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Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world. The Royal Caribbean Group’s Newbuild Finance Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Senior Financial Analyst, Newbuild reporting to the Manager of Newbuild Finance. This position works on-site in Miami, Florida. Position Summary: This role offers the chance to work in a highly dynamic and innovative environment by providing critical financial support to RCG’s cutting-edge Newbuild and Innovation Organization. The finance team is responsible for actively managing costs of the newbuild portfolio of >$10B on a rolling 5-year cycle related to current and future projects. The finance team supports the Newbuild Organization by providing support to its operational and strategic processes and plays a critical role in fostering strong relationships with the shipyards. The finance team collaborates closely with the project and operational leaders to manage the project financials, risk, and opportunities. Additionally, the finance team is responsible for maintaining effective financial processes and controls across projects and creating and delivering effective financial reports that enable timely decision making and are compliant with RCG’s procedures. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead the financial management and cost tracking of several complex ship budgets, covering both shipyard and non-yard expenses. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Serves as primary financial contact for the project team. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Organize and conduct meetings with key project and operational leaders to review budget status, monitor scope commitments, and escalate potential risks promptly. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain and continuously update all financial trackers and budget documents to reflect the most current forecasts. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Oversee the identification, tracking, and management of risk items, ensuring items are addressed in each financial meeting with the project teams. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Assist the Lead/Finance Manager in creating financial presentations for monthly project team meetings, Newbuild executive meetings, and Executive Committee meetings. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Update the monthly capex file, managing the forecasting process for assigned ship(s), and providing variance explanations to the Capital Planning team. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Assist with the overhaul of the financial processes around Project Budgeting, risk monitoring and reporting, change order process and management reporting. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Collaborate with newbuild stakeholders and the Business Excellence team to implement a comprehensive change management process. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support the standardization process for initial newbuild budget creation and change order management. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Participate in the consolidations and automation of reporting across the entire NB portfolio inclusive of Newbuild, Fleet Mod and G&A disciplines. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Build a Power BI dashboard to provide newbuild and executive committee members with up-to-date project cost and risk tracking. Candidate will continuously enhance the dashboard as needed. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support quarterly internal and external audit processes by preparing and providing required financial data. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Financial Control of Vessel Construction costs, Revitalizations and projects. The active portfolio is >$10B on a rolling 5-year cycle. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Aids in all ad-hoc financial analysis requests within the department. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;background-color:white;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Perform other duties as required. </li> </ul> 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: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Bachelor’s degree in business, finance or in a technical field at a minimum or significant and recent direct experience in FP&A role. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Experience working with complex capital projects; example: industrial construction projects. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Excel and financial modeling required as well as proficiency with Microsoft package. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Working knowledge in Business Intelligence Visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">4-6 years related experience. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Candidate must have strong written and oral communication skills and be able to work effectively with all levels of operational personnel. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Must have the ability to think independently and explain complex solutions in a simple manner. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Positive attitude with proven history of success in project analysis, tracking & implementation. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Ability to ask critical questions and translate business unit opportunities into clear financial models. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Excellent organizational skills. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities with confidence and composure. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Ability to succeed in a team environment. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Ability to share information and work in a standardized environment. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Understanding of accounting processes, procedures, and internal controls. </li> </ul> 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. #LI-SH1

Senior Financial Analyst, Newbuild (Miami, FL, US, 33126)