VP of Finance - Lead Strategy & Park Growth

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Complementary Park Tickets

Park Discounts on Food and Merchandise

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401K Retirement plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Disability Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment in Tampa seeks a strategic VP, Finance to guide financial planning, budgeting and reporting for the park and related operations. You will partner with park leadership to optimize performance and safeguard assets.

Lead a team across IT, labor, internal controls and capital planning, deliver monthly forecasts, pro forma analyses and strategic insights. The role requires GAAP knowledge, strong communication and the ability to influence at all levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required. Degree in Finance or Accounting preferred. MBA or CPA preferred.
• Seven (7) years progressive experience focused on Finance or Accounting, preferably in a service industry/theme park setting. Experience with revenue operations such as admissions, food or merchandise is a plus.
• Minimum of five (5) years of successful functional leadership; experience to include developing and driving strategic direction and alignment.
• Must have excellent leadership skills and analytical abilities, including experience leading forecasting, budgeting and financial statement review for an organization.
• Proven experience developing pro forma and financial return justifications for capital projects.
• Ability to work with all levels of an organization to influence and drive desired results.
• Demonstrates excellent capacity to communicate sophisticated Finance concepts and materials to a variety of audiences, from front-line employee to the Parks' executive teams.
• Good understanding of GAAP and internal controls.
• Must be able to embrace and model company culture.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications. Knowledge of SAP and Workday preferred.
• Working knowledge of fraud prevention tool use, such as Accertify and Emailage
• Must have knowledge of, and the ability to ensure compliance with, all federal, state and company guidelines related to industry and theme parks.
• Demonstrated initiative and appropriate judgment.
• Must have ability to walk up to 1 mile uninterrupted and lift 25 pounds

Responsibilities

• Develops and coordinates creation of park business strategy which is ultimately developed into a one year detailed business plan/budget.
• Lead a team to produce monthly financial forecasts and variance explanations.
• Provide well-thought out and analyzed responses to request for analysis from Tampa's Corporate Partners.
• Act as a financial business partner to departmental executives and management to analyze proposals to drive the business.
• Ensure labor is scheduled to match Guest volume and park operational needs through leadership of the scheduling team.
• Lead the Timekeeping Team, ensuring Tampa SEA Ambassadors have their labor hours accurately recorded as the input to Corporate Payroll.
• Lead the team tasked to minimize external and internal fraud and annual pass misuse using a variety of compliance tools.
• Oversee development of the Tampa parks’ annual capital plans to include the development of business cases for return generating projects.
• Provide for appropriate technology solutions to parks needs through leadership of the parks' Information Technology Team.
• Leadership, supervision and support of staff. Ensures daily functions are performed on a timely and accurate basis
• Working closely with Park President and park senior leadership team to ensure business operations are performing as required by parks' business plans by monitoring performance to plan and recommending adjustments to plan as necessary
• Partners with Marketing, Finance, and Revenue Management teams to identify product and promotional pricing strategies to maximize revenue
• Work closely with SEA financial leadership including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer on all aspects of financial operations, compliance, and business performance
• Responsible for overall workflow process and efficiencies
• Ensure compliance with company and legal guidelines.

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Finance or Accounting

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

SAP

Workday

Microsoft Office

Job description

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment in Tampa seeks a strategic VP, Finance to guide financial planning, budgeting and reporting for the park and related operations. You will partner with park leadership to optimize performance and safeguard assets.

Lead a team across IT, labor, internal controls and capital planning, deliver monthly forecasts, pro forma analyses and strategic insights. The role requires GAAP knowledge, strong communication and the ability to influence at all levels.