Lead Analyst

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 Sourcing, 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 guidance, supporting and informing senior leaders in key critical initiatives
• Manage projects through their full lifecycles, from initial concept and sizing to implementation
• Support of organization and senior leaders in regular and ongoing reporting on profitability, operational, and financial performance by building financial models in support of long range planning process as well as ad-hoc scenario analysis needs
• Support senior leadership in capital allocation discussions
• Incorporating long range earnings projections and capital expense priorities
• Strive for continuous improvement of 3 statement model, both for near term and long term projections
• Support UAX team to optimize overall economics and strategy of 50 & 70/76 seat flying in line with United Next
• Collaborate with Network Planning, FPS/Fleet, Treasury and UAX Partner CFO teams to address contract rates, overall CASM and partner cash/liquidity needs

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
• Well acquainted with financial statements and analyses
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Proficient with data querying tools and data manipulation
• 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