Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• ​This successful candidate will join as a member of the Division Finance Team, the finance business partners at American Airlines
• Responsible for assisting in the design and implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan, track financial and productivity performance, and is involved with financial forecasting, development of capital plans, staffing analysis, cost reduction, and revenue generation studies.

What you'll do

• ​Participates on projects that help drive business recommendations or decisions
• Evaluates competitive strategies and industry trends to determine impact on current or contemplated action plans
• Develops reports which can lead to informed decisions by business leaders
• Coordinates near and long term planning activities to ensure consistency and compliance with corporate action plan
• Develops the annual operating budget and models used to forecast operating expenditures
• Coordinates annual capital plan process and tracks actual and forecasted capital spend on current/future projects
• Creates business cases and financial analysis for capital proposals in order to secure capital funding
• Completes monthly financial close and review of business expenses
• Identifies and implements process improvement initiatives to make lives easier, internally to Finance and externally with enterprise stakeholders

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
  
• 3+ years of related work experience 
  
• Advanced modeling skills

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Experience in an airline or similar multi-faceted industry (e.g. transportation, logistics, travel, hospitality)
  
• Formal education or experience with data and/or business analytics
  
• Automation of finance processes a plus
  
• MBA or CPA a plus

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Understanding of discounted cash flow analysis, forecasting techniques and variance analysis
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into insights and decision support
• Adaptability and flexibility in the use of analytical approaches pertaining to financial issues
• Curious and self-driven with a passion for finding better, faster, or more scalable ways to work with large volumes of data
• Excellent teamwork skills, with proven ability to work effectively in a variety of situations
• Ability to accept ownership, responsibility and accountability of functional obligations
• Proven success in a team environment and ability to influence change
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work well with little supervision, and manage a number of projects simultaneously
• Ability to create and deliver presentations to all levels within the organization including Vice President and above
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint)
• Working knowledge of Alteryx, Tableau/PowerBI, SQL, Python/R, SAP, Hyperion a plus
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) 
• Ability to automate recurring manual tasks, including data prep. Working knowledge of PowerAutomate, Copilot Studio, and/or RPA a plus
  
   

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: 

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. 
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Work at office, Flexible hours,

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