Lead, IT Finance

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Information Technology Finance Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead, IT Finance reporting to the Sr. Manager, IT Finance and Labor Planning.

This position will work on-site in Miramar, Florida

Position Summary:

The Lead role includes forecasting, planning, reporting, and accounting for the global Information Technology organization.  

The position involves performing / leading financial activities including cost planning, cost estimates, financial analyses, cost reduction initiative tracking, monthly detailed accounting entries review, and forecasting of specific organization costs. 

A person in this role must have a broad background of industry best practices and performance metrics, as well as financial and accounting acumen. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Senior Financial Analysts engaged in forecasting, planning, reporting, and accounting for the global Information Technology organization.    
• Perform/review forecasting and accounting for specific organization costs including variance analyses. 
• Review monthly journal entries for referenced activity, in accordance with U.S. GAAP. 
• Lead/provide reporting and scorecard metrics for Information Technology management team including detailed variance analyses for actuals compared to plans/forecasts.  Facilitate metric re-designs, as needed, to provide management team with result indicators to manage financials effectively. 
• Re-design/develop reporting, as needed, to accommodate operational requests and provide guidance to meet or exceed financial goals. 
• Improve financial status/awareness by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends, and recommending actions to management.  
• Develop and prepare financial models, presenting and analyzing financial data in current status and what-if scenarios. 
• Work collaboratively with various internal teams (operational, financial, etc.) to ensure contract renewals and invoice payments are completed timely. 
• Special projects involvement/ownership, as assigned. 

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. 
• Minimum 5-7 years related work experience.
• Experience applying finance and accounting principles is essential.  
• Experience with U.S. GAAP adherence required. 
• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley controls and testing. 
• Must have excellent interpersonal, organization, verbal and written communication skills.  Working with team/function members across all levels within organization / externally and delivering recommendations and results to senior management. 
• Capable of making independent decisions. 
• Advanced analytical skill set including critical thinking. 
• Experienced in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.  Intermediate or above skills in Excel. 
• Must be detail oriented. 
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills for interacting with external and internal partners and delivering recommendations and results to senior management. 
• Results-oriented team player. 
• Must be able to work under tight timelines, prioritizing assignments as needed. 
• Must work independently with tasks assigned. 
• Must be able to type proficiently. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA and/or CPA preferred. 
• Experience with JD Edwards/Oracle applications and Essbase / EPM is highly preferred. 
• Experience managing / leading direct reports preferred. 
• I.T. Finance or technology-related experience highly preferred. 

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those requirements employees must meet to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations. 

• While performing job functions the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, write, review and type reports, compile data, operate a computer, communicate, listen, and assess information.
• The employee may move about the office complex, may travel to other office locations, and may lift, push, pull or move 10 - 15 pounds.
• Visual requirements include distant, close and color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

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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