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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Staff Accountant reporting to the Senior Accountant II Cash Operations

This position works on-site in Miramar Florida

Position Summary:

This is a staff accountant level position having responsibility for all aspects of the reconciliation process over the reservations and corporate accounting transactions for multi-million-dollar revenue and/or expense categories of the global company (including the Royal Caribbean Celebrity and Silvesea brands)

This person performs duties that involve analyzing validating and processing of related transactions This person is responsible for adhering to Sarbanes-Oxley controls accounting policies and principles as well as departmental procedures as determined by Management It requires interaction with Operating and Financial groups Corporate Accounting Collections Revenue Accounting Information Technology Treasury International Accounting independent and internal auditors external vendors revenue partners and Accounting Management

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Prepare daily reconciliations of cash receipts in all currencies for 45+ general ledger accounts and document discrepancies when applicable related to data interfaces between the AS400 reservation system and the JD Edwards general ledger system and bank statements for the processing of credit cards gift certificates checks money orders wire transfers
and other forms of payment received for cruise reservations and miscellaneous corporate receipts
Prepare daily reconciliations for credit card settlements to multiple credit card processors
ensuring successful transmissions of credit card submissions and receipts of funding
Work with Treasury to validate actual funding when there are forecast variances
Prepare daily reconciliations for ACH receipts from CruisePay online travel agent payment tool
Ensure accuracy of all payment transactions works with rejections or non-posted items impacting the creation and execution of payments Advise the respective department or personnel to process adjustments needed
Notify supervisor or management of any potential system issues identified through the reconciliation process that impacts the creation and execution of payments so that the appropriate course of action needed may be taken
Assist with audit requests from independent and/or internal auditors by providing support by required deadline
Meet with auditors as needed for any follow-up questions
Participate in User Acceptance Testing on financial systems or upgrades/modifications of existing systems
Assist in the documentation of departmental procedures related to accounting functions
Participate in projects and/or perform other job-related duties

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties performed by the employee occupying this position Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management

Qualifications Knowledge and Skills:

Bachelor's degree (BA
) or equivalent in Accounting or related business field from a four-year college or university
Three to four years' experience and/or training in related field or equivalent combination of education and business experience
Working knowledge of IBM AS400 Reservation and AS400 Query applications and experience with JD Edwards or similar accounting system Banking applications/portals experience preferredProficient in Windows Operating system PC spreadsheets and word processing applications such as Word and Excel
Working knowledge of automated computer system and e-mail applications such as Outlook and Lotus Notes
Ability to function in a high-volume deadline-oriented environment as well as handling multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail
Ability to research and make well thought out decisions address and escalate priority situations and provide recommendationsAbility to meet daily weekly and monthly deadlinesAbility to properly communicate with various departments concerning funding verification and validation related issuesExcellent interpersonal organizational and verbal and written communication skills
Strong analytical skills
Knowledge of cruise industry

We know there's a lot to consider As you go through the application process our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin disability sexual orientation sexuality gender identity or expression marital status or any other characteristic protected by law Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment

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