Senior Financial Analyst, Capital Expenses

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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Financial Analyst of Capital Expenses reporting to the Manager of IT Finance.

This position works on-site in Miramar, Florida.

Position Summary:

The Senior Financial Analyst role includes forecasting, planning, reporting, and accounting for the Information Technology organization.  

The position involves performing financial activities including cost planning, financial analyses, cost reduction initiative tracking, telecom expense management, monthly detailed accounting entries, and forecasting of specific organization costs.  

The candidate must have a broad background of industry best practices and performance metrics, as well as financial and accounting acumen. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform forecasting and accounting for specific organization costs including variance analyses.   
• Prepare monthly journal entries for referenced activity, in accordance with U.S. GAAP. 
• Provide monthly 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. 
• Oversee TEM provider client/vendor relationship. 
• 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 teams to ensure invoice payments are completed timely. 
• Partner with Product Owners and Supply Chain organization to review and analyze contracts and provide recommendations. 
• Special projects involvement/ownership, as assigned.
• Support overall I.T. organization financial goals/objectives.  

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting. 
• Minimum 5-7 years related work experience. 
• Experience applying finance and accounting principles.  
• Experience with U.S. GAAP adherence required. 
• I.T. Finance or technology-related experience highly preferred. 
• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley controls and testing. 
• Advanced analytical skill set including critical thinking. 
• Experience with JD Edwards/Oracle applications & EPM is highly preferred. 
• Must have excellent interpersonal, organization, verbal & written communication skills.
• Ability to work with team/function members across all levels within organization. 
• Experienced in Microsoft Excel, Word, & PowerPoint.  Advanced skills in Excel. 
• Experience with BI tool is highly preferred. 
• Must be detail oriented. 
• Must be able to work under tight timelines, prioritizing assignments as needed. 
• Must work independently with tasks assigned. 

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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