Manager, Onboard Revenue and Marketing FP and A - Hybrid

One of the best-known names in cruising, Princess is the world’s leading international premium cruise line and tour company, carrying millions of guests each year to hundreds of destinations around the globe.  With parent company Carnival Corporation, Princess has introduced Medallion Class Vacations. This award-winning innovation offers the fastest way to an effortless, personalized vacation.

We are seeking an experienced Manager, Onboard Revenue and Marketing FP&A to join our team. This is a hybrid position and will be based in our Fort Lauderdale office. In this role you’ll be responsible for overseeing financial operations of Onboard Revenue and Marketing operational areas and support Senior Management by interpreting financial information, identifying and highlighting trends in financial performance, conducting financial analysis, automating recurring deliverables and making recommendations to support processes and profit improvement.

Here’s a summary of what Princess is looking for in its Manager, Onboard Revenue and Marketing FP&A. Is this you?

Responsibilities

• Support Onboard Revenue and Marketing operations in development of quarterly forecasts, and yearly strategic/operational plans. Model financial impact of initiatives in strategic and operating plans. Assist with ROI analysis for capital requests.
• Work with Onboard Revenue and Marketing departments on a monthly basis to help ensure that they understand the financial performance of their business incorporating the Director and/or VP into those meetings as agreed during the course of the year.
• Complete financial analysis and build executive-style dashboards/reports that provides new business insight by identifying trends, cost drivers, or opportunities to improve profitability and presenting major accomplishments to senior management.
• Build and maintain relationship with operational departments and work with other Finance departments to ensure accounting, accruals, planning, and forecasting are properly supported.
• Drive communication and meetings with internal and external departments for timely identification of variance drivers, risks, opportunities or trends and incorporate those in forecast/plan.
• Complete monthly variance analysis of actual results to Plan, Forecasts and prior month/quarter in accordance with published timelines and standards or on an ad-hoc basis as requested ensuring completeness. Consolidate and review all relevant financial reporting in accordance with published timelines and standards. Isolate performance drivers including fleet deployment and currency exchange rate fluctuation.
• Leverage AI/ML tools to identify actionable operational/reporting improvement opportunities, efficient way to organize the team and support the business including eliminating non-value added activities.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis required to support Monthly Brand President and Operational Leader meetings including presenting findings as called upon.
• Oversee transactional FX reporting for Onboard Revenue and Marketing.
• Meet with Financial Accounting on a monthly basis to review financial performance, discuss accruals and reclassifications, and review updates for any new/current operating initiatives.
• Manage, coach, and oversee a Senior Financial Analysts supporting Onboard Revenue and Marketing, including providing performance feedback and year end evaluations.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Business of Finance Administration, Masters Degree strongly preferred.
• Five plus years of finance/accounting experience with two to three years of progressively responsible managerial experience.
• Must have strong, analytical and spreadsheet utilization skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including but not limited to Microsoft VBA, building macros.
• Experience with cloud based Financial Planning tools such as Hyperion.
• Experience with BI tools, SQL queries, MS Access, data warehouse and other data visualization tools.
• Experience using AI/ML tools for process improvement and automation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience evaluating and improving financial processes.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to multi-task.
• Experience of driving efficient and well-organized meetings.
• Ability to develop, communicate, and facilitate plan and forecast processes.