Senior Financial Analyst, Regional Finance

Alterra Mountain Company • Denver, CO

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst, Regional Finance supports the next evolution of Alterra Mountain Company’s Mountain Division operating model. Reporting to the Director of Regional Finance, the role supports the Executive Vice President of the Mountain Division, Resort Presidents, and Resort Finance teams across eight regional ski resorts. It owns regional reporting, benchmarking, forecast review, and capital analysis, turning resort-level data into a clear regional performance story and helping leadership identify actions to improve results. The role works at the intersection of enterprise finance and resort operations and partners directly with resort operators.

The position produces monthly and in-season regional reporting; supports forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning; maintains resort benchmarks; and analyzes regional performance, capital requests, and investments. It also serves as an analytical partner to Resort Finance teams, provides ad-hoc analysis to senior resort and divisional leaders, and travels periodically to regional resorts, estimated at 10% to 20%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in an analytical discipline such as Finance, Accounting, Business, or Economics.
• At least 4 years of experience in FP&A, business unit or operations finance, corporate finance, consulting, and/or investment banking.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and executive presence skills.
• Ability to translate complex operational and financial data into concise stories with clear, actionable recommendations.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, including forecasting, ROI and NPV analysis, and scenario planning.
• Collaborative, relationship-oriented style and ability to build credibility with Resort Presidents, operators, and finance teams in person and remotely.
• Highly organized self-starter able to manage multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines across resorts.
• Curiosity and interest in understanding resort performance drivers, with a focus on creating shareholder value.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI and reporting automation.
• Experience in multi-site hospitality, resort, or consumer operations finance.
• CPA, CMA, CFA, or MBA with a focus on finance.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly and in-season weekly and bi-weekly regional reporting, consolidating resort results against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Build and maintain automated, standardized regional reporting, and partner with the Director of Regional Finance and EVP on performance narratives and forward actions.
• Develop and distribute standard reporting templates and metric definitions for Resort Finance teams.
• Prepare analysis and materials for regional performance reviews presented by the EVP and Director of Regional Finance.
• Review resort forecast inputs and rest-of-year assumptions, and develop regional risks and opportunities to support budget management.
• Support the regional annual budget process by consolidating resort plans, aligning them with enterprise targets, and identifying gaps.
• Support regional Long Range Plan development, including five-year financial modeling and pressure-testing assumptions and growth drivers.
• Develop and maintain benchmarks across regional resorts, including visitation, yield, revenue mix, labor, cost per visit, and margin.
• Analyze regional results to identify growth initiatives and cost efficiencies, and elevate ideas for adoption across the region.
• Partner with the Director of Regional Finance to drive resort accountability for financial results.
• Support prioritization of regional Major Maintenance and Growth capital requests based on impact and return.
• Partner with resort teams to build and review accurate, defensible, well-supported ROI analyses and business cases.
• Lead post-mortem analysis and measurement of key investments, including capex, M&A, and new business opportunities.
• Serve as a day-to-day analytical resource and thought partner to Resort Finance teams, providing feedback on deliverables, models, and presentation of results.
• Deliver ad-hoc analysis for the EVP and Resort Presidents, and build a library of strong example analyses.
• Contribute to regional finance best-practice sharing, including supporting an annual pre-season regional finance gathering.
• Identify and drive initiatives to improve and streamline regional finance processes.
• Travel periodically to regional resorts to build relationships with resort leadership and finance teams; estimated travel is 10% to 20%.

Benefits

• Free Ikon Pass for eligible employees and additional free skiing/riding privileges across Alterra Mountain Company resorts for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Discounted skiing/riding for friends and family of eligible employees across Alterra Mountain Company resorts.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) and Paid Time Off (PTO) policies for eligible employees.
• Discounts on outdoor gear, apparel, rental cars, and other items.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, EAP, HSAs, and FSAs.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks for eligible employees.
• Commuter benefits for Denver employees.
• Hybrid workplace policy encouraging regular in-person collaboration for eligible employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior