Company Alaska Airlines

　　The Team

　　Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

　　Role Summary

　　The F&B Business Manager is a subject matter expert in Business Management for the Food and Beverage department for Alaska Airlines. This role leads and establishes priorities for the department around financial reporting, modeling, analytics, business support, and execution. As an individual contributor, this role exercises considerable judgment to manage the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly F&B financial activities and provide recommendations to support cost saving goals and strategies. This role leads the financial analysis and reporting for the entire catering budget and provides recommendations to deliver high quality food and beverage products.

　　Key Duties

　　Acts as a subject matter expert in F&B financial planning and analysis.

　　With minimal direction from leadership, exercises considerable judgement to make decisions in the analysis and preparation of business reporting in conjunction with Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) on the entire Catering budget (e.g., forecasting, identifying resulting variances, conducting analyses, and formulating recommendations).

　　Own month-end reporting process, including invoicing, accruals, variance to budget and forecast reporting, action plans. Identifies key variances, trends and potential issues materially impacting financial performance.

　　Manages and owns financial modeling, analytics, business support, and execution with respect to F&B.

　　Applies deep knowledge in the F&B program to perform project-specific analyses for program initiatives, including new product launches, product or market tests, and historical data analyses to support recommendations.

　　Uses an analytical mindset and critical thinking skills to identify and analyze opportunities, proactively lead discussions, make recommendations for optimization, and execute solutions for department initiatives and projects.

　　Develops and implements forecasting tools, commercial and operational dashboards that are leveraged by operational managers, product owners and vendor partners to manage the business.

　　Manages execution of reports, PowerPoints and dashboards to support the business as assigned.

　　Makes recommendations and provides ad-hoc analysis and actionable insights to senior leadership to support cost saving goals and strategies.

　　Analyzes data for new and maturing product/service initiatives and conducts competitive benchmarking.

　　Leads annual budgeting and planning cycle.

　　Job-Specific Experience, Education & Skills

　　Required

　　4 years of experience in financial reporting, accounting, data analysis or web analytics roles within aviation, e-commerce, technology, entertainment, hospitality, gaming and/or interactive content sectors.

　　Experience with financial modeling and presenting results and recommendations in visual, story-based format.

　　Ability to manage multiple projects with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment.

　　Demonstrated ability to have significant impact on products, services, or financial performance with data-driven recommendations.

　　This role requires strong analytical experience with an acumen for succinctly communicating complex business scenarios and making recommendations for improved performance.

　　Ability to gather, prep and blend data, then present complex data sets in a compelling and concise format (using skills in one or more of the following Excel, Structured Query language (SQL), Alteryx, Tableau).

　　Experience tracking and reporting on financial performance of consumer-facing products or services.

　　Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

　　Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, marketing, economics, computer science, new media or technical degree (engineering), or an additional two years of training/experience in lieu of this degree.

　　High school diploma or equivalent.

　　Minimum age of 18.

　　Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

　　Preferred

　　Knowledge of developing and managing to timelines and constraints found in aviation industry.Job-Specific Leadership Expectations

　　Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.

　　Salary Range

　　$92,700 -- $139,100 / year

　　Salary Details

　　Pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Horizon employees. Alaska/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.

　　Total Rewards

　　Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

　　Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air

　　Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits

　　Generous 401k match program

　　Quarterly and annual bonus plans

　　Generous holiday and paid time off

　　For more information about Alaska/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.

　　FLSA Status Exempt

　　Employment Type Full-Time

　　Regular/Temporary Regular

　　Requisition Type Management

　　Apply by 7:00 PM Pacific Time on 2/1/2024

　　Location Seattle

　　Equal Employment Opportunity We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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　　Job Locations USA-WA-Seattle

　　Requisition ID 2024-11785

　　Category Corporate & Operations

　　Workplace Type Onsite