Senior FP&A Analyst

Senior FP&A Analyst Supporting Long Term Planning

As a Senior FP&A Analyst supporting Long Term Planning, you'll help shape Southwest's long-term financial strategy by building and maintaining financial models, analyzing complex business scenarios, and delivering insights that inform key decisions across the Company. You'll partner with Finance Leadership, FP&A, Fleet, Supply Chain, Treasury, and other strategic Teams to develop long-range forecasts, support annual planning and earnings activities, prepare executive and Board-level reporting, and evaluate major business initiatives. Through strong analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration, you'll drive accurate forecasting, data-driven decision-making, and financial strategies that support Southwest's long-term success.

Additional Details

• The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX Headquarters facility during business hours.
• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

We're committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.

Responsibilities

• Work with large data sets to understand key business drivers, then translate the findings into insights and actions, and their implications for the overall business
• Provide complex financial reports and analysis for a business unit, typically exercising a strong understanding of the business to determine the best method for developing a logical story to convey to the business
• Review financial results, comparing and analyzing actuals versus plan, forecast, and prior year to investigate the cause of variances, identify trends, and monitor impacts to key performance indicators
• Partner with Accounting to provide input to monthly and quarterly financial close process; proposing and implementing changes to process to increase accuracy and efficiency
• Run models/update plans: Align with FP&A Coworkers on inputs and assumptions to develop, maintain, and improve complex models and financial plans
• Communicate and align with Financial Partners on results of business performance and financial forecast changes
• Document inputs and outputs of financial forecast scenarios
• Articulate and consult on enhancements to dashboards using proper data visualization tools and techniques to communicate data insights effectively
• Support business research by gathering data, identifying options, and creating non-routine reports with detailed analyses to support initiatives
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of financial principles and practices and how to utilize them, and the analysis and reporting of complex financial data
• Skilled in collecting, organizing, visualizing and assimilating data including turning raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software
• Skilled in understanding and applying information to contribute to the organization's strategic plan
• Skilled in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Ability to listen to, understand, and communicate ideas presented in writing and/or in speaking with others
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, which does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or GED

Experience

• Advanced level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in:
• Analyzing operational and financial data
• Building budgets and forecasts of future company performance
• Preparing financial reports

Physical Abilities

• Ability to perform work duties from limited space work station/desk/office area for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

Other Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines

Pay & Benefits:

• Competitive market salary from $98,650.00 per year to $109,600.00 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the Company.

Benefits you'll love:   

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too) 
• Southwest will help fund your Retirement Savings Plan, which includes a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) Company match contribution of up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**
• Potential for annual profit-sharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan—when Southwest profits, you profit***
• Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents
• Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You'll have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan, and coverage will be retroactively available to your first day of employment.