Senior Financial Analyst, Crew Acquisition and Movement

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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Senior Financial Analyst, Crew Acquisition and Movement reporting to the Sr Manager, Workforce Planning & Strategy.

Position is onsite and based in Miami, FL 

Position Summary:

The Senior Crew Acquisition Movement (CAM) Analyst will oversee the entire CAM budgeting, forecasting, and reporting process enterprise wide.  This includes but is not limited to leading international teams in Manila and Brazil on monthly reporting as well as ad-hoc analysis.  This person will be seen as the Subject Matter Expert for all CAM financial matters, for all external stakeholders, including Brand Finance, HR Operations, Business Analytics, Shared Services, and HR Executive Leadership.  This person will play a crucial role in the forecasting and analysis of our CAM costs.  The Senior Analyst must be in constant communication with the teams in Miami, Manila and Brazil to incorporate the ever-changing business environment into our financial models and projections.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads the preparation of annual budget, monthly forecasts and monthly liquidity models for shipboard CAM expenses, for all brands, utilizing inputs from teams in Miami, Manila and Brazil.
• Spearheads the development and continuous improvement of complex financial models that are used to for projection and analysis of future CAM movements and expenses for forecasting, scenario planning and ad-hoc analysis.
• Drives the month-end variance explanation process by working with the teams in Brazil, Manila and Miami to identify and analyze the main drivers of the variances and identify any opportunities to incorporate those learnings in order to improve the forecast or reporting process going forward.
• Oversees preparation of month-end journal entries, including re-classes, accruals and prepaid entries, ensuring that all expense recording is in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, accounting and other company policies.
• Creates dashboards in Microsoft BI for monthly reporting and analysis, incorporating both crew movements and dollars, to be utilized by CAM teams and brands.
• Supervises a cross-functional team on creation of new CAM accrual methodology, including guiding the data mining and analysis in order to prepare a recommendation and a way forward that is sox compliant and sustainable.
• Develops and maintains all CAM financial reports and bridges for HR leadership and brand finance, to track CAM performance and KPIs, as well as to ensure visibility, transparency and adherence to budget.
• Performs ad-hoc analysis as needed, either independently or in conjunction with teams in Manila and Brazil.
• Performs 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.

Financial Responsibilities:

• The analyst would be responsible for approximately $240M operational budget that impacts HR leaders as well as Brand Finance VPs, Operations, and Brand Executive Leadership.
• The analyst’s objective is to end the year within +1/-1% of target.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or in a technical field at a minimum or significant and recent direct experience in FP&A role.
• Experience modeling complex financial or operational systems.
• 3-5 years related experience.
• Experience operating in a fast-paced, dynamic business environment.
• Strong understanding of business principles.
• Desire to learn and deliver business decision aids to operational leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to apply critical thought to complex problems.
• Advanced experience in financial modeling with Microsoft Excel (Excel Ninja preferred); proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word. 
• Dashboarding capabilities, using Microsoft BI, Tableau, or other visualization software.
• Must have excellent interpersonal, organization, verbal & written communication skills.
• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be detail oriented and able to apply critical thought to complex problems in order to identify optimal solutions.
• Must be able to work under tight timelines, prioritizing responsibilities as needed.
• Must work independently with minimal supervision.
• Proven ability to collaborate with peers and management; ability to work with all levels of an operational business area.
• Accepts accountability and delivers results.
• Must have ability to adapt to shifting priorities and align activities to meet organizational goals.
• Prior experience with Essbase/EPM 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!

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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