Senior FP&A Analyst: Strategic Financial Planning

Alaska Airlines; SeaTac (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free stand-by travel privileges

Comprehensive well-being programs

Generous 401k match

Annual bonus plans

Generous holiday and paid time off

Job summary

Alaska Airlines is seeking a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to serve as a subject matter expert in FP&A, providing insights and recommendations to support cost-saving goals. You will own monthly close, budgeting, and forecasting, building multi-year models and presenting analyses to senior leadership.

The role requires strong Excel/PowerPoint skills, GAAP knowledge, and the ability to work with large datasets.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in finance, accounting, investment banking or related area.
• Bachelor’s degree 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.
• Minimum age of 18 and authorization to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert in FP&A.
• Facilitate procedural changes and technological advances within FP&A to increase efficiency and transparency.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and insights to senior leadership to support cost-saving goals and strategies.
• Own monthly cadence output, including close process, market profitability, variance-to-budget and forecast reporting.
• Prepare financial models and reporting to support decision making, including multi-year modeling, benchmarking, and what-if scenarios.
• Partner with disparate FP&A divisions and corporate groups to complete and present analysis of corporate initiatives.
• Assist in the preparation and dissemination of budget goals and aggregating final output for Board presentation.

Skills

Finance

Forecasting

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics

Master’s degree

Tools

VBA

SQL

Tableau

Cognos TM1

PeopleSoft

Excel (large datasets)

Job description

Alaska Airlines is seeking a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to serve as a subject matter expert in FP&A, providing insights and recommendations to support cost-saving goals. You will own monthly close, budgeting, and forecasting, building multi-year models and presenting analyses to senior leadership.

The role requires strong Excel/PowerPoint skills, GAAP knowledge, and the ability to work with large datasets.