Strategic Financial Planner

vor 4 Wochen


Genf, Genf, Schweiz MSC CRUISES Vollzeit

Job Purpose

We are seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to join our Group Financial Planning and Controlling (FPC) Team at MSC Cruises.

This is a multi-faceted role with a broad remit, encompassing the successful delivery of budgeting and forecasting activities, communication of corporate level policies and guidance, coordination of planning, and business partnering with departments on personnel and overheads expenditure.

Key Accountabilities

Budgeting and Forecasting:

  • Oversee the delivery of the overall budgeting and forecasting lifecycle.
  • Design, manage and communicate the budgeting timetable, working with the FPC team and stakeholders to ensure feasibility and alignment with their internal timelines.
  • Coordinate the production and communication of all related budget guidance, including documentation and templates.
  • Coordinate budget communications including budget and related performance targets.
  • Organise and coordinate budget meetings and presentations.
  • Clearly outline and communicate the budgeting and forecasting responsibilities across the company.
  • Review and improve forecasting approach and methodologies to increase accuracy and predictability.
  • Work closely with FPC team to coordinate effective and timely consolidated group level analysis and insights.

Effective Corporate Communications:

  • Oversee communications from Group Planning and Controlling (and Central Finance HQ, where applicable) on any policies and guidelines.
  • Maintain a detailed email distribution list of all stakeholders to facilitate an efficient communication process.
  • Assist with the preparation of presentations for senior management.

Business and Finance Processes:

  • Perform critical evaluation of all related financial processes with business depts and markets, identify gaps and recommend areas of improvement. Help to implement improvements where required.
  • Work closely with the FPC team to plan the internal team processes and activities.
  • Produce documentation of as-is processes and proposed to-be improvements.
  • Identify gaps in planning processes and make recommendations.
  • Assist Senior Manager with coordination and delivery of monthly FLASH, forecasts.
  • Assist Senior Manager and Head to coordinate and deliver on successful Quarterly Management meetings.

Personnel and Overheads:

  • Oversee the financial planning for the SG&A, Depreciations and Financial Expenses.
  • Guide the elaboration of monthly and quarterly qualitative and quantitative analysis for SG&A, Depreciation and Financial expenses.
  • Ensure IFRS principles (mainly IFRS 16 accounting) are properly reflected into planning and closing processes.
  • Provide detailed insight into the existing contractual obligations and future standing spend commitments.
  • Work closely to IT department to provide a clear monitoring on activities and project plan ongoing or to be implemented.
  • Identify and drive opportunities to achieve cost efficiency and cash flow generation.
  • Assist in the definition of yearly targets and work closely with business departments to ensure that targets are met.
  • Support the preparation of global reporting and market/entity analysis.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

  • Highly fluent in oral and written English.
  • At least 7 years' experience in managing budgeting and forecasting processes from a Head Office perspective.
  • High level of accuracy and attention to details.
  • Proficiency in managing high and complex volume of data.
  • Advanced skills in MS Office applications and use of ERP and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) systems.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Team player and excellent communicator.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

  • Previous experience as business partner with IT, Marketing and other technical departments.
  • Shipping/Cruise/Tourism experience would be a plus.
  • SAP, Navision and/ or other ERP systems.
  • Tagetik and/or other CPM systems.
  • Power BI.

VISA REQUIREMENTS (if any)

EU Passport or Right to work in Switzerland.



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