Financial Analyst - Industrial Engineering

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.

This opportunity is to join our Finance Early-Career Development Program crafted to progress the technical, financial, and leadership skills of early career, underrepresented individuals. A diverse group of candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Participants will be supported through various experiences, including experiential and action learning, course training, mentorship, peer coaching, virtual knowledge sharing, and networking.

During this cohort-based program, you will be fully immersed in our collaborative culture built on diversity of thought. Our teams will be looking for your curiosity and your outstanding point of view. This two-year program allows participants to gain exposure to two areas of interest within FP&A. Candidates will have the option to work with diverse areas in financial, strategic, and technical roles, gaining business partnership knowledge and growing their overall financial foresight at United. Candidates selected for this program will receive continuous growth opportunities outside their direct role through personal and development initiatives.

The Analyst role is responsible for long-term labor planning for Airport Operations and Technical Operations through intermediate-level analysis. The role requires generating monthly forecasts and a yearly budget to make recommendations related to staffing levels at specific stations. The position requires applying and crafting staffing models to forecast & analyze labor requirements based on passenger volumes, flight schedules, flight peak changes, and anticipated changes in technology and business processes. The role requires communicating financial analyses and reports to department and station leadership. Additional responsibilities include applying variance reports, identifying the financial impact of potential changes to employee labor contracts, labor productivity, and operational performance metrics as well as providing ad-hoc scenario analysis.

• Applies resource planning tool, staffing standards, volume forecast and labor constraints to develop optimal staffing recommendations for future flight schedules for assigned stations.
• Responsible for reviewing recommendations with assigned stations and works with Station GM or their designate to finalize staff authorization levels for each month.
• Responsible for the creation of accurate budgets and forecasts which will be used for informed decision making and in providing accurate external financial guidance.
• Applies models to generate annual operating plans as well as an 18-month rolling forecast.
• Provides variance analysis and explanation to divisional leadership, senior leadership, and the Finance Division.
• Provide ad-hoc budget and forecast scenario analysis as required.
• Assists the team and Finance leadership by gathering standard methodology data and making program/process recommendations to support corporate/division programs and policy updates.
• Supports ongoing or special analyses related to future flight schedules, potential staffing standards changes, central initiatives and potential changes to labor agreements.
• Responsible for overseeing low to medium visibility projects within division. Works with all levels of employee groups.
• Proactively seeks out opportunities on process improvement for department and field organizations.
• Proactively finds opportunities to reduce service defects and cost to serve.

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.