What You'll Do
The Director, FP&A and Corporate Development supports new investment opportunities and financial planning activities across the business. The position partners with Finance leadership and other stakeholders evaluate development opportunities, perform financial analysis, support strategic initiatives, and meet reporting requirements.
This position exercises independent judgment and discretion within the scope of assigned responsibilities and performs other duties as assigned to meet business needs.
Role Expectations
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Underwrite and model gaming, hospitality, and real estate investments
- Play a key role in due diligence across financial, physical, legal, and operational workstreams, coordinating internal teams and third-party consultants.
- Support post-acquisition business plans, including financing, capital expenditure budgets, and performance tracking against underwriting.
- Partner with senior executives to prepare monthly, quarterly, and board-level financial reporting updates for multiple stakeholders, including debt holders, shareholders, and boards.
- Project manage and oversee development opportunities and strategic partnerships.
- Deliver ad hoc analysis and reporting as needed.
- Maintain confidentiality of financial, strategic, and proprietary business information.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- This position may provide leadership over cross-functional projects, consultants, and strategic initiatives.
- Direct supervisory responsibilities may be assigned based on organizational needs.
Requirements
- 4-6 years of experience in gaming, hospitality and/or real estate underwriting, financial modeling, and transaction structuring.
- Strong understanding of hotel and casino resort economics, valuation, returns, leverage, and capital structures.
- Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work independently, managing priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to collaborate effectively as part of a team and across departments.
- Excellent communication skills and comfort presenting to senior leadership.
Preferred
- Hospitality and development experience.
- Nevada gaming exposure, such as gaming-industry investing or lending, casino real estate transactions, or general sector familiarity.
- Experience in gaming and hospitality investing, corporate finance, development, or related financial analysis.
- Ability to evaluate development and investment opportunities and effectively support stakeholder reporting requirements.
- Candidates pursuing or recently completing an MBA are encouraged to apply, particularly those seeking to leverage advanced education in a finance, investment, development, or strategic planning role. Based on the original posting's statement that candidates completing an MBA and seeking their first post-MBA role are welcome.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations
- Must be able to obtain and maintain all licenses, permits, registrations, and approvals required by federal, state, local, and gaming regulatory authorities, if applicable.
Physical Requirements
Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
- Must be able to work under time constraints and within established deadlines.
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk, communicate, and use standard office equipment for extended periods.
- Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- Must be able to reach, bend, twist, push, pull, and perform routine office-related physical activities as needed.
Working Conditions
- Work is performed primarily indoors in a climate-controlled environment and may involve exposure to environmental factors including, but not limited to, noise, dust, smoke, and varying temperatures.
- Responsibilities may require travel throughout the property, attendance at meetings, presentations, development site visits, business functions, and stakeholder events, which may occur indoors or outdoors.
- May require occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work to support business and project requirements.
- Position requires the use of computers, financial systems, reporting platforms, and standard office equipment.
Rio Las Vegas is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Rio Las Vegas makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
