Senior Analyst, Finance

Carnival Corporation•Seattle, WA

1d•$71,200 - $96,100•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Analyst, Finance serves as the primary Finance business partner for IT cost centers, providing financial leadership across budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, variance analysis, and long-range planning. The role works closely with department leaders to ensure accurate financial reporting, identify risks and opportunities, manage supplier and labor expenses, and support informed business decisions. This role is responsible for developing actionable financial insights, maintaining financial integrity, and driving accountability for operating expense performance across Holland America Line and Seabourn.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
Annual Operating Plans, forecasting, and financial planning
Month-end close support (including but not limited to accruals, allocations, or financial reporting)
Knowledge of financial statements, cost center management, and expense analysis
Advanced Excel (required)
Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis
Ability to analyze and reconcile large datasets from multiple systems and identify key business drivers
Ability to independently investigate financial issues and develop practical, data-driven recommendations
Ability to translate financial results, risks, and opportunities into clear and actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally (Operations, Accounting, Procurement)
Highly detail-oriented with strong data integrity focus
Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and forecast cycles simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

experience with: Oracle / Hyperion / Essbase preferred
Power BI or similar reporting and visualization tools preferred

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end financial management of assigned operating expense budgets, cost centers, and functional areas across Holland America Line and Seabourn.
Monitor spending against budget and forecast, identifying, analyzing, and resolving variances and financial discrepancies.
Ensure alignment between operational activities, financial forecasts, and financial reporting systems.
Proactively identify and mitigate financial risks related to spending trends, contract commitments, labor costs, and business assumptions.
Develop and maintain annual operating budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plans in partnership with business leaders.
Manage planning and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with business objectives and financial targets.
Analyze variances between actuals, forecasts, prior forecasts, and budgets, providing clear insights into key drivers and trends.
Monitor and communicate risks and opportunities impacting financial performance, recommending actions to improve forecast accuracy and budget adherence.
Provide financial analysis and actionable recommendations to support operational, workforce, supplier, and investment-related decisions.
Evaluate spending trends, resource requirements, contract impacts, and cost-saving opportunities to improve financial performance.
Deliver executive-level reporting and insights on operating results, financial risks, and opportunities to Finance and business leadership.
Support scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and ad hoc financial evaluations to assess business and financial impacts.
Serve as the primary Finance partner to business leaders, operational teams, Accounting, Procurement, Human Resources, and other key stakeholders.
Collaborate with Accounting to support month-end close activities, accruals, allocations, financial reporting, and issue resolution.
Translate complex financial information into clear business insights to support decision-making and accountability.
Drive continuous improvement in forecasting, reporting, financial controls, dashboards, and planning processes to enhance efficiency and transparency.