CAREER CONNECTOR

At the Allegheny County Airport Authority, it is our vision to reflect and serve the community, inspire the industry, and advance the region’s role as a world leader. We look for talented people who are uniquely qualified to serve our mission of becoming a global aviation leader, driving innovation, regional growth, and prosperity.

Under the limited supervision of the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), responsible for managing the FP&A process, strategy, and reporting. The incumbent will perform financial analysis and modeling, designing and preparing financial plans and budgets, as well as analyzing, interpreting, and communicating financial information to management.

At the ACAA we all have a role in the ambitious transformation of becoming a smarter airport that will enhance the passenger experience and deliver on our mission of being a global aviation leader. Here is how the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis role will help:

• Responsible for managing the annual operating budgets process and working with the department heads to build and consolidate the departmental budgets.
• Completing the monthly P&L forecasting process, including review of significant variances with department heads.
• Maintain and run financial models and ensure that the models comply with the organization’s financial metrics.
• Identify and document processes to help improve forecasting, support decision making and drive strategic initiatives related to financial budgeting and reporting across ACAA.
• Manage aggregate financial information used to develop reports for senior management on forecasting, variance analysis, and emerging financial risks and trends.
• Develop initiatives to continuously improve and automate forecasting and reporting tools and processes.
• Review financial and operational performance variance issues and take appropriate corrective actions to rectify the problem.
• Conduct research, analytical studies, cost benefit analyses and prepare financial and statistical reports to provide recommendations to management on a regular basis related to actual achievements and forecasts (ad-hoc).
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders at all levels of the organization in determining inputs to financial modeling, to support recommendations and conclusions.
• Utilize financial modeling systems to orchestrate impact analysis and recommendations for decision making involving multiple variables and scenarios, and across multiple disciplines including business development and finance.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned or required.

 Our culture is innovative and customer centric. We are a learning and performance culture where how we accomplish our priorities is equally important as what we accomplish. The successful candidate in the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis role will exhibit the following key competencies:

• Communication - Able to clearly articulate goals and objectives to the team; Listens for understanding first with peers, superiors, and subordinates; Listens for understanding first with peers, superiors, and subordinates
• Strategic Thinking - Able to problem-solve for short-term (quarterly) challenges to accomplish key goals; Able to develop plans to achieve efficient, on-time results
• Team Leadership - Lead and anticipate the pace and process of change effectively; Drive talent development as a team and individually; Takes accountability for team results; Recognizes and rewards excellence on the team
• Customer Centricity - Motivates team to identify new ways to improve customer experience; Identifies systemic improvements that could positively impact customers.

The successful candidate in the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis role will exhibit the following knowledge, skills, and abilities: 

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products; Reports Now and Power BI, a plus
• Previous financial modeling and financial analytics experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong time management, critical thinking, problem-solving, and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to make sound recommendations through solution-based problem solving
• Demonstrated ability to manage processes or projects with minimal supervision

The minimum requirements needed to qualify for the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis role are:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited four-year college or university
• Experience in Public Accounting, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and/or MBA preferred
• 5+ years related experience in preparing progressively complex analysis, applying analytical methods to business problems, driving collaborative decision making and outcomes, and maintaining data integrity
• Prior experience using JDEdwards & extracting data from the system to perform analysis.
• Expert with Excel formulas, functions, tools, dashboards, and reports
• Possess, or obtain prior to employment, a valid driver’s license. Note: license must be maintained throughout employment.