Sr. Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd•Miami, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking a full-time Senior Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis to support financial and administrative functions for Hotel Operations and Onboard Revenue. This role involves planning, reporting, and business analysis, with a critical need for effective communication of financial information to senior management and operational groups. The position is based in Miami, FL and is an onsite role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance and/or Accounting, and MBA preferred.
3 years Financial Analysis and/or Accounting experience.
Knowledge and extensive experience in accounting and/or other financial/analytical systems (i.e. JD Edwards, Hyperion, Essbase, Excel).
Must be able to fully integrate into Royal Caribbean shoreside and shipboard culture.
Skills to proactively manage hotel expenses and onboard revenue, support financial discipline, and ensure meeting or exceeding Hotel department financial targets and controls.
Strong analytical & computer skills, written and verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
Experience with artificial intelligence models, database and analytical programming skills (including SAS and SQL, etc.)
Ability to assimilate ideas/concepts into data driven models and strategies.
Working knowledge of associated financial software and communication packages.
Ability to adapt quickly and learn new tasks independently.
Ability to succeed in a team environment.
Excellent organization skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

Assist in the analysis of operating plan performance and provide forecasts that support organizational goals and objectives for certain cost centers.
Perform Annual operating plan process including development of planning schedules, spreadsheet tools, and financial models.
Develop and maintain robust demand and cost forecasting models (time series, regression, segmentation, etc).
Integrate with external data sources to discover interesting trends.
Leverage AI to develop revenue and cost optimization models.
Partner with IT and BI Teams to build and optimize data pipelines and feedback loops into the models.
Create and maintain accurate and real time management reports and analysis including quick turn-around of ad-hoc financial analysis in a dynamic environment.
Perform and communicate weekly tracking of actuals with updates to Hotel Operations management. Highlight outliers and drivers.
Prepare and present hotel financials to Hotel Operations management. Communicate progress towards corporate objectives and provide detailed variance analysis of monthly results.
Maintain and ensure cost controls are in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, accounting and other company policies.
Prepare journal entries related to assigned functional responsibilities (reclasses, accruals and other month-end entries to be submitted to accounting).
Support vendor evaluations and facilitates payment approvals and invoice processing.
Provide support to ship managers and shipboard staff with inquiries related to their budgets (hotel and Onboard revenue).
Cross train as back-ups for other staff in the case of emergencies.
Support special projects/requests as determined by Hotel Operations Management and/or Finance Management.
Research and resolve Business Unit(s) inquiries for assigned functional areas.
Perform other duties as required.
Assist the development of annual operating plans, forecasts for hotel and onboard revenue.
Develop detail variance explanations to plan and forecast for CFO variance analysis review of onboard revenue and operations expenses.