Senior Financial Analyst, Hotel Operations & Onboard Revenue

• Forecast and Planning 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
• Accounting responsibilities:
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
• Other Responsibilities:
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

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 (ie 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