Aviation FP&A Analyst: Strategy & Growth

ATSG; Wilmington (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ATSG is a leading air cargo transportation provider with a broad portfolio across airline, leasing, maintenance, and logistics. The Analyst, FP&A supports budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and decision support for ATSG and its business units, providing ad hoc analytics on operational, commercial, and capital decisions.

The role may be assigned to a business unit finance team or corporate FP&A, applying standard planning standards and KPI definitions to drive insights across ATSG’s segments and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline required.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, accounting, or a related analytical role.
• Experience preparing a budget or forecast for a business unit, department, or cost center.
• Experience building financial models and analysis from source data.
• Experience preparing recurring reporting and analysis for management.
• Experience working with operational data and translating operating drivers into financial outcomes.
• Financial modeling capability, including driver-based forecasting, scenario analysis, and variance decomposition.
• Working knowledge of financial statements and the relationship between the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with the judgment to distinguish material drivers from noise.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial results to non-financial audiences.

Responsibilities

• Prepare assigned portions of the annual budget and periodic forecast, including revenue, cost, headcount, capital expenditure, and cash schedules.
• Build and maintain driver-based financial models that connect operating statistics to financial results.
• Gather, validate, and challenge inputs and assumptions from operating and finance stakeholders, and document the basis for each.
• Support long-range planning, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis as requested.
• Track and report forecast accuracy and identify sources of recurring variance.
• Meet submission deadlines and review milestones on the enterprise planning calendar and maintain version control of planning files and outputs.
• Prepare recurring monthly and quarterly reporting packages, including financial statements, KPIs, variance schedules, and supporting exhibits.
• Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods, with clear attribution to driver rather than to account.
• Draft written commentary and analytical narrative suitable for a management audience.
• Maintain reporting templates and support consistency of presentation across periods.
• Support preparation of materials for executive leadership, the Board of Directors, ownership, lenders, and other external stakeholders.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Variance analysis

Data analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Cross-functional

Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

ATSG is a leading air cargo transportation provider with a broad portfolio across airline, leasing, maintenance, and logistics. The Analyst, FP&A supports budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and decision support for ATSG and its business units, providing ad hoc analytics on operational, commercial, and capital decisions.

The role may be assigned to a business unit finance team or corporate FP&A, applying standard planning standards and KPI definitions to drive insights across ATSG’s segments and