pTest /p h3Your Purpose /h3 pWe are looking for a highly structured and proactive Finance Senior Manager to oversee and coordinate MSC Cruises' Group crew expenses.
Functionally reporting to the Finance Controller of the Crew Employer, the role is based in Italy, where the Crew Employer has a service provider.
The role will act as a key link between FPA, Crew Management, Operations, HR, and other relevant teams, ensuring that crew cost dynamics are properly understood, challenged, monitored, and translated into robust budget assumptions, actionable performance insights, and clear governance routines.
/p h3Your Impact /h3 h3Crew Cost Monitoring Cross-Team Coordination /h3 ul liCoordinate the end-to-end monitoring of Group crew expenses, ensuring consistent visibility across key cost drivers, entities, ships, and operational areas.
/li liAct as the finance point of contact for crew cost topics, integrating inputs from Italy-based teams, Malta-based activities, and Group functions, while ensuring alignment with FPA standards.
/li liConnect operational dynamics with financial impacts, clearly explaining cause-effect relationships behind cost movements, variances, and emerging trends.
/li liBuild effective relationships across Finance, Crew Management, HR, Operations, Procurement, and other stakeholders to ensure timely information flow and issue resolution.
/li liPromote accountability and coordination across teams, ensuring that assumptions, actions, and ownership are clearly defined and followed up.
/li /ul h3Budgeting, Forecasting Business Challenge /h3 ul liSupport the definition, validation, and challenge of crew cost budget and forecast assumptions, ensuring assumptions are evidence-based, consistent, and aligned with operational plans.
/li liAnalyze variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year, identifying the underlying drivers rather than only reporting financial deviations.




/li liWork closely with stakeholders to challenge cost evolution, headcount assumptions, rotations, contractual impacts, productivity trends, and one-off effects.
/li liTranslate complex crew cost dynamics into clear financial insights and recommendations for senior Finance and business stakeholders.
/li liContribute to reforecasting and mid-term planning processes, ensuring that risks, opportunities, and corrective actions are reflected in the numbers.
/li liSupport business cases and initiatives aimed at optimizing crew costs, productivity, and overall cost governance.
/li /ul h3Processes, Procedures KPI Governance /h3 ul liDefine, implement, and continuously improve processes, procedures, and governance routines for crew cost planning, monitoring, reporting, and decision-making.
/li liEnsure that governance processes are clearly documented, consistently adopted across teams, and supported by defined roles, responsibilities, timelines, and escalation mechanisms.
/li liDesign and maintain relevant KPIs to monitor crew cost evolution, productivity, efficiency, and operational performance.
/li liEnsure that reporting outputs are standardized, reliable, and focused on business-relevant insights rather than purely transactional data.
/li liIdentify data gaps, process weaknesses, and inconsistencies, proposing practical improvements to enhance accuracy, transparency, and decision-making.
/li liSupport the development of recurring performance reviews, dashboards,



and management packs for crew cost governance.
/li /ul h3Risk, Opportunity Performance Management /h3 ul liProactively identify risks and opportunities related to crew expenses by analyzing trends, operational inputs, contractual changes, and internal data.
/li liProvide early warning signals on cost pressure, productivity deterioration, assumption gaps, or execution risks.
/li liRecommend corrective actions and follow up with the relevant teams to ensure ownership and timely implementation.
/li liSupport scenario analysis and sensitivity assessments to evaluate the financial impact of operational or contractual changes.
/li /ul h3Your Journey so far /h3 ul li15+ years of experience in FPA, controlling, business partnering, or operational finance, ideally within a complex international environment.
/li /ul h3Your Essentials /h3 ul liBachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; Master's degree or MBA is a plus.
/li liStrong ability to coordinate across multiple teams, align stakeholders, and drive progress without direct hierarchical authority.
/li liExcellent analytical mindset, with the ability to link operational drivers to financial impacts and explain variances through clear cause-effect logic.
/li liSolid experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, KPI definition, and performance monitoring.
/li liProcess- and governance-oriented profile, able to design procedures, ensure adoption, monitor compliance, and standardize reporting practices.
/li liStrong communication skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and translate complex topics into clear messages for different audiences.
/li liHigh proficiency in Excel, Power BI or other reporting tools, ERP systems such as SAP, and EPM systems such as Tagetik.
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📌 Finance Senior Manager - Crew Expenses (Piano di Sorrento)
🏢 Msc Cruises
📍 Piano di Sorrento