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Sr Financial Analyst

Hornblower Cruises and Events
United States, Illinois, Chicago
455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive (Show on map)
Feb 22, 2025
Description

City Experiences is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst for our Finance operations.

About You:

This person will be adaptable, dynamic, and embody City Experiences' RESPECT Service System.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Financial Modeling & Analysis
- Develop and maintain financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning, ensuring
accuracy and relevance
- Analyze financial performance metrics against historical data, forecasts, and industry benchmarks to
identify trends and insights for decision-making
- Conduct detailed variance analysis to explain budget and forecast deviations, providing actionable
recommendations to improve financial performance
Strategic Planning
- Lead the development and execution of strategic planning processes, aligning financial planning with
long-term business goals and initiatives
- Conduct detailed analyses to support significant investment projects, monitoring performance against
plans and recommending optimizations as necessary
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Assist in creating the annual budgeting process, including capital expenditure planning, to align with
organizational objectives and financial targets
- Coordinate with leadership in the development of rolling forecasts, integrating market dynamics and
business trends to facilitate timely and precise financial projections
- Support comprehensive forecasting and budgeting activities, comparing key performance indicators
(KPIs) against actual results to support strategic decision-making
Financial Reporting
- Compile and prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including the income
statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards (e.g., GAAP, IFRS) and company policies.
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with finance leadership, BU Presidents and GMs to support business cases.

Requirements & Qualifications:

2 years in investment banking or other related financial industry roles
- Additional 2+ years of professional experience in FP&A in industry ideal
- Demonstrated experience in developing and managing complex financial models for budgeting,
forecasting, and strategic planning including market analyses and supporting business case creation and
evaluation
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business, accounting, or related field
- Ability to analyze complex financial data, identify trends and actionable insights
- Strong written and verbal communication; ability to explain financial concepts and business cases clearly
to non-financial stakeholders
- Interpersonal skills to build relationships and collaborate effectively across the organization with finance
leaders, BU leaders, and operational GMs
- Ability to prioritize work and projects effectively to adapt to business needs

About Us:

City Experiences' passion is to provide amazing experiences on land and water. Our 40-year success through organic growth and acquisitions has resulted in a portfolio of over 25+ brands that welcome upwards of 30 million guests/riders annually. If you're an enthusiastic team player who thrives in an environment where communication, creativity, and cooperation are encouraged, this may just be the opportunity for you.

The RESPECT Service System embodies City Experiences' mission, vision, values and operating principles. By creating a company culture that puts RESPECT at its core, we believe it will drive us to achieve our goal of becoming a Global Experiences and Transportation Leader.

The Company is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicants or employees based upon their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics prohibited by applicable law.

Additionally, we encourage all qualified applicants including those with past arrest or conviction records to apply. The Company participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.

We encourage qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records to apply.

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