BASIC PURPOSE: Provides finance support to executive leadership, various corporate functions, operations finance, capital management, accounting, and/or other areas of the business. This includes modeling short- and long-term financial results, budget and forecast preparation, financial results analysis and presentation to management. Also assists the accounting department with month end close activities.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Build and maintain short and long-term projections for use by NCLH leadership as well as various internal and external stakeholders.
- Research and report on financial actual result variances against budget and forecast. Seek to understand root causes of those variances.
- Assist in monthly closing activities such as, journal entry preparation, review, research and preparation of monthly variance explanations, accruals, and analytical support to Management.
- Investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
- Assist various departments with the development, review and upload of all budgets and forecasts.
- Communicate with a wider audience outside of Finance as needed.
- Prepare presentations for leadership that support leadership's influence of other groups.
- Understand what drives costs and identify/elevate issues when necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, finance or related field of study; or any equivalent combination of relevant background and work experience. Master's Preferred.
EXPERIENCE: 2 - 3 years' experience in Finance, Accounting, and/or budgeting functions. Experience performing various types of business analysis at a high level preferred.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS: Excellent quantitative and analytical skills for a senior level position. Must be an organized, detail-oriented individual fluent in Microsoft Suite applications including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are mandatory to support working directly with upper management and operations team members. The ideal candidate will be flexible to support a variety of tasks and eager to learn new skills and concepts. Willing to take ownership of areas of responsibility. The individual must be a team player who is able to work well with team members and outside contacts. Willing to go the extra mile to ensure projects are completed on time. Must demonstrate ability to work with the highest degree of accuracy.
