Finance Manager

Finance Manager – Cruise Ancillaries and Reporting

Luton, UK

Starting Salary £58,000 + Exceptional Benefits

About Marella Cruises:

In a buoyant market Marella Cruises is performing well and going through an exciting time of fleet modernisation, whilst also moving to owner managed model. Marella Cruises operates a fleet of 6 ships for a UK customer base and operates out of homeports across Europe, Caribbean with a planned Asia itinerary in W18/19.

As a Finance Manager you will partner the Head of Ancillaries and oversee all elements of the Cruise Ancillary financial support. You will also be responsible for Cruise Performance Reporting both in terms of Cruise Margin which rolls up as part of the overall UK&I profit and also externally reported EBITA. This role will manage and develop 2 Finance Analysts.

About this Finance Manager role:

Details of this role include but are not limited to...

• Overseeing the financial management of the Ancillaries budget (c.£35m), whilst working with the business to establish a clear roadmap for Ancillary strategy. 
• Providing financial guidance for new initiatives, contract negotiation and supporting business cases.
• Driving forward improvements to MI reporting and ensure the Commercial Team has the tools available for informed decision making, initiate process improvement and also maintain the integrity reported numbers by ensuring the necessary balance sheet controls are in place.
• You will also be responsible for Cruise Performance Reporting, including month end reporting, forecasting, risk & opps management, initiative tracking and operational cash flow.  You will hold relationships with FP&A function and Group Reporting and Investor Relations team to help with consistent, clear messaging of Cruise performance. You will review, critic and challenge to help guide Cruise profit development.
• Co-ordination and shaping key monthly reporting output (Cruise Board / Bi Monthly senior review) for Cruise Finance Business Partner review will sit in this role, as will driving improvements in the reporting process and You will support the 5YP and Budget reporting requirements through coordination of inputs and support to the final presentation pack.  A key element will be producing reports and ensuring integrity of ship level profitability to facilitate commercial decision making and benchmarking against industry performance. You will work towards automating Cruise performance direct from SAP.

For a more complete list of the details of this Finance Manager role, please see the attached document below.

What we are looking for in our Finance Manager:

• Qualified accountant with PQE
• Proven ability to influence and build strong relationships at senior levels
• Challenging and analytically minded
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty
• Strong analytical and presentational skills
• Proactive attitude & self-starter
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to meet multiple deadlines
• Good attention to detail

Benefits available to our Finance Manager:

• Annual bonus up to 30%
• Flexible Working
• Up to 5% pension contribution
• Single cover private medical care (option to purchase for family)
• TUI share programme with 20% discount
• £500 TUI holiday concession on first year’s service (increases with service)
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (option to purchase more)
• Ongoing professional development and genuine career progression
• Company laptop
• Childcare Vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Train/Bus Season ticket loan
• Discounted foreign currency and travel insurance
• Access to “Insider deals”
• 20% inflight retail discount

If this Finance Manager vacancy sounds right for you, please apply below now.