Lead, Financial Hotel Operations

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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead, Financial Hotel Operations reporting to the Manager, Hotel Financial Administration.

Position is onsite and based in Miami, FL 

Lead and support all aspects of financial and administrative support functions including planning, reporting and business analysis for the Hotel Operations Department shipboard and shoreside.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual operating plan and forecast process to support organizational goals and objectives
• Develop planning schedules, spreadsheet tools, and financial models. Develop and maintain robust demand and cost forecasting models (time series, regression, segmentation, etc)
• Integrate with external data sources to discover interesting trends.
• Leverage AI to develop revenue and cost optimization models
• Partner with IT and BI Teams to build and optimize data pipelines and feedback loops into the models
• Partner with operational teams to understand and quantify effects of pricing/policy changes.
• Identify opportunities and drive simplification and automation of existing processes Create and maintain accurate and real time management reports and analysis including quick turn-around of ad-hoc financial analysis in a dynamic environment.
• Perform and communicate weekly tracking of actuals with updates to Hotel Operations management.  Highlight outliers and drivers.
• Prepare and present hotel financials to Hotel Operations management.  Communicate progress towards corporate objectives and provide detailed variance analysis of monthly results
• Lead special projects/requests as determined by Hotel Operations Management and/or Finance Management.
• Support vendor evaluations and facilitate payment approvals and invoice processing.
• Maintain and ensure cost controls are in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, accounting and other company policies.
• Forecast dry-dock costs impacting Hotel Operations to ensure costs are in line with expectations.
• Assist ship managers and shipboard staff with inquiries related to their budgets.
• Training and mentoring of Hotel Senior Analysts / Analysts.
• Departmental Liaison to Accounting, Corporate Planning and Risk Management, as well as other departments as needed
• Perform other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• 4+ years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, corporate finance, Accounting or related roles, preferably within hospitality, travel, or leisure industries.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related discipline; advanced certifications (e.g., CFA, CPA) are a plus.
• Successful track record in financial leadership.
• Knowledge and extensive experience in accounting and/or other financial/analytical systems (i.e. JD Edwards, Hyperion, Essbase, Excel).
• Experience with artificial intelligence models,  database and analytical programming skills (including SAS and SQL, etc.)
• Statistical modeling skills (regression and forecasting, etc.)
• Strong Operations Research modeling skills (optimization and linear programming, etc.).
• Ability to assimilate ideas/concepts into data driven models and strategies.
• Must be able to fully integrate into Royal Caribbean shoreside and shipboard culture.
• Leadership skills to proactively manage vessel expenses, support financial discipline, and ensure meeting or exceeding Hotel department financial targets and controls.
• Good analytical & computer skills, written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of associated financial software and communication packages.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.

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