Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Description

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose - Connecting People, Uniting the World - is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we're growing - in the years ahead, we'll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?



We believe that inclusion helps us thrive and grow at United across our collaborative Finance teams consisting of Financial Planning & Analysis, Internal Audit, Treasury, Global Procurement, Controllership, Investor Relations and more. These teams provide the financial fuel that keeps our operation running from providing detailed analyses of financial planning, performance, and forecasts to managing our investments and financial strategies. Our Finance team plays an integral role in making our airline profitable and successful by meeting our financial goals.



Key Responsibilities:

• Provides financial and statistical analysis, support, and reporting to leadership
• Generates routine reporting as well as specific ad hoc analysis. Participates and contributes to meetings involving key finance issues
• Directly responsible for development and delivery of financial analyses, and provision of accurate financial performance data to all stakeholders, supporting and informing senior leaders in monthly financial performance
• Manage capex and opex projects through their full implementation lifecycles, from initial concept and sizing to implementation
• Complete ad-hoc requests across all product lines, maintain data models and long-term financial projections
• Support individual product lines in selected financial analysis projects
• Manage team of 1-2 direct reports, ensure workload distribution, identify process improvement opportunities across team - including automation, training, etc

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the "desired" qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table.

Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related field
• Minimum 3 years of analytical work experience demonstrating increasing responsibility; airline or travel industry experience
• Ability to work cross-functionally and navigate organizational interdependencies
• Ability to identify data trends and turn data into information
• Ability to create and deliver presentations and effectively communicate to senior leadership
• Ability to generate creative solutions to difficult or ambiguous problems
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• MBA or Master's degree in Finance/Economics/Quantitative field highly preferred
• Hyperion planning experience preferred
• 2-4 years FP&A experience
• Initiating action, building partnerships, cross-functional teamwork, finding solutions, planning and organizing, self-starter, strong inter-personal skills

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.