Vice President, Finance

At SeaWorld, we’re passionate about caring for animals. In fact, we’ve already rescued over 40,000 animals (and counting!). And we can save you from being stuck in just another job. Join us and help bring joy, excitement, and lasting memories to people from around the world. We’re seeking enthusiastic, dedicated, and hard-working individuals to become our Ambassadors. Join us and play an important part on our incredible team!

Purpose:

Position provides key leadership as the head of Finance for SeaWorld Parks and Entertainments (SEA) 3 Orlando Parks. Works closely with the Park President of SeaWorld Orlando and the Park President of Aquatica Orlando and Discovery Cove to drive business performance and strategies for the ultimate purpose of providing our Guests Experiences that Matter and funding the Rescue, Rehabilitation and where possible, Release of marine animals. Provides financial support and strategic insights to all park departments in an effort to maximize the efficiency of the operation. Ensures SEA financial controls and procedures are followed, resulting in financial statements that accurately depict performance. Oversee important functions that support the parks such as IT, Cash Control, Internal Controls, Labor Scheduling and Labor Timekeeping. Lead the eCommerce Compliance efforts for all of SEA.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Degree in Finance or Accounting preferred. MBA or CPA preferred.

• Seven (7) years progressive experience focused on Finance or Accounting, preferably in a service industry/theme park setting. Experience with revenue operations such as admissions, food or merchandise is a plus.

• Minimum of five (5) years of successful functional leadership; experience to include developing and driving strategic direction and alignment.

• Must have excellent leadership skills and analytical abilities, including experience leading forecasting, budgeting and financial statement review for an organization.

• Proven experience developing pro forma and financial return justifications for capital projects.

• Ability to work with all levels of an organization to influence and drive desired results.

• Demonstrates excellent capacity to communicate sophisticated Finance concepts and materials to a variety of audiences, from front-line employee to the Parks’ executive teams.

• Good understanding of GAAP and internal controls.

• Must be able to embrace and model company culture.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications. Knowledge of SAP and Workday preferred.

• Working knowledge of eCommerce fraud prevention tool use, such as Accertify and Emailage.

• Must have knowledge of, and the ability to ensure compliance with, all federal, state and company guidelines related to industry and theme parks.

• Demonstrated initiative and appropriate judgment.

• Must be able to walk up to 1 mile uninterrupted and lift 25 pounds

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops and coordinates creation of park business strategy which is ultimately developed into a one year detailed business plan/budget.

• Lead a team to produce monthly financial forecasts and variance explanations.

• Provide well-thought out and analyzed responses to request for analysis from Orlando’s Corporate Partners.

• Act as a financial business partner to departmental executives and management to analyze proposals to drive the business.

• Ensure labor is scheduled to match Guest volume and park operational needs through leadership of the scheduling team.

• Lead the Timekeeping Team, ensuring Orlando SEA Ambassadors are paid correctly and on time.

• Lead the team tasked to minimize fraud, chargebacks and annual pass misuse using a variety of eCommerce compliance tools. Minimize in-park cash drawer variances through effective oversight by the internal controls team.

• Provide for appropriate technology solutions to parks needs through leadership of the parks’ Information Technology Team.

• Leadership, supervision and support of staff. Ensures daily functions are performed on a timely and accurate basis

• Working closely with Park Presidents and park senior leadership team to ensure business operations are performing as required by parks’ business plans by monitoring performance to plan and recommending adjustments to plan as necessary

• Partners with Marketing, Finance, and Revenue Management teams to identify product and promotional pricing strategies to maximize revenue

• Work closely with SEA financial leadership including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer on all aspects of financial operations, compliance, and business performance

• Responsible for overall workflow process and efficiencies

• Ensure compliance with company and legal guidelines.

The perks of the position:

• Paid Time Off
• Complimentary Park Tickets and Passes
• Park Discounts on Food and Merchandise
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K Retirement plan
• Voluntary Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Disability Benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Dependent and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal Assistance Plan

EEO Employer:

SEAWORLD PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PREGNANCY, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, DISABILITY OR COVERED VETERAN STATUS.

Source ⇲