What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager position at AmaWaterways, LLC?
About AmaWaterways
At AmaWaterways, meaningful careers begin with purpose, passion, and a shared commitment to creating unforgettable experiences. Built on heartfelt hospitality, we treat our guests—and each other—with genuine care, warmth, and respect. Our global teams collaborate across ships and offices to deliver exceptional river journeys and uphold the high standards our brand is known for.
We welcome motivated professionals who want to make an impact, support growth, and help shape the future of our business.
Role Summary
The Finance Manager provides clear, disciplined financial insight to support decision making, performance, and growth across AmaWaterways. This role partners closely with senior leadership, operations, and commercial teams, while serving as a critical bridge between the Colombia finance team and HQ Finance in Calabasas, ensuring alignment, consistency, and strong financial governance.
A primary and immediate focus of this role will be leading the integration of the Colombia entity into AmaWaterways’ global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and aligning financial operations with global accounting policies. This includes managing the implementation process, driving adoption, and ensuring accurate, consistent financial data across regions.
This role supports finance operations across Colombia, including Barranquilla and Medellín, and requires flexibility for in-person presence in both locations. The Finance Manager will work closely with HQ leadership and key stakeholders, including Beena and Rosa, to successfully deliver the ERP integration and strengthen regional alignment.
The role is hands-on and change-oriented, focused on improving data quality, simplifying analysis, and strengthening Finance’s role as a strategic business partner.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the integration of the Colombia entity into the global ERP system, including implementation, testing, and adoption
- Ensure alignment with global accounting policies, procedures, and controls
- Partner with HQ Finance leadership to manage timelines, milestones, and successful delivery of the ERP implementation
- Oversee finance operations supporting the Barranquilla location, with flexibility to maintain regular on-site presence as needed
- Provide oversight of finance compliance activities, including coordination with teams in Medellín and maintaining regular presence at the Guest Contact Center
- Ensure proper handling and oversight of guest deposits in accordance with Colombian regulatory requirements
- Build and maintain strong working partnerships between Colombia Finance and HQ Finance, ensuring consistent processes, reporting standards, and communication
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes aligned to business priorities
- Deliver timely, accurate financial reporting and clear variance analysis
- Oversee financial analysis for vessel and shoreside operations, including crew, fuel, port charges, hotel operations, and maintenance
- Review P&L performance across vessels and itineraries; provide actionable insights to leadership
- Support pricing, itinerary planning, capacity management, and seasonal planning
- Monitor financial and operational KPIs, identifying risks and improvement opportunities
- Support business cases, scenario planning, and ROI analysis
- Ensure compliance with financial controls, policies, and audit requirements
- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, data accuracy, and reporting effectiveness
- Mentor and develop finance team members as applicable
Measures of Success
- Successful and timely implementation of the Colombia entity into the global ERP system
- Strong adoption of global accounting policies and processes across the Colombia team
- Finance delivers clear, trusted, decision-ready insights
- Strong, effective partnership between Colombia Finance and HQ Finance
- Budgets and forecasts are accurate, timely, and aligned to business needs
- Leaders rely on Finance as a strategic partner
- Financial processes scale effectively and support organizational change
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 5 years of progressive finance experience (FP&A preferred)
- Experience supporting or leading ERP implementations (NetSuite strongly preferred)
- Hospitality, travel, or complex operational environment experience a plus
- Familiarity with Colombian financial regulations, including guest deposit handling, is preferred
- Strong Excel and financial modeling skills
- Experience working across regions and with centralized HQ teams
- Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex data
- Detail-oriented, accountable, and adaptable
- Fluent in English and Spanish (required)
- Ability and willingness to travel regularly within Colombia, including Barranquilla and Medellín
Core Competencies & Behaviors
- Integrity & Ethics: Acts with honesty, transparency, and professionalism
- Accountability: Takes ownership of responsibilities and follows through
- Judgment & Problem Solving: Makes sound, data-driven decisions
- Collaboration: Builds strong working relationships across locations and functions
- Communication: Communicates clearly, listens actively, and adapts messaging to the audience