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Alaska Airlines · 10 hours ago

Director Divisional Financial Planning & Analysis

SeaTac, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$167K/yr - $259K/yr

8+ years exp

Alaska Airlines is creating an airline people love and is seeking a Director of Divisional Financial Planning & Analysis. This role sets the long-term financial strategy and oversees financial performance while working closely with division leadership to support operations and manage costs.

Responsibilities

Establish strategic goals and direction for a finance team responsible for providing all aspects of finance support. Provides timely feedback, direction, coaching, and development opportunities

Set long-term strategy for budgeting as the primary financial partner to divisional leadership (e.g., MDs and VPs), performing routine monthly close, forecasting, and ad hoc analyses to inform operational and strategic decisions for the division

Lead the budgeting strategy and planning process, by providing support to division leadership in strategy execution through integrated, divisionally-owned budget plans tied to key financial and operational metrics

Ensure timely and accurate monthly closing, forecasting and reporting processes

Review monthly financial and metric performance with division leadership to identify key variances, trends, and potential issues that may materially impact performance

Dive deeper into variances and trends to understand underlying drivers (root cause analysis) and helps drive structural fixes and realignment with cost trajectory

Drive continuous improvements in annual budget process and ensures timely, accurate loading of financial budget data

Manage investments through ownership of the business case process and capital management

Provides consultation to key stakeholders by leveraging financial expertise by advising on important decisions, conducting ad hoc analysis, and promoting good financial literacy within the company

Develop and maintain financial models for key company activities such as 3-year modeling and metrics reporting, productivity modeling, regional airline allocation and performance, what-if scenarios, etc., leveraging the power of the TM1 system wherever possible

Stays abreast of industry trends and competitive performance and uses that information to generate ideas and drive improvements in AAG’s performance

Develop people through effective performance management and ongoing feedback, focusing on fostering strategic and systems thinking, development of talent, and succession planning across teams and disciplines

Shape culture of the team through action, presence and reinforcement of behaviors

Qualification

Financial Planning & AnalysisFinancial ModelingBudgeting StrategyLeadership ExperienceMicrosoft Office ProficiencyBusiness AcumenData AnalysisCoachingDevelopmentInterpersonal SkillsCross-functional Collaboration

Required

8 years of direct financial planning and analysis experience

5 years of leadership experience, with at least 2 of those years directly leading people

Bachelor's degree with a focus in accounting or economics, or an additional two years of training/experience in lieu of this degree

A strong working knowledge/experience of key financial tools such as NPV, ROIC, cash flow, activity-based costing, and maintaining large data sets

Proven ability to leverage business acumen and analytic capability to act as critical business partner for the organization

A strong track record of effectively leading/working with cross-functional teams, driving meaningful changes, and developing and mentoring others

A self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, willingly takes the initiative, accepts responsibility, able to analyze complex data and summarize in a concise manner, and make meaningful business recommendations in a timely fashion

Ability to have tough conversations to drive the right business decision without sacrificing the positive working relationship with the division

Highly proficient with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access)

High school diploma or equivalent

Minimum age of 18

Must be authorized to work in the U.S

Preferred

A Master's degree in business administration, finance, economics, math, or statistics

CPA and/or CFA qualifications

5 years of experience working in the airline industry or related fields

Experience with PeopleSoft, Cognos TM1, Brio, Tableau, or related query tools experience

Benefits

Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air with high priority status

Select number of confirmed travel credits provided annually

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

Company

Alaska Airlines

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Alaska Airlines provides rewarding careers in aviation by fueling a passion for service and helping others

Founded in 1932

Seattle, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://alaskaair.jobs

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