Senior Manager, Infrastructure Investments

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Royal Caribbean International brand has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Senior Manager, Infrastructure Investments on the Destination Development Team reporting to the Director, of Infrastructure Investments.

This position will work on-site in Miami, Florida

Position Summary:

Royal Caribbean is looking for a strategic Senior Manager to join its Infrastructure Investment Finance Group. The Infrastructure Investment Finance Group seeks strategic destination and infrastructure investments around the globe that serve Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s growing fleet of ships and markets, improve guest satisfaction, and generate long-term returns.  

This role entails oversight of the investment team as well as the overall financial management of the portfolio of investments managed by the Infrastructure Investment Finance Group in accordance with approved business objectives and target financial returns. The Sr Manager position is responsible for leading and managing a team of (6) infrastructure investment professionals, managing priorities across a vast portfolio of global initiatives, overseeing the transactional and strategic activities of both new and existing Infrastructure Investment projects, leading internal underwriting for new projects, and overseeing the forecasting and planning cycle of JV financials. 

Additionally, the role holder is responsible for formulating and leading the financial analysis for a proposed investment pipeline currently estimated at $5 billion. Proposed investments include creating wholly owned subsidiaries as well as forming joint ventures with financial and strategic investors.  

Other responsibilities include communicating with joint venture partners on a regular basis, coordinating deliverables with internal and external partners, and supporting the broader finance needs of the team on an ad hoc basis. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspire and lead a team of (6) infrastructure investment professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.  Mentor team members, promoting professional growth and development. 

• Responsible for modeling, forecasting, management reporting, valuation, and business analysis across the portfolio. Investment portfolio includes analysis of existing investments, research of potential new investments, and implementation of new investments.  

• Lead underwriting and business plans of new initiatives to gain internal support and develop strategies to structure and implement investments.  

• Lead engagement with potential investors, investment partners, bankers, consultants, and other external stakeholders.   

• Provide ad hoc support, assist with financial modeling, and produce various analyses as requested.  

• Manage concurrently multiple projects without compromising on the quality of the work by directing the work of analysts, planning around tight timelines, and effectively interfacing with business partners and other professionals.   

• Manage the existing Infrastructure Investment portfolio of Joint Ventures around the globe. 

• Report monthly and annual operating performance at both individual investment and portfolio level.  

• Maintain the portfolio investment analysis including updating of actual activity, forecasting future performance, analyzing calculated returns and valuations, and summarizing results. 

• Guide financial analysts, accountants, and tax partners in their advisory work in support of investment initiatives.  

• Structure investments and joint ventures to meet business objectives and strategies in collaboration with management from Technical Accounting Group, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Tax, Legal, Treasury, and other RCG teams.  

• Manage internal approval for selected projects by reviewing detailed financial models, business assumptions, and other project information with the Capital Committee Members and securing support from Capital Planning, Corporate Strategy, Treasury and Finance. 

• Leads discussions with financing sources and internal treasury to secure capital needs/debt financing for projects. 

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a quantitative discipline; MBA Preferred.

• Minimum 10 years' experience in finance with at least 3-5 years at the management level.

• Experience in valuation and deal execution through investment banking, accounting, asset management, or real estate investments preferred.

• Strong accounting, analytical, and financial analysis skills required.

• Detail-oriented and well organized. 

• Strong background in financial statement analysis.

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.  

• Ability to adapt to new challenges in a dynamic and fast paced environment while managing multiple projects. 

• Ability to effectively manage time-sensitive, contractual, financial, regulatory, or legal issues that can have a direct impact on the execution of an array of special initiatives. 

• Strong financial modeling, P&L forecasting, and business plan analysis experience.

• Strong experience with legal contracts and ability to review and provide feedback on complex legal agreements including, but not limited to shareholders agreements, berthing agreements, concession agreements, operating agreements, etc. 

• Keen attention to detail.

• Excellent writing and presentation creation skills.

• Excellent organizational, communication and peer management skills.

• Ability to prioritize deliverables and meet demanding deadlines.

• Ability to work well within a team-oriented environment and as an individual contributor.   

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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