Lead, Global Marine Operations - Capital

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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead, Global Marine Operations – Capital reporting to the Director, Marine Finance

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Position is onsite and based in Miami, FL 

This role supports the Senior Manager, Finance Capital and partners with leaders across Global Marine Operations (GMO) to deliver timely, accurate financial analysis and reporting for enterprise capital programs and initiatives. The position focuses on execution of planning, forecasting, governance deliverables, and performance reporting in alignment with Company policies and control requirements. 

The Lead, GMO - Capital, supports the end-to-end capital planning and governance process for all three Brands – Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity and Silversea. This individual contributor helps coordinate portfolio inputs, maintains planning and reporting cadence, and prepares analyses that inform investment decisions and governance reviews. Core responsibilities include supporting the annual capital budget process; preparing capital submissions and tracking approvals; maintaining forecasts for capital spend, depreciation, write-offs, and project-related operating impacts; and coordinating with cross-functional partners to resolve data gaps, track risks/opportunities, and ensure clear, audit-ready documentation. GMO Financial Management will provide specifics as to any brand-specific requirements that are different from or in addition to this core description. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support enterprise capital portfolio budgeting and forecasting by coordinating inputs, maintaining the annual planning calendar, consolidating marine investment requests, and preparing monthly outlooks on performance vs. plan. 

• Support capital governance and approval processes by partnering with project teams to gather assumptions, build/refresh business case financials, coordinate reviews, and track decisions and required follow-ups. 

• Prepare quarterly capital forecasts and scenario analyses by refreshing spend timing and in-service projections across open projects, calculating impacts to write-offs, and summarizing risks and trade-offs for leadership review. 

• Support the quarterly in-service process and related SOX controls by coordinating required documentation, validating inputs, and ensuring timely completion of control steps and evidence retention. 

• Maintain multi-year capital roadmap files and supporting analyses, including ROI summaries and strategic fit inputs, to enable portfolio review and allocation discussions. 

• Coordinate portfolio management cadence with Project Owners by tracking execution status, surfacing schedule/cost/scope variances, and escalating issues with recommended data-driven options. 

• Deliver analytics and decision support for priority initiatives by building models, validating assumptions, evaluating alternatives, and summarizing findings for stakeholder review. 

• Prepare materials (presentations, briefs, and talking points) by translating analyses into clear summaries, key drivers, and decision considerations for leadership audiences. 

• Ensure adherence to Company policies, financial controls, and reporting standards (SOX and other requirements) by following established processes, identifying gaps, and proposing improvements that increase transparency and efficiency. 

• Provide ad hoc financial leadership and analysis as required, including rapid response support for emerging priorities and executive requests.  

Financial Responsibilities:  

• Support the financial framework for capital investment decisions, including business cases, valuation approaches, and sensitivity/scenario analyses aligned to governance expectations. 

• Prepare consolidated portfolio reporting and insights (monthly and quarterly), highlighting trends, risks, opportunities, and follow-up items for leadership review. 

• Execute SOX and Company capital reporting requirements by maintaining audit-ready documentation, completing control evidence on schedule, and partnering with Accounting/Controls to resolve exceptions. 

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Four-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, or other highly analytical field from an accredited college or university; MBA a plus. 
• Typically 5+ years of progressive experience in financial planning/analysis, capital planning, business case development, and/or project/portfolio financial support; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Capital portfolio tracking and financial analysis skills; ability to evaluate trade-offs and support outcomes across performance, budget, schedule, and scope constraints. 

• Deep understanding of capital expenditure vs. operating expense accounting rules and implications for financial statements and performance management.  

• Strong written/verbal communication skills; ability to build effective working relationships across Finance, Operations, Accounting, and governance stakeholders. 

• Strong organizational discipline with proven ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize competing demands, and deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.  

• Proficient understanding and working knowledge of GAAP as it relates to depreciation and disposition of fixed assets.  

• Advanced proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint) and project/portfolio tools (e.g., MS Project); ability to automate, simplify, and elevate reporting and insights.  

• Advanced analytical and critical-thinking skills, including long-term financial modeling, valuation, and the ability to challenge assumptions and synthesize insights into clear recommendations.  

• Understanding of cruise line operations (hotel and technical), global deployment, and shipboard work environments is a plus.  

• Skilled in creating dashboards and visualizations and applying AI to streamline analysis and uncover insights a plus 

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!

The position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship. 

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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