Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis reporting to the Director of Infrastructure Investments.

This position works on-site in Miami, Florida.

Position Summary:

Royal Caribbean is looking for a Manager to join its Infrastructure Investment Finance Group. This role will help lead the core financial planning and analysis function for the group — building and maintaining forecasts, budgets, and management reporting that give leadership a clear, timely view of financial performance and support sound decision-making.

This role entails ownership of the annual budgeting process, monthly and quarterly forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting for the Infrastructure Investment Finance Group's portfolio. The Manager position is responsible for leading and managing a finance team of professionals, driving consistency and rigor in forecasting methodology, developing reporting tools and dashboards, and partnering closely with cross-functional teams to translate operational and investment activity into clear financial narratives for senior leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspire and lead a team of finance professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Mentor team members, promoting professional growth and development.
• Own the annual budget and long-range planning process for the Infrastructure Investment Finance Group, including timeline management, template development, and consolidation of inputs across the team.
• Lead monthly and quarterly forecasting cycles, ensuring forecasts are timely, accurate, and reconciled to actuals; identify and explain key drivers of variance to plan and prior forecast.
• Manage concurrently multiple planning and reporting deliverables without compromising quality, by directing the work of analysts, planning around tight timelines, and effectively interfacing with business partners.
• Develop and maintain management reporting packages, dashboards, and KPI tracking that give leadership a clear, consistent view of financial performance across the portfolio.
• Provide ad hoc support, financial modeling, and business analysis as requested by senior leadership.
• Report monthly and annual operating performance at both individual initiative and portfolio level.
• Maintain the portfolio financial analysis including updating of actual activity, forecasting future performance, and summarizing results for leadership review.
• Take complex financial and operational data and communicate the key drivers and results in a concise manner, formulating meaningful recommendations for leadership.
• Partner with Accounting, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Tax, Treasury, and other RCG teams to ensure planning assumptions and financial reporting are consistent and well-supported.
• Support the internal approval process for selected initiatives by preparing and reviewing financial models, budget-to-actual analysis, and other supporting information for Capital Committee and finance leadership review.
• Continuously improve forecasting methodology, reporting tools, and financial processes to increase efficiency and accuracy across the team.
• Performs other duties as required.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree is required/Master's degree desirable.
• Minimum 6 years' experience in finance with at least 2 years at the management level.
• Experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or accounting preferred.
• Strong accounting, analytical, research and financial analysis skills required.
• Strong financial acumen with deep experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Strong project management skills.
• Detail-oriented and well organized.
• Strong background in financial statement analysis.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to adapt to new challenges in a dynamic and fast paced environment while managing multiple projects.
• Ability to effectively manage time-sensitive, financial, or reporting deadlines that can have a direct impact on the execution of an array of special initiatives.
• Strong financial modeling, P&L forecasting, and business plan analysis experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial reporting/BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar) strongly preferred.
• Excellent writing and presentation creation skills.
• Excellent organizational, communication and peer management skills.
• Ability to prioritize deliverables and meet demanding deadlines.
• Ability to work well within a team-oriented environment and as an individual contributor.

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!

The position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship.

Agency and Third-Party Submissions: Please note this is a direct search by the Company, and applications through agencies and other third parties will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited resumes. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered the Company's property. 

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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