About the job
Join us at Orient Express Sailing Yachts as an Operations Finance Controller, where you will report directly to the Director of Finance & Performance at our Paris headquarters. In this pivotal role, you will:
- Collaborate closely with onboard finance officers and HQ teams to track and analyze cruise-by-cruise performance across various revenue streams and cost categories for both vessels, ensuring accurate reporting and generating actionable insights.
- Play an active role in drafting, implementing, and updating operational reports within the PMS, ensuring effective communication of data to the corporate ERP.
- Engage significantly in the annual budgeting process, conduct variance analysis between actuals and budget, and prepare regular reforecasts throughout the year, working closely with operational teams.
- Participate in monthly closing activities, including posting accruals and reviewing commissions.
- Continuously analyze, anticipate, and communicate the financial status of the vessels.
- Draft and maintain operational finance procedures between the vessels and HQ, including reporting and accounting principles.
- Update and ensure the proper application of onboard operational control and internal audit procedures, such as inventory audits and cash register audits.
- Contribute to compliance with internal control regulations at HQ.
- Work with cross-functional teams to support financial initiatives and projects, fostering collaboration between the vessels and HQ.
- Provide operational departments with various financial analyses to enhance decision-making.
- Actively participate in achieving the GOP and financial targets for the vessels.
- Oversee paymasters and various debtors in coordination with departments, including follow-ups.
- Monitor agency commissions, OTAs, and other distribution-related commissions.
- Track cash flow projections in collaboration with the accounting team.

