Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Alaska Airlines • WA-SeaTac, WA

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About The Position

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis performs a wide range of financial and analytical work supporting Alaska Air Group (AAG) and Hawaiian Airlines. As one of the leaders in Divisional FP&A, this role will be responsible for finding opportunities for the company to reduce costs and drive growth. The FP&A Manager with specific divisions will be expected to drive operating and capital expense discipline and value-added analysis.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in finance, business consulting, accounting or a related field.
• 2 years of leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, finance, economics, math, accounting or a related discipline, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Deep working knowledge of/experience with key financial tools such as NPV, ROIC, cash flow, activity-based costing, accounting fundamentals, etc.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Excellent communication skills (e.g., verbal, written, and listening).
• Self-starter, willingly taking the initiative, accepts responsibility, able to analyze complex data and summarize in a concise manner, and make meaningful business recommendations in a timely fashion.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• 4 years of experience working in the airline industry or a related field.
• 2 years of financial planning & analysis experience.
• Experience with IBM Cognos TM1, PeopleSoft financial systems, Alteryx, Tableau or related financial planning and query tools.
• Experience comfortably working well at all levels of the organization, from senior executives to frontline contributors.
• CPA, CFA or MBA, with a focus in business, finance, economics, math, or statistics.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of analysts in a specific division of the Financial Planning & Analysis team assigning tasks, coaching, and assisting them with the production of scheduled reports and oversight of ad-hoc analyses.
• Facilitates the budgeting and forecasting process of both operating and capital spend.
• Ensures rigorous financial discipline tied to achieving key division and company objectives.
• Partners with appropriate teams to generate productivity metrics and works alongside FP&A and division leadership to create financial metrics, driving ownership across the organization.
• Assists the organization in identifying and prioritizing projects via the business case process, considering available cash and resources.
• Manages the monthly close process and variance reporting for multiple divisions.
• Reviews monthly close process with direct reports, ensuring all journal entries including accruals are accurate.
• Identifies key variances, trends and potential issues materially impacting financial performance.
• Manages monthly variance reporting process, creating an insightful depiction of the divisions spend for FP&A and division leadership.
• Supports the Director, Divisional FP&A for specific division in providing guidance, critical thinking and strategic business making aid to divisional leadership through assistance in: Communicating industry, company and divisional financial performance/key drivers. Educating cost center managers on key financial/accounting tools, rules and expectations; holding them accountable for submission of accurate and timely monthly accruals and knowing their financial results. Creating ad-hoc financial analysis and Business Case development and providing strategic and tactical advice/feedback to division leadership. Driving the ownership of costs to each department.
• Provides ongoing and ad-hoc analysis for a number of areas including: financial analysis for contract negotiations and RFPs, impact tracking and analysis for company strategic priorities and projects, merger and acquisitions (including development and ongoing tracking of synergies and one-time costs), quarterly reporting, investor relations, competitive analysis, etc.
• Engages cross-divisionally with division leaders, Controllers, Corp FP&A, Finance/Accounting teams to know and understand mutual dependencies/requirements and to ensure division financial priorities and objectives support the overall company goals and objectives.

Benefits

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees