pTest /ph3Your Purpose /h3pWe 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. /ph3Your Impact /h3h3Crew Cost Monitoring Cross-Team Coordination /h3ulliCoordinate the end-to-end monitoring of Group crew expenses, ensuring consistent visibility across key cost drivers, entities, ships, and operational areas. /liliAct 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. /liliConnect operational dynamics with financial impacts, clearly explaining cause-effect relationships behind cost movements, variances, and emerging trends. /liliBuild effective relationships across Finance, Crew Management, HR, Operations, Procurement, and other stakeholders to ensure timely information flow and issue resolution. /liliPromote accountability and coordination across teams, ensuring that assumptions, actions, and ownership are clearly defined and followed up. /li /ulh3Budgeting, Forecasting Business Challenge /h3ulliSupport the definition, validation, and challenge of crew cost budget and forecast assumptions, ensuring assumptions are evidence-based, consistent, and aligned with operational plans. /liliAnalyze variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year, identifying the underlying drivers rather than only reporting financial deviations.



/liliWork closely with stakeholders to challenge cost evolution, headcount assumptions, rotations, contractual impacts, productivity trends, and one-off effects. /liliTranslate complex crew cost dynamics into clear financial insights and recommendations for senior Finance and business stakeholders. /liliContribute to reforecasting and mid-term planning processes, ensuring that risks, opportunities, and corrective actions are reflected in the numbers. /liliSupport business cases and initiatives aimed at optimizing crew costs, productivity, and overall cost governance. /li /ulh3Processes, Procedures KPI Governance /h3ulliDefine, implement, and continuously improve processes, procedures, and governance routines for crew cost planning, monitoring, reporting, and decision-making. /liliEnsure that governance processes are clearly documented, consistently adopted across teams, and supported by defined roles, responsibilities, timelines, and escalation mechanisms. /liliDesign and maintain relevant KPIs to monitor crew cost evolution, productivity, efficiency, and operational performance. /liliEnsure that reporting outputs are standardized, reliable, and focused on business-relevant insights rather than purely transactional data. /liliIdentify data gaps, process weaknesses, and inconsistencies, proposing practical improvements to enhance accuracy, transparency, and decision-making. /liliSupport the development of recurring performance reviews, dashboards,



and management packs for crew cost governance. /li /ulh3Risk, Opportunity Performance Management /h3ulliProactively identify risks and opportunities related to crew expenses by analyzing trends, operational inputs, contractual changes, and internal data. /liliProvide early warning signals on cost pressure, productivity deterioration, assumption gaps, or execution risks. /liliRecommend corrective actions and follow up with the relevant teams to ensure ownership and timely implementation. /liliSupport scenario analysis and sensitivity assessments to evaluate the financial impact of operational or contractual changes. /li /ulh3Your Journey so far /h3ulli15+ years of experience in FPA, controlling, business partnering, or operational finance, ideally within a complex international environment. /li /ulh3Your Essentials /h3ulliBachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; Master’s degree or MBA is a plus. /liliStrong ability to coordinate across multiple teams, align stakeholders, and drive progress without direct hierarchical authority. /liliExcellent analytical mindset, with the ability to link operational drivers to financial impacts and explain variances through clear cause-effect logic. /liliSolid experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, KPI definition, and performance monitoring. /liliProcess- and governance-oriented profile, able to design procedures, ensure adoption, monitor compliance, and standardize reporting practices. /liliStrong communication skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and translate complex topics into clear messages for different audiences. /liliHigh proficiency in Excel, Power BI or other reporting tools, ERP systems such as SAP, and EPM systems such as Tagetik. /li /ulptest /p #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Finance Senior Manager - Crew Expenses (Italia)
🏢 Msc Cruises
📍 Italia