Cruise Trading & Ancillaries Analyst

Cruise is an expanding part of our business, we have launched a cruise ship to add to our fleet each year for the last four years. 

We currently have a vacancy to join this team as an Analyst. This is a commercial role which involves producing and analysing cruise trading information to help support decision making.

Working closely with the Cruise team to help drive the profitability of the business through a better understanding of trading performance, weekly ancillaries’ sales and impacts of itinerary planning.

You can expect full study support, genuine career progression in UK&I Finance or across the Group.

There is an inhouse Finance Academy to support you with your ongoing knowledge and skills-based training. This role reports into a manager who is passionate about developing people and there will be plenty of opportunities to get involved in additional projects, should you wish to.

Here at TUI we operate a "Working from Elsewhere" principle and once you are up to speed with the role requirements you can expect to take advantage of this and you will, of course, be supplied with the necessary equipment to enable you to do so.

What you will be doing

Trading MI:

Manage the weekly delivery of cruise trading MI reporting to the business. Ensure the timely distribution of reports in an accurate manner.

• Continually look for ways to improve the quality of MI data, both through ensuring the accuracy of the information in the data universe and the relevance of reports for the end-user.
• Work with MI team to ensure accuracy of cost base standards in MI and keep track of any differences outside of the trading system (e.g. layup costs, difference in exchange rates).
• Lead the weekly trading meeting between finance and commercial teams and extract key commercial insights on weekly performance, highlighting any key risks or opportunities to current forecast.
• Coordinate reforecast process, providing insightful analysis to Trading team on margin and volume trends.
• Keep process documentation up to date and relevant

Ancillaries:

Manage the weekly delivery of cruise trading MI reporting to the business. Ensure the timely distribution of reports in an accurate manner.
Continually look for ways to improve the quality of MI data, both through ensuring the accuracy of the information in the data universe and the relevance of reports for the end-user.
Work with MI team to ensure accuracy of cost base standards in MI and keep track of any differences outside of the trading system (e.g. layup costs, the difference in exchange rates).
Lead the weekly trading meeting between finance and commercial teams and extract key commercial insights on weekly performance, highlighting any key risks or opportunities to the current forecast.
Coordinate the reforecast process, providing insightful analysis to the Trading team on margin and volume trends.
Keep process documentation up to date and relevant

Ancillaries:

Track weekly sales performance of onboard profit ancillaries across cruise fleet.
Work closely with the commercial teams to ensure ancillaries targets are communicated and challenged to deliver the best profitability for the business
Work with Business to forecast ancillary profits for future seasons.
Provide back-up to support Balance Sheet position through reconciling transaction listings
Assist with the production of the monthly ancillaries’ review pack and inputs into the Cruise Board Pack

What we are looking for

AAT Qualified/ACCA/CIMA Part Qualified or equivalent
Proactive attitude and approach
Excellent verbal and powerpoint presentation skills 
Good attention to detail 
Evidence of driving process improvement 
Strong analytical skills and able to deal with complexity and ambiguity
Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Working within TUI group

Be Yourself… Be Unique!  TUI’s more than a brand, it’s who we are.  Trusted – Unique – Inspiring.

We’re the leading tourism business with diverse customers and over 67,000 employees. Together, we embrace different continents and cultures.  We believe travel broadens the mind. Just like our customers, we’re on a journey, of development towards a more digital, connected and integrated future. But we haven’t arrived there yet.  We believe that differences drive innovation and we’re encouraging an environment where diverse talent thrives. Inclusion is fundamental to everything that we achieve and it’s our unique colleagues that will shape the future of travel.

The TUI Group includes our unique hotel portfolio, our cruise ships, our own aircraft, tour operators, travel agencies. TUI is the UK’s largest tour operator with key brands including TUI, First Choice, Marella Cruises and Crystal Ski Holidays. Our airline is the country's third-largest with 62 aircraft operating to over 88 destinations in 30 countries. We have a team of more than 10,000 employees serving over 5.5 million customers each year. 

Join us now and you can look forward to a competitive salary, pension scheme and further benefits such as generous holiday discounts, excellent rates with foreign exchange and discounts with retailers.

How to apply

The interview process is one face to face interview on the week commencing 12th August

Verbal & Numerical Reasoning Online Testing 

Closing date for applications is 11/08/19

Apply online, we just need a few details from you and your CV.