Hotel FP&A Analyst - Forecasting & Cost Control

Royal Caribbean Group; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking an Analyst for Financial Planning and Analysis to support Hotel Operations with budgeting, forecasting, and detailed financial analysis. This on-site role in Miami partners with Finance, Accounting, Corporate Planning, and Operations to deliver accurate insights and drive cost control.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years in finance or operations analysis, solid Excel skills, and experience with forecasting and variance analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field required.
• 1-3 years of relevant finance, accounting, business analysis, or operations finance experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and expense reporting concepts.
• Oracle or similar enterprise financial system experience is helpful.
• Strong Excel skills and financial modeling experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed monthly analysis of operating plan and forecast performance, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities for manager review.
• Support the Hotel Operations finance budget, plan, and forecast process by gathering inputs, validating data, and updating forecast files and reports.
• Create, update, and maintain accurate recurring reporting and analysis for Hotel expense lines, including ship-level and line-of-expense views.
• Maintain cost control documentation and perform assigned checks to support compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, accounting, and company policies.
• Support vendor evaluations, payment approvals, invoice processing, reclasses, accruals, and other month-end activities as assigned.
• Coordinate with Accounting, Corporate Planning, Hotel Operations, ships, and other internal partners to collect information, validate assumptions, and resolve routine questions.
• Maintain tracking for assigned initiatives such as payroll, gratuities, consumption and replaceables, entertainment fees, inventory, and other Hotel Operations expense categories.
• Analyze variances to plan and forecast, prepare draft explanations, and elevate items requiring manager review.
• Assist with the development and improvement of tracking tools, templates, and reports that support departmental visibility and decision-making.
• Prepare materials and draft presentations for review by the Manager of Hotel Finance and support discussions with Operations stakeholders as needed.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Financial modeling

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Oracle

ERP systems

Job description

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking an Analyst for Financial Planning and Analysis to support Hotel Operations with budgeting, forecasting, and detailed financial analysis. This on-site role in Miami partners with Finance, Accounting, Corporate Planning, and Operations to deliver accurate insights and drive cost control.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years in finance or operations analysis, solid Excel skills, and experience with forecasting and variance analysis.