Mgr, Finance Rci Latam - Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec, México - Royal Caribbean Group

Rodrigo Fernández

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Rodrigo Fernández

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Position Summary:

This Manager role is responsible for the management and oversight of the Brand's financial performance in the LATAM region aimed at driving long-term profitable growth The role will have a direct reporting line to the International FD and a close dotted line to the AVP of the LATAM region It will have specific oversight of all LATAM RCI acquisition costs including Brazil (Commissions SG&A etc) ensuring costs of sale and overhead remain controlled and reporting is timely and accurate They will proactively benchmark against other markets/ sister brands/ competitors with the aim of driving best practice & improvements in business results Investments will be appraised for effectiveness and whether they influenced travel partner behaviour In addition they will be a true partner to the commercial business operations and play a vital role in the development of the region's strategies


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:


Role portfolio:
Guests 200k NTR $170M SG&A $14M; Commissions $18M
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1 Monthly close process:

Oversee the monthly close for RCI across the LATAM region covering all aspects of commission and SG&A costs
- including the reporting of all issues to the International FD

  • Report on sailed revenue performance and other key performance metrics on a monthly basis

2 Planning & Forecasting:


  • Manage the RCI annual operating plan process for the region for both sailed revenue and expenditure (operating & capital) Manage the quarterly and monthly forecast process for the region
Deliver a high level of forecast accuracy

  • Prepare presentations for the annual plan and quarterly forecasts in review meetings with senior management
  • Identification and quantification of risks and opportunities in all forecast/ plans
  • Manage the capital acquisition request process to properly justify the benefits of capital expenditures while facilitating the approval process

3 Routine Internal Reporting:


Responsible for the preparation of:

  • Monthly management reporting on ship & market performance
  • Responsible for facilitating the monthly preclose variance analysis review Ad hoc reports
as requested

Establish proper/ periodic communication protocol between LATAM Finance and corporate functions to ensure timely dissemination of accounting and forecast information (policy changes reporting requirements S&M or G&A program changes etc)


4 Channel and Commissions structures
Evaluates the overall business model integrating all Channels (Trade

  • CO and Direct)
  • Partners with the RCI commercial/ sales team to develop and review all commission proposals
  • Partners with central International Marketing team to understand investment decisions and ROI on these investments
  • Provide regular analysis on the commission expenditure / channel performance and profitability

5 Contract & vendor selection
Partners with budget owners to review vendor selection proposals/ bids

  • Oversee the Finance review of all contracts

6 Capital Investment Projects

  • Responsible for assisting business managers with preparation of cost and benefits justification for capital investment projects including IRR and NPV calculations
  • Responsible for analysing capital projects for reasonableness
  • Responsible for facilitating the approval process for capital projects in a timely manner
  • Responsible for post project review of capital investments to ensure forecast benefits have been achieved

7 Management of staff

  • Responsible for management of one member of staff based in our Mexico office Develop the LATAM Finance team addressing any performance
development and workload optimisation


9 Other
Assist International Finance Director Brand Finance VP and other senior management in ad hoc projects eg

  • Strategic Planning
  • Market Development & supporting nontraditional opportunities
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Performs other duties as required
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position

  • Employees will be required to perform any other jobrelated duties assigned by their supervisor or management

Financial Responsibilities (For management roles only)

  • Responsible for monitoring & driving improvements in LATAM revenue $170M
  • Responsible for control & optimisation of LATAM investment
  • SG&A $14M; Commissions $18M

Key Relationships:


  • RCI LATAM Sales & Commercial teams (based in Mexico & Miami)
  • International Finance & RCI Brand Finance
  • International Marketing
  • Brazil shared service team Other shared service teams including Accounting Legal
HR etc

  • Inhouse Conduent team (who outsourced call centre)

Qualifications:

Minimum level of education and experience required to perform the work include:

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or related function Minimum 3 years' experience in a commercial environment in an analytical/ FP&A role
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Fluent English:


  • Prior management experience preferred
  • Travel ind

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