Finance Analyst & Business Partner

Carnival; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Carnival UK is seeking a qualified Finance Analyst to join the Finance Business Partnering team. The role involves planning, forecasting, and performance analysis, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and identifying opportunities for business improvement. This full-time position offers hybrid working and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Employee Discounted Cruising

Extensive learning and development opportunities

Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes

Life Assurance

Minimum 25 days leave with holiday trading scheme

Defined Contribution Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Relevant accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Experience in management reporting or analytics.
• Business partnering experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the forecasting process and analyze month-end performance.
• Ensure accuracy in financial and operational reporting.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve business performance.

Skills

Analysis

Communication

Presentation

Commercial awareness

Education

Fully qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA

Job description

Carnival UK are a leading name in the holiday sector, dedicated to delivering unforgettable holiday happiness to our customers. Our success is built on a foundation of diverse talents and perspectives, and we believe in fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

In our continuous journey of growth and innovation at Carnival UK, we are seeking a fully qualified Finance Analyst to bring fresh insights and expertise to our finance department.

Role Overview

This role is part of the Finance Business Partnering team, overseeing the planning, forecasting and performance analysis for a business function within Carnival UK. The key requirements are to supply reliable, timely and accurate analysis of our financials to finance business partners and the wider business functions. You will be required to review financial results & support understanding of performance drivers and variances, proactively identifying opportunities to improve performance, manage risk and support the evaluation of commercial and revenue driving initiatives.

This pivotal role will involve:

• Support the forecasting process and the analysis of month end performance
• Support other areas of the business performance agenda as required including Strategic Plans, Operating Plans, capital planning and Supplier contract agreement processes
• Ensure integrity in the link between Finance reports and operational or performance reports e.g. Power BI & P&L
• Recommend improvements to functionality and capability of financial reporting systems to increase efficiency and analytical capabilities

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK08 and is offered on a full-time permanent basis, with hybrid working in our Southampton office, including up to two days from home.

What you’ll Bring

Your unique background and skills are what will make you stand out. We’re looking for:

• A relevant accounting qualification (fully qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Experience of a management reporting, planning or analytics function.
• Experience of business partnering and stakeholder collaboration.

About You: The ideal Candidate

You are more than just your CV. You’re someone who brings:

• Ability to co-ordinate inputs from multiple functions efficiently
• Excellent analysis, communication, and presentation skills
• Commercial awareness / business knowledge.

Application Guidance

Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from those with varied experiences, whether you meet every listed requirement or not. If you’re passionate about finance and looking for an opportunity to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

Working with us means more than just a role in finance. It’s about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth. Here’s what we offer:

• Home and office-based hybrid working (up to 2 days from home)
• Annual bonus
• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme

Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases, we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications once this happens.

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