset portfolios.
• Strong commercial judgment with the ability to explain financial performance and advise senior leaders on funding and portfolio decisions.
• Demonstrated success leading teams, setting financial controls, and improving reporting consistency and forecasting discipline.

Location and Work Type

This is a full-time position located in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.