Finance and Accounting Manager - New Investments

Your Purpose

The Finance and Accounting Manager – New Investments will lead financial oversight, accounting, and performance management for the company’s new Strategic Value Chain Investments (“SVCI”). This role plays a critical part in ensuring strong financial controls, and partnering with cross-functional teams to optimize profitability across non-core cruise operations.
The ideal candidate brings a blend of technical accounting expertise, commercial finance acumen, and experience supporting investment-driven or multi-business environments.

Your Impact

Financial Management & Reporting

• Oversee accounting, month-end close, and financial reporting for SVCI
• Ensure accurate revenue recognition, cost allocation, and margin analysis for SVCI
• Prepare and review management reports, KPIs, and variance analyses to support business decisions
• Maintain compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, and company policies

New Investments & Business Evaluation

• Track post-investment performance versus plan and identify risks and improvement opportunities

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Assist the investments and the group during budgeting and rolling forecast processes 
• Partner with operational leaders to develop realistic assumptions and financial targets
• Monitor performance against budgets and provide actionable insights

Cross-Functional Support

• Act as a finance business partner to support potential synergies within the investments. 
• Collaborate with Legal, Treasury, Operations, and Commercial teams on contract structures, pricing models, and financial implications
• Support strategic initiatives related to expansion, innovation, and optimization of new investments

Process Improvement & Systems

• Improve financial processes, reporting automation, and data quality across investment activities
• Support implementation or enhancement of ERP, reporting tools, or financial systems as needed
• Identify opportunities to scale finance processes as new businesses grow

Your Journey so far

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent strongly preferred) with a Big 4 background
• 6–10 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting, including exposure to investments, or multi-entity environments
• Experience in hospitality, travel, cruise, retail, consumer services, or asset-heavy industries is a strong plus
• Solid understanding of financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting
• Strong knowledge of IFRS accounting principles and financial controls
• Fluent in English, French and/or Italian are a plus

Your Essentials

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a commercial mindset
• Ability to translate financial data into clear insights for non-finance stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple stakeholders
• High attention to detail with the ability to see the big picture
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

We are committed to building a future that values diverse perspectives, embraces the world beyond borders, and fosters an inclusive environment where every individual feels valued, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves. Our commitment extends to taking meaningful, measurable actions that have a long-term positive impact on our guests, our employees and our planet.

Ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at MSC Cruises, where new opportunities await. Apply today to be part of a global team that is pushing boundaries and achieving something remarkable. Your journey starts here!