Senior Manager, Shipboard Finance Operations

Responsibilities

• Direct Oversight of Finance Fleet Managers and Shipboard Finance
• Establishes/monitors department and establishes priorities, goals, and projects to ensure timely and accurate project and task completion.
• Communicates departmental progress on new initiatives and emerging issues to director on a regular basis.
• Leads staff meetings to direct team to achieve departmental and Company goals, while also communicating events / changes going on inside the department and the company.
• Cultivates an environment where teams are motivated, knowledgeable and proactive.
• Travel as necessary to ensure collaboration and connection.
• Directs and completes various decisions at all levels ensuring vision of the company is maintained.
• Onboard Accounting Policies, Audits, and SOX
• Direct oversight of the onboard financial policies that ensure compliance within the organization.
• Responsible for the resolution of internal audit findings related to financial policies and procedures.
• Ensure shipboard Finance is adhering to their processes and reporting structure.
• Performs required department related SOX testing, ownership of controls, and processes.
• Ensures adherence to policies and procedures and promptly escalates issues to senior management according to established departmental guidelines.
• Crew Appreciation and Service Charge programs
• Provide monthly statistical reporting of Guest Collection for all programs.
• Direct changes necessary for Payroll Systems to process collections.
• Business Manager of the Shipboard Property Management System
• Serves as subject matter expert of onboard financial systems and processes, manages daily operations, troubleshoots system issues, and analyzes business needs.
• Identifies process optimization opportunities and uses big picture view to calibrate priorities that are aligned to the organizational goals.
• Collaborate with departments within the organization and understands the impact to the business.
• Aid in championing new ideas.
• Understands the company vision and strategy.
• Provides guidance to direct reports in supporting solutions that are aligned with the organization’s goals.
• Project-manage various strategic business programs to ensure optimization and completion which results in efficiency and/or streamlines financial performance.
• Subject matter expert in miscellaneous processes including Time and Attendance and various payroll projects: CAPS and Brightwell.
• Directs and conduct Shipboard Operations visits to ensure Shipboard Finance Departments operate in conjunction with company standards and policies.

Requirements

• Ability to manage time and engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously at a fast pace.
• Experience managing business/financial planning and analysis processes.
• Able to multi-task, work independently and balance requests at peak workloads (or change gears quickly for important requests) from various departments and upper management.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools to include Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Strong team management and team collaboration skills.
• The ability to develop strong relationships across departments and organizations to define and deliver business and process solutions.
• Able to work with all levels of management.
• Excellent active listening and communication skills (verbal and written) in English.
• Flexibility to travel on short notice for operational shipboard visits.