Department:Financial Planning & Analysis
Job Description:Job Summary
As an FP&A Analyst, you'll play a critical role in delivering the financial foundation that supports decision-making across Southwest-particularly within the Technology organization. You'll partner closely with FP&A Partners, Accounting, and Technology business Leaders to support month-end and quarter-end close, software forecasting, invoicing, and reporting at the Technology pillar level. By analyzing actuals versus plan and forecast, identifying key variances and trends, and ensuring data accuracy, you'll help translate financial results into meaningful insights. Through strong reporting, process improvement, and close collaboration with business partners, you'll ensure timely, accurate financials and help keep Technology initiatives aligned with enterprise goals.
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.
Responsibilities
- Review financial results, comparing and analyzing actuals versus plan, forecast, and prior year to analyze 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, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely data and reporting
- Execute, maintain, and enhance reporting for Companywide and Department financial reviews, business performance reviews, and forecasts
- Audit and test financial data quality and outputs to ensure the highest degree of confidence in forecasts and reports for internal and external reporting
- Improve and help streamline processes
- 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 financial data
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
- Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits
- Skilled in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
- 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 using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
- Skilled in understanding and applying information to contribute to the organization's strategic plan
- Ability to listen to, understand, and communicate ideas presented in writing and/or in speaking with others
Education
- Required: High School Diploma or GED
Experience
- Intermediate-level experience, fully functioning broad knowledge in:
- Analyzing operational and financial data
- Building budgets and forecasts of future company performance
- Preparing financial reports
- Preferred: Experience with PowerBI
- Preferred: Accounting Degree
- Preferred: Experience with accounting or working in public accounting
- Preferred: Experience with month end or financial close experience; ensuring accurate, complete, and timely data and reporting
- Preferred: Experience with analytical problem solving and working with large and complex datasets
Licensing/Certification
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 $81,200 per year to $90,200 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 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**
- Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement
- Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***
- Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)
- Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.
- Explore more Benefits you'll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits
*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.
**401(k) match contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits
***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company
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