[Hiring] Manager, Fleet Finance @Carnival Corporation

Role Description

The Manager, Fleet Finance is responsible for leading cross-functional projects, change management initiatives, training programs, analytics/reporting, and issue/request triage in support of the Fleet Finance organization. This role serves as a key connector between Fleet Finance Operations, Finance Technology, IT, Financial Planning & Analysis, and other business partners to ensure projects and process changes are effectively prioritized, implemented, communicated, and adopted across the fleet.

This position leads the planning and execution of Fleet Finance initiatives, including:

• Process improvements
• System enhancements
• AI enablement
• Reporting optimization
• Training deployment
• Project intake governance

The role is responsible for:

• Translating business needs into clear project requirements
• Coordinating stakeholder alignment
• Supporting testing and implementation readiness
• Developing fleet-facing communication and training materials
• Monitoring adoption after go-live

The role also supports the Fleet Finance leadership team through:

• Data analytics
• Dashboards
• Reporting
• Insights that help identify trends, risks, process gaps, and opportunities for improvement

The position focuses on enabling scalable, standardized, and technology-supported solutions that improve the effectiveness, consistency, and efficiency of Fleet Finance processes across the fleet.

Essential Functions:

• Lead Fleet Finance projects and transformation initiatives from intake through implementation, including defining scope, documenting business requirements, coordinating project plans, tracking milestones, managing risks/issues, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring deliverables are completed in support of Fleet Finance priorities.
• Lead change management and fleet-wide enablement efforts for new processes, systems, tools, policies, and reporting changes impacting Fleet Finance.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance Fleet Finance analytics, dashboards, reports, scorecards, and business insights.
• Serve as the central triage point for Fleet Finance project requests, process improvement ideas, reporting needs, system enhancement requests, and escalated business issues submitted by Fleet Finance operations teams.
• Partner with Finance Technology, IT, Financial Planning & Analysis, and other stakeholders to support system enhancements, testing, release readiness, user acceptance testing, change impact assessments, and implementation of technology-enabled solutions.
• Support AI enablement and digital transformation within Fleet Finance by identifying practical use cases, promoting responsible adoption of AI-enabled tools, developing guidance and training, supporting pilot initiatives, and helping teams leverage automation, analytics, and emerging technologies to improve productivity and decision-making.
• Serve as an internal consultant to Fleet Finance leadership and business partners by translating operational pain points into actionable project plans, process improvements, reporting solutions, training needs, or technology requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned and adhere to Corporate Policies and Procedures, including Code of Conduct, audit procedures, and control-related responsibilities for financial data entered, stored, analyzed, or reported through business systems within the employee’s control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business Informatics, or related field required.
• Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification required.
• Proven experience with Agile methodology: Scrum, Kanban or Scaled Agile (SAFe).
• Hands-on experience with project management tools like Jira, AzureDevOps.
• Proven experience leading the adoption, implementation, and business integration of AI-enabled technologies.
• Data Analytics background or experience.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Project Management, Data Analytics, Systems Implementation, or related business enablement roles.
• Experience leading or coordinating cross-functional projects, process improvement initiatives, system enhancements, testing, change management.
• Experience developing business requirements, project plans, executive updates, training materials, process documentation, reporting tools, dashboards, or analytical insights.
• Experience working with business and technology stakeholders to prioritize requests, resolve issues, assess impacts, and support implementation readiness.
• Experience influencing stakeholders, gaining alignment, managing competing priorities, and communicating effectively with operational, technical, and leadership audiences.
• Experience with financial systems, reporting tools, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Power Automate, SQL Developer, Microsoft 365 collaboration tools, and AI-enabled productivity tools preferred.
• Shipboard finance, cruise operations experience preferred but not required.

Benefits

• Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans
• Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources
• Company paid term life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match
• Employee Stock Purchase plan
• Paid Time Off
• Holidays – 8 company-wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays
• Vacation Time – 14 days/year for full-time employees at the manager and below level; 19 days/year for director and above level
• Sick Time – 80 hours of sick time each year for full-time employees
• Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises
• Personal and professional learning and development resources including tuition reimbursement
• On-site Fitness center at our Miami campus