Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Carnival Corporation & plc; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid work (up to 2 days from home)

Employee Discounted Cruising

Company paid Health Cash Plan

Job summary

Carnival UK is seeking a highly skilled Financial Planning and Analytics professional to join the Reporting & Analytics team. You will review consolidated results, build driver-based forecasts and provide timely, governance-compliant reports to enable strategic decisions.

We value advanced Excel expertise, experience in FP&A, and strong communication. This full-time, permanent role offers hybrid work with up to two days from home, and a chance to influence performance across the finance function.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with finance systems (Oracle EPM desirable).
• Experience in a management reporting, FP&A function
• Ability to effectively communicate, co-ordinate and collaborate
• Ability to work unsupervised and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines
• Relevant IT Competency
• Commercial awareness / business knowledge
• Good analysis, communication and presentation skills
• Proactive, problem solver with the ability to add value

Responsibilities

• Review of consolidated financial results and forecasts for accuracy and integrity, ensuring commentaries support understanding of performance drivers, proactively challenging and identifying areas for further investigation to the Finance Business Partner Team to drive improved performance management and manage risk
• Design and build performance management reports, ensuring governance and compliance with business rules, and providing advice and guidance to the wider business functions on reporting and analytics capabilities
• Design, develop and evolve strategic modelling capabilities, using commercial acumen to establish driver-based scenario analytics to support business decision making, working closely with finance to share insight and support the business
• Provide ad-hoc consolidated analysis and insight to support decision making

Skills

Advanced Excel

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Commercial awareness

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Oracle EPM

Job description

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 Financial Planning and Analytics to bring fresh insights and expertise to our finance department.

Role Overview

This role is part of the Reporting & Analytics team which oversee the delivery of central reporting, analysis and coordination of Forecasting and Planning for finance and the wider business functions. Key requirements are to provide reliable, timely, accurate and insightful reporting and analytics to the wider business functions, ensuring consistency and governance. Review consolidated financial results and forecasts to support and challenge understanding of performance drivers. Governance of data and reports used for management performance reporting and analytics, providing advice and guidance to the wider business functions on reporting and analytics capabilities. Support other areas of the business performance agenda as required including Strategic and Operating Plan processes. Design, develop and interpret financial models and reports, including long term strategic modelling capabilities

This pivotal role will involve:

• Review of consolidated financial results and forecasts for accuracy and integrity, ensuring commentaries support understanding of performance drivers, proactively challenging and identifying areas for further investigation to the Finance Business Partner Team to drive improved performance management and manage risk
• Design and build performance management reports, ensuring governance and compliance with business rules, and providing advice and guidance to the wider business functions on reporting and analytics capabilities
• Design, develop and evolve strategic modelling capabilities, using commercial acumen to establish driver-based scenario analytics to support business decision making, working closely with finance to share insight and support the business
• Provide ad-hoc consolidated analysis and insight to support decision making

This role is positioned at CUK8 level within our organisation and is available on a full-time, permanent basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.

What You'll Bring

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with finance systems (Oracle EPM desirable).
• Experience in a management reporting, FP&A function
• Ability to effectively communicate, co-ordinate and collaborate
• Ability to work unsupervised and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines
• Relevant IT Competency
• Commercial awareness / business knowledge
• Good analysis, communication and presentation skills
• Proactive, problem solver with the ability to add value

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.

Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague here.

Here's what we offer:

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Annual bonus
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee-led networks
• 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
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• A friendly welcome with help settling in

About Us

Holidays are one of life's greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It's through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.