Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Denton, TX, USA|Onsite

Job Overview

Employment Type

Full-time

Compensation

Salary

Range $81,100.00 - $118,600.00

Work Schedule

Standard Hours

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan

Professional Development

Employee Discounts

flexible schedule

Job Description

Highgate Hotels is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator within the hospitality industry. Highgate holds a dominant position in major U.S. gateway markets such as New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco, and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence across Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The company boasts a global portfolio of properties that represents an aggregate asset value exceeding 20 billion dollars, generating over 5 billion dollars in cumulative revenues annually. With a strong executive team comprised of some of the industry’s most experienced hotel management leaders, Highgate is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. The company operates corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle. Highgate is committed to providing expert guidance throughout all stages of the hospitality property cycle, ranging from initial planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Utilizing industry-leading proprietary revenue management tools, Highgate identifies and predicts evolving market dynamics to maximize asset value and enhance overall performance. Visit www.highgate.com to learn more about our expansive portfolio and innovative approach.

The Senior Analyst of Business Intelligence position at Highgate Hotels is based in the corporate headquarters located in Irving, Texas. This role is a critical part of Highgate’s Business Intelligence team, which manages the majority of standardized operational reporting and situational analysis across the company’s managed hotel portfolio. The team is composed of cross-functional subject matter experts working collaboratively across various disciplines within Highgate to support business goals. The Senior Analyst will drive the vision and continued advancement of Highgate’s best-in-class data and analytics platform, focusing on developing and delivering advanced analytics modules in a growing big data environment. The role emphasizes the design of interactive data visualization reporting tools, enabling business users to explore actionable insights that enhance hotel portfolio performance and align with the company’s growth strategy. The Senior Analyst will oversee the entire user experience from acceptance testing, training, to ongoing user support, fostering strong relationships across the organization. This position requires a professional who is familiar with Highgate’s common business language, can identify opportunities to improve reporting design, and answers key business questions ensuring user adoption and satisfaction. This exciting role offers opportunities to influence strategic decision-making through data-driven insights and contribute significantly to Highgate’s continued success and innovation in hospitality management. Compensation for this role is offered on a yearly basis reflecting the seniority and specialized expertise required.

Job Requirements

Minimum of a bachelor's degree in a relevant field
Minimum of three years of professional experience in business intelligence or related analytics roles
Prior experience specifically with IBM Planning Analytic TM1
Strong proficiency with Microsoft SQL Server
Experience in data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau
Solid understanding of data warehousing and relational data models
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong organizational and project management abilities
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment
Prior experience or familiarity with the hospitality industry is preferred

Job Qualifications

Minimum of three years of relevant professional experience preferably for a hotel management or ownership company focusing on BI, Analytics, process automation, reporting platform and deployment strategy
Minimum of two years of hands-on experience in architecting, designing, and implementing advanced analytics model
Prior experience with IBM Planning Analytic TM1
Prior experience in the hotel, hospitality or travel industry is favorable
Demonstrated exceptional analytical and technical capabilities including but not limited to large data collection, organization, synthesis, and distribution working with advanced data analytics tools such as IBM Planning Analytic TM1, Oracle EPM, Anaplan
Experience with visualization tools Power BI (preferred) or Tableau
Experience using Microsoft SQL Server for performing data profiling, formatting, and ad hoc analysis
Understanding of data warehousing concepts, relational data models and data flow process end-to-end from ingestion to consumption
Comprehension of Microsoft Excel VBA
General knowledge and understanding of financial statements and commonly used hospitality-related performance metrics
Ability to review and understand commonly used industry operating reports (e.g., STR reports, group booking pace, revenue segmentation)
Strong verbal and written business communication skills
An affinity for creating and producing work products in a detail-oriented and self-sufficient manner including meticulous and methodical self-checking habits
Adept organizational and project management skills including time management and priority setting
Ability to work within a dynamic, nimble, and entrepreneurial environment and collaborate across multiple internal disciplines to achieve goals and produce deliverables in a timely and accurate fashion

Job Duties

Work closely with business to capture, analyze and understand business requirements, translating activities and business objectives into analytical reporting and analysis
Partner collaboratively with other functional teams to access data elements, understanding the data being analyzed and identifying improvement opportunities
Develop well-organized and insightful reports, dashboards, and other forms of data visualizations to support business awareness and decision-making
Proactively interface with Highgate operating disciplines to gather and validate reporting and analysis requirements including data elements and report owners
Automate business processing using process automation
Complete ad hoc analyses as requested by senior management with the expectation of presenting deliverables to a large and varied audience
Support the redesign of monthly, quarterly, and annual business reporting for presentation to hotel ownership groups, including public lodging REITs and private real estate investment firms and financing groups
Creatively determine areas of opportunity to develop materials that communicate key successes and or management company performance trends to support business development and investor relations for the organization