Manager, Division Finance

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.
• Joining the IT Finance team, you’ll be evaluating business cases, partnering with both the business and IT, and having strategic conversations around technology investments and business value realization.
• No day is the same. Our team keeps pace with the ever-evolving airline and technology landscape

What you'll do

• Lead a team of analysts to support the development and execution of enterprise strategies, plans, objectives, and procedures
• Provide financial guidance and strategic recommendations to business partners and senior leadership to support informed decision-making
• Ensure strong financial discipline and governance aligned to corporate objectives, including ownership of core controllership activities (close, forecast, and reconciliations)
• Design, implement, and integrate processes and procedures using best practices, with a focus on continuous improvement and scalability
• Ensure business planning objectives are embedded in technology, business, and human capital investment decisions
• Strengthen alignment between business processes, information technology, and organizational priorities
• Lead process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and cross-functional outcomes
• Manage cross-functional relationships to align stakeholders, negotiate requirements and deliverables, and drive execution toward shared goals
• Coordinate and forecast human capital needs in alignment with initiative and organizational demand
• Perform other duties as required

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• MBA or equivalent experience/training
• Experience supervising financial staff
• 5 years’ experience in Finance and/or Accounting, plus exposure to information technology
• Experience with human capital tracking and forecasting
• Experience with budget tracking, variance reporting, and cost analysis experience with budget tracking, variance reporting, and cost analysis

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with concentration in Finance/Accounting/Business or Data Analytics
• Automation and process re-design a plus, leveraging modern technology

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Experience with process mapping and writing
• Experience with sensitivity and gap analysis
• Experience with
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and data visualization tools
• Working knowledge of Alteryx, Python/R, SAP, Hyperion Essbase, PowerAutomate, Copilot Studio, and/or RPA tools a plus
• Ability to build and make presentations to senior management
• Excellent analytical skills

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.