Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Alaska Airlines • Seatac, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Planning Analyst III is a subject matter expert in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) at Alaska Air Group (AAG). As an individual contributor, this role exercises considerable judgment to make decisions in financial planning activities and provide recommendations to support cost-saving goals and strategies.

Requirements

• 4 years of experience in finance, accounting, investment banking or related area.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in finance, accounting, economics or related field, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Experience using net present value (NPV) and associated calculations as a decision-making tool.
• Experience with cash flow and balance sheet metrics as well as activity-based costing.
• Knowledge of GAAP.
• Knowledge of reporting fundamentals.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly with Excel (and large datasets) and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills, with an ability to explain complex concepts to audiences of varying organizational levels, including executive management.
• A self-starter with a bias for action.
• Detail-driven, with the ability to understand overriding goals.
• Optimistic, open minded, curious, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Experience with VBA / SQL, predictive analytics, dashboard reporting (Tableau), enterprise planning software (e.g. Cognos TM1), and general ledger system (e.g. PeopleSoft).
• Knowledge of airline or transportation industry fundamentals and the associated competitive landscape.
• Ability to learn complex processes and systems, recommend appropriate updates, and facilitate changes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert in FP&A.
• With minimal direction from leadership, exercise considerable judgment to facilitate procedural changes and technological advances within FP&A to increase efficiency, create financial transparency and drive budget / forecast accountability.
• Make recommendations and provides ad-hoc analysis and actionable insights to senior leadership to support cost saving goals and strategies.
• Own monthly cadence output, including close process, including market profitability, variance-to-budget and forecast reporting.
• Prepare financial models and reporting to support Alaska Airlines decision making, including multi-year modeling, competitive analysis / industry benchmarking, and what-if scenarios.
• Partner with disparate FP&A divisions and corporate groups to complete and present analysis of corporate initiatives of varying scopes and sizes.
• Assist in the preparation and dissemination of budget goals; analyzing progress on budget targets throughout the process and aggregating final output for Board presentation.

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: Mid Level