Oversee all finance, accounting, and reporting functions (Billing, AR, AP, GL, Cost & Inventory Accounting, Revenue Recognition), ensuring accuracy and control using Microsoft Excel advanced tools such as Power Query, Power BI, Pivot Tables and Power Pivot, to convert operational data (flight activity, meal counts, labor hours, and inventory consumption) into actionable financial insights that support forecasting, sensitivity analysis, and business decision-making. Ensure internal control systems and processes are strong, consistently applied, and aligned with corporate policies, financial requirements, and applicable regulations. Maintain internal controls for revenue, costs, budgets, and expenditures, and monitor project budgets across North America to ensure transparency and accountability. Manage capital expenditure processes, including identifying needs, validating costs, ensuring predictable outcomes, and confirming return on investment. Oversee long term financial planning for key projects, integrating forecasting, scenario planning, and alignment with business plans and regional financial targets to include building and managing budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis using advanced Microsoft Excel tools including Pivot Tables, Power Query, scenario modeling and structured financial datasets covering revenue per flight, meal counts and labor hours, to identify revenue, labor and cost drivers. Control capital expenditures by enforcing company-wide policies, approval workflows, and financial discipline across all units. Oversee creation of the P&L by incorporating material, labor, and operating costs, and CM1 targets, supporting pricing decisions and operational performance improvements supporting corrective actions, performance improvement initiatives, and continuous operational efficiency. Exercise authority over recruitment, discipline, promotion, and termination of staff based on organizational needs and performance. Coordinate with managers on the performance management program, conducting reviews and supporting performance improvement plans. Ensure staffing strategies and labor planning align with forecasted business needs and productivity expectations. Oversee employee onboarding, role specific training, and development programs that reinforce company values and operational excellence. Ensure training programs enhance skills, productivity, and financial and operational performance. Oversee development and maintenance of required reports and logs to ensure compliance with employment laws and internal audit requirements. Engage with senior management on corporate policies and processes to ensure alignment with regional operating principles and priorities. Ensure adherence to corporate policies across all units, including financial controls, purchasing, inventory management, and authority matrix compliance. Identify control weaknesses and implement cost control initiatives, applying inventory and materials management practices in high volume, perishable environments and tracking KPIs such as Days Inventory Outstanding and apply inventory control and materials management practices in high-volume, perishable environments, including stock planning, monitoring of actual vs. theoretical consumption, reconciliation of inventory balances, and tracking of operational KPIs including Days Inventory Outstanding. Oversee corporate processes including training matrices, performance systems, purchasing, goods receipt, and administrative and finance management, and work with an airline industry ERP integrating financial and operational data and work with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, specific to the airline industry, supporting complex, high-volume operational environments, including integration of financial and operational data for reporting and analysis across all areas. Develop and maintain Key Performance Indicators to track material and labor costs by unit, supporting visibility, accountability, and continuous improvement, specifically performing labor productivity and cost analysis using operational KPIs including PI (Productivity Index), OT %, MPH (Meals per Hour), and HPF (Hours per Flight), and implement workforce planning and labor optimization actions to achieve financial targets. Provide and drive cross-functional financial and operational outcomes to achieve EBITDAM targets and analyze financial trends, define corrective measures, and drive unit productivity goals through regular reviews with General Managers and Process Owners, ensuring alignment with Ouija forecasts and KPI scorecards. Support units in labor planning based on forecasted business changes, ensuring proper use of planning tools and proactive management of direct and indirect labor.
Education and Experience Requirements
Requires a Bachelors (or foreign educ. equiv.) Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related and two (2) yrs. experience in Job Offered or related.
Special Skills Requirements
Experience must have included: Build and manage budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis using advanced Microsoft Excel tools including Pivot Tables, Power Query, scenario modeling and structured financial datasets covering revenue per flight, meal counts and labor hours, to identify revenue, labor and cost drivers; Perform labor productivity and cost analysis using operational KPIs including PI (Productivity Index), OT %, MPH (Meals per Hour), and HPF (Hours per Flight), and implement workforce planning and labor optimization actions to achieve financial targets; Develop and apply financial models and scenario analyses using large, structured datasets, leveraging data transformation techniques, including data cleansing, consolidation, and structuring using Microsoft Excel advanced tools such as Power Query, Power BI, Pivot Tables and Power Pivot, to convert operational data (flight activity, meal counts, labor hours, and inventory consumption) into actionable financial insights that support forecasting, sensitivity analysis, and business decision-making; Provide and drive cross-functional financial and operational outcomes to achieve EBITDAM targets, acting as the financial business partner to the Unit General Manager by translating operational drivers (flights, meal volumes, staffing levels, and productivity metrics) into financial impact, leading performance discussions, and influencing decision-making in regular cost reviews and operational meetings; Evaluate financial performance and risk through income statement (P&L) analysis, CM1 and EBITDA tracking, cost structure assessment, and profitability driver analysis, supporting corrective actions, performance improvement initiatives, and continuous operational efficiency; Apply inventory control and materials management practices in high-volume, perishable environments, including stock planning, monitoring of actual vs. theoretical consumption, reconciliation of inventory balances, and tracking of operational KPIs including Days Inventory Outstanding, to improve food cost accuracy, reduce waste, and support financial reliability; and Working with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, specific to the airline industry, supporting complex, high-volume operational environments, including integration of financial and operational data for reporting and analysis across all areas.
Travel Requirements
Will travel 5% US for budget planning meetings and meeting with other Units/Teams.
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