Lead Financial Analyst, Newbuild

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd•Miami, FL

51d•Onsite

About The Position

This role offers the chance to work in a highly dynamic and innovative environment by providing critical financial support to RCG’s cutting-edge Newbuild and Innovation Organization. The finance team is responsible for actively managing costs of the newbuild portfolio of approximately $30B on a rolling 5-year cycle related to current and future projects. The finance team supports the Newbuild Organization by providing support to its operational and strategic processes and plays a critical role in fostering strong relationships with the shipyards. The finance team collaborates closely with the project and operational leaders to manage the project financials, risk, and opportunities. Additionally, the finance team is responsible for maintaining effective financial processes and controls across projects and creating and delivering effective financial reports that enable timely decision making and are compliant with RCG’s procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or in a technical field at a minimum; or significant and recent direct experience in FP&A role.
Excel and financial modeling required, proficiency with Microsoft package.
Working knowledge in Business Intelligence Visualization tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.
6-8 years related experience.
Candidate must have strong written and oral communication skills and be able to work effectively with all levels of operational personnel.
Positive attitude with proven history of success in project analysis, tracking & implementation.
Ability to ask critical questions and translate business unit opportunities into clear financial models.
Excellent organizational skills.
Ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities with confidence and composure.
Ability to succeed in a team environment.
Ability to share information and work in a standardized environment.
Understanding of accounting processes, procedure and internal controls.

Responsibilities

Own the financial management and cost tracking of the entire project budget, covering both yard and non-yard expenses.
Serves as primary financial contact for the newbuild and brand leadership team
Lead and oversee meetings with key project and operational leaders to review budget status, monitor scope commitments, and proactively escalate risk to senior leadership.
Supervise the continuous updates of all financial trackers and the Yellow Sheet (the primary budget document) to ensure they reflect the most current forecasts.
Manage the identification, tracking & management of risk items and ensures items are addressed in each financial meeting with the project teams.
Collaborate with the site office finance counterpart to keep the change order forecast current, finalize change orders, and manage the approval process for change order memos.
Create financial presentations for monthly project team meetings, Newbuild executive meetings, and CFO meetings.
Tasked with improving and evolving both new and existing process, systems and tools
Review all journal entries prior to Finance Manager / Sr. Manager approval to ensure compliance with company policies.
Supervise analyst /Sr. analyst as they update the monthly capex file and review forecast and variance explanations for accuracy.
Coordinate calls with the Owner’s Supply Teams and IT departments monthly to ensure capex updates are accurately reflected in submissions.
Lead the tracking and reporting of foreign exchange and hedging activities, working closely with treasury teams to monitor the latest ECA financing developments.
Oversee the monthly submittal of the (Non-Yard Cost) NYC file monthly to the Treasury team, ensuring it includes the latest forecasts for Change Orders and Non-Yard Costs.
Support quarterly internal and external audit processes by preparing and providing required financial data.
Provides support, guidance and training to the analysts/ Sr. analysts on the team.
Aids in all ad-hoc financial analysis request within the department