Assistant Financial Controller

6 months ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Carnival Corporation and plc Full time
Job Description

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, wed love to hear from you.

We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.


The Role

The Assistant Financial Controller will be accountable for ensuring and representing the integrity of the reported financial results and statutory submissions. The role is pivotal in ensuring robust financial reporting and governance framework, and financial control culture in Carnival UK.

You will:

  • Lead a team of business and efficiency focussed managers, as well as finance experts, delivering advice & challenge to business, and ensuring the right financial control culture and practices are maintained throughout the organisation.
  • Lead the team to co-ordinate across Finance and the wider business to orchestrate the delivery of our financial reporting duties, by capturing, maintaining, and reporting reliable and timely financial information, supported by insight.
  • Lead the external auditor relationship and ensure alignment with financial reporting standards and group accounting policies.
  • Manage organisational risk & compliance by leading Carnival UK relationships with external regulators.

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK05 and is offered on a full time, permanent basis, with hybrid working in our Southampton office, including up to two days from home.


About You

Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, youll also need:

  • Accounting Qualification
  • Be an effective communicator
  • Be able to effectively lead and inspire a large team within an accounting or finance environment
  • Technical accounting knowledge


Being part of our team has its advantages

Were a holiday company so we know theres more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.

  • A friendly welcome with help settling in
  • Home and office-based hybrid working (up to 2 days from home)
  • Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
  • Extensive learning and development opportunities
  • Annual bonus
  • Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
  • Employee-led networks
  • Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
  • Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
  • Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
  • Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
  • Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
  • In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
  • Life Assurance
  • Parental and adoption leave
  • Employee Shares Plan
  • Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
  • Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
  • Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases, we may close our job adverts early and arent able to consider applications once this happens.


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About Us Holidays are one of lifes greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the worlds largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britains rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
Its through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travels Employer of Choice.

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