Frontier Airlines

Senior Analyst - Financial

Frontier Airlines$72K — $96K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a quantitative field required
  • Graduate degree in quantitative discipline strongly preferred
  • 3+ years of relevant experience in finance or consulting
  • Functional experience in financial analysis and modeling preferred
  • Proficiency with Anaplan software is advantageous
  • Prior airline industry experience is beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Champion the organization's low-cost financial strategy
  • Enhance budgeting and forecasting efficiencies in collaboration with business partners
  • Evaluate financial implications and develop recommendations for capital projects
  • Investigate cost and revenue variances to propose maximization strategies
  • Identify potential revenue and cost opportunities throughout the organization
  • Conduct scenario analyses for strategic decision-making
  • Act as an internal consultant to improve organizational processes

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence and shape financial practices in a leading airline
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional stakeholder engagement
  • Involvement in strategic financial decisions at a senior management level
  • Potential for professional growth and development with advanced quantitative projects
  • Access to leading financial planning software and tools
Full Job Description
What Will You Be Doing?

The Sr. Financial Analyst owns recurring and ad-hoc analyses across all areas of the organization including, without limitation, short- and long-term financial planning, ongoing cost reduction opportunity sizing and execution, competitive and strategic benchmarking, labor analysis and negotiations, capital allocation and fleet planning, flight profitability and complex financial modeling to include internal rate of return, net present value, and payback. The Analyst is expected to provide timely, accurate analysis and effectively collaborate with stakeholders including Finance leadership, business partners and various operating groups.

Essential Functions

  • Champion Frontier's low-cost philosophy within the organization and enhance financial awareness across the company.
  • Improve the speed and accuracy of budgeting and forecasting; collaborate with business stakeholders throughout the financial planning process.
  • Evaluate the financial implications of potential capital projects and develop management recommendations.
  • Investigate the root causes of cost and revenue variances and propose profit-maximizing resolutions.
  • Identify and size potential revenue and cost opportunities across the organization.
  • Conduct scenario analyses to identify optimal strategies in the face of uncertainty.
  • Act as an internal consultant, improving processes and efficiency across the organization.
  • Benchmark financial and operational performance against competitors and best practices.
  • Conduct ad-hoc projects, reports and financial analyses as determined by senior management.
  • Detailed record keeping and timely updates in relation to continual optimization and maintenance of internal financial planning software


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; prefer degree in finance, accounting or another quantitative field
  • Graduate degree in quantitative discipline strongly preferred
  • 3+ years of relevant experience (finance, consulting or related fields/functions) or commensurate combination of graduate work and relevant work experience
  • Functional experience in financial accounting, management accounting, financial analysis, financial modeling, planning, forecasting and/or management reporting preferred
  • Experience and/or familiarity building models with Anaplan software preferred
  • Prior airline experience beneficial


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Advanced analytical and quantitative skills; demonstrated understanding of economic, financial and accounting concepts
  • Exemplary written and verbal communication and presentation skills; proven ability to present information to and collaborate with all levels of management
  • Ability to structure logical analytical approaches and to apply a range of quantitative techniques to solve business problems in an efficient, timely manner
  • Ability to independently prioritize analyses in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Comfortable working self-sufficiently to creatively solve analytical challenges with limited data and imminent deadlines
  • Advanced understanding of Excel


Equipment Operated

Standard office equipment, including PC, copier, fax machine, printer

Work Environment

Typical office environment, adequately heated and cooled

Physical Effort

Generally, not required.

Supervision Received

General Direction: The incumbent normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work and receives general instructions on new assignments.

Positions Supervised

  • None


Salary Range: $72,000 - $96,331

Please note: this posting will expire on or before 7/2/2026.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature and level of work required of the referenced position; they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Please be advised that the duties and expectations of this position may be subject to change.

About Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines is a low-cost airline that operates flights to over 100 destinations in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Frontier Airlines is known for its low fares and customer-friendly policies, such as allowing passengers to bring one personal item and one carry-on bag for free. The airline has a fleet of over 100 aircraft and is constantly expanding its route network.
Learn more about Frontier Airlines
Size
4,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1994

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