Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Leading the financial planning and analysis function, overseeing budgeting, forecasting and financial data analysis to support strategic decision-making, business performance and long-term financial objectives. Key Responsibilities Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Lead the Group’s annual budget, rolling forecast, and long-range planning processes across all

brands, regions, business units and legal entities, including international entities outside Maltareporting into the role

• Coordinate with local and international finance teams to ensure timely, accurate and consistent

submissions into the Group planning and forecasting processes.

• Design, develop, and continuously enhance forecasting and planning tools, leveraging existing

systems and, where appropriate, new software solutions to improve accuracy, scalability, andefficiency.

• Maintain robust forecasting models covering revenue and operating expenditure.

Pricing, Revenue & Commercial Performance

• Play an active role in group pricing exercises, providing financial analysis and challenge on

proposed pricing, discounts, and promotional strategies.

• Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Management to support pricing decisions,

yield optimisation, and revenue maximisation by brand, market, itinerary, and vessel.

• Analyse pricing outcomes post implementation and assess impact on revenue, margin, occupancy,

and booking behaviour.

• Ensure pricing assumptions are consistently reflected in forecasts, budgets, and long-term plans.

Performance Management & Analysis

• Deliver consolidated group performance reporting, including variance analysis versus budget,

forecast, and prior periods.

• Develop and maintain KPIs focused on revenue growth, pricing effectiveness, yield, margin

performance, and return on assets.

• Proactively identify risks and opportunities impacting revenue and profitability and escalate

insights to senior management. Strategic & Investment Support

• Support strategic initiatives, fleet deployment decisions, and business cases with rigorous financial

and pricing analysis.

• Provide financial insight into capacity planning, new vessel introductions, and long-term assetutilisation.
• Support scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis, with particular focus on pricing, demand, and

revenue sustainability. Governance, Consistency & Data Integrity

• Ensure accuracy, integrity, and consistency of financial data, assumptions, and methodologies

across the Group.

• Establish and maintain group FP&A standards, processes, and reporting timelines across Malta

and the Group’s international operations

• Work closely with Accounting, Treasury, and Tax to ensure alignment between pricing decisions,

operational performance, and financial outcomes. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and develop the Group FP&A function, including regional and functional FP&A resources

where applicable.

• Provide functional and managerial oversight of finance teams and entities outside Malta that

report into the Director of FP&A, ensuring appropriate financial management, reporting, planning and performance oversight.

• Act as the primary finance point of coordination for those international entities, ensuring

effective communication and alignment between local management and Group Finance.

• Act as a senior finance partner to the Executive Team, market heads, and commercial leadership.
• Present financial, pricing, and revenue insights to senior management and, where required, tothe Board.