Associate Manager Corporate Planning & Finance

Air India Express; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Air India Express is seeking an analytical and data-driven professional to join the Corporate Planning team as an Assistant Manager. The role involves partnering with senior leadership on strategic initiatives and building financial models, dashboards, and analytical tools to shape the airline's growth trajectory.

The candidate will support long-term planning, fleet and network strategy, operating model development, and executive decision support, with emphasis on turning large datasets into

Qualifications

• MBA (Finance) from a reputed institute or CA qualification.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience in Corporate Planning, FP&A, or related fields.
• Expertise in financial modelling and VBA-driven automation (planning, forecasting, scenario analysis, valuation).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel for large-scale data analysis, dashboards, forecasting.
• Power BI proficiency for data visualization and reporting.
• Knowledge of SQL, Python or database tools preferred.
• Experience with AI tools, automation platforms, and emerging analytics technologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust financial models, forecasting, scenario analysis and business cases.
• Process and analyze large data volumes to generate actionable insights for decision-making.
• Develop and maintain route profitability models and related financial analyses.
• Design and maintain automated dashboards, MIS reports, and visualization tools.
• Drive automation and standardization using Power Query, Power BI, Power Automate, Python, SQL.
• Improve planning models and analytic methodologies with AI-enabled solutions.
• Conduct cost analysis and benchmarking to identify efficiency improvements.
• Monitor key metrics and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Financial modelling

VBA automation

Power BI

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Automation

Education

MBA (Finance) or CA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Air India Express is looking for analytical and data-driven professional to join the Corporate Planning team as an Assistant Manager. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with senior leadership on strategic initiatives that shape the airline's growth trajectory.

The position involves supporting long-term business planning, fleet and network strategy, operating model development, financial and operational analysis, and executive decision support. The candidate will play a key role in transforming large and complex datasets into actionable insights, developing analytical tools and financial models, driving automation initiatives, and building business cases that influence strategic decisions across the organization.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop robust financial models, forecasting models, scenario analysis and business cases to support long term planning.
• Process, transform and analyze large volumes of operational, commercial, and financial data to generate actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve route profitability models, including allocation methodologies and route-level financial analysis, to evaluate profitability, operational and commercial performance metrics.
• Design, develop and maintain automated dashboards, MIS reports, and visualization tools to effectively monitor business performance and key metrics.
• Drive process improvement, reporting standardization, and automation initiatives using Power Query, Power BI, Power Automate, Python, SQL, AI tools, and other emerging technologies
• Continuously improve planning models, reporting frameworks, and analytical methodologies by adopting modern data analytics and AI-enabled solutions.
• Conduct detailed cost analysis and internal/external benchmarking to identify efficiency improvement opportunities.
• Monitor key operational, financial, and strategic performance metrics and provide actionable recommendations.

Requirements :

• MBA (Finance) from a reputed institute or Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in Corporate Planning, Strategy, FP&A, Business Analytics, Consulting, or related fields.
• Expertise in financial modelling and VBA-driven automation, including business planning, forecasting, scenario analysis, valuation, sensitivity analysis, and development of dynamic decision-support models.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including large scale data analysis, dashboard development, scenario modelling, and forecasting.
• Proficiency in Power BI for data visualization and reporting.
• Ability to work with large and complex datasets and derive meaningful business insights.
• Knowledge of SQL, Python, or database management tools will be preferred.
• Experience leveraging AI tools, automation platforms, and emerging analytics technologies will be an added advantage.