SENIOR FINANCIAL PLANNING ANALYST

About us

Gate Gourmet, a gategroup company, is the world's largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services for the airline industry.

For the past 70 years, we have served over 250 carriers in more than 30 countries. Gate Gourmet combines culinary expertise with the highest standards of food safety and production to deliver delicious, healthy, and affordable meals to over 270 million travelers around the globe.

Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for providing financial analysis and reporting with regard to Operations-focused FP&A.

This role will be a highly visible part of our Field Financial team, providing insight and analysis to 33 airline catering units throughout the U.

S. This position will require a high degree of proficiency with developing their own tools and solutions within the Microsoft Suite, including Excel and Access.

Main Duties and Responsibilities :

Working within the Gate Gourmet financial tools, provide weekly, monthly, annual, and ad hoc analysis and recommendations.

This includes existing legacy programs as well as other existing Excel and Access-based programs.

• Prepares detailed analysis of cost overruns with savings recommendations.
• Prepares professional presentations of monthly and yearly results for use by internal stakeholders as well as customer presentations.
• Interfaces and partners with key Finance personnel with the customer to explain monthly results and opportunities.
• Working with the Field Finance Manager FP&A, develop additional analysis and programs that support BU Controllers with the information they need to evaluate the business.
• Assists with preparing the annual budget for the DL units and preparing presentations for the customer.
• Acts as a liaison between Finance, Operations, and Commercial with issues and opportunities relating to Operational profitability and costs.

Qualifications

Education :

Bachelors degree in Finance or equivalent or related field required

Work Experience :

Minimum 3 years of experience as a Financial Analyst or equivalent.

Job Skills :

• Must have exceptionally strong computer skills in the following programs :
• Excel : VBA, pivot tables, lookups, creating and auditing complex formulas
• Access : VBA, building new databases, creating and auditing complex queries
• PowerPoint : Being able to produce high-quality professional presentations
• HFM / Smart View, SAP : Basic knowledge preferred
• Must be able to develop creative solutions independently and implement using technical programs detailed above.
• Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment in a strong team-based department.
• Must have strong and effective communication skills with multiple levels of management in a matrix environment.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills required
• Must be innovative in making changes
• Previous experience in high-volume manufacturing or food environment

Language / Communication Skills :

Must be able to effectively and professionally communicate with management and staff.

Job Dimensions

Type of Employment : full-time

Travel % : 10%

Exemption Classification : Exempt

Work Environment / Requirements of the Job : normal office environment

Gategroup Competencies Required to be Successful in the Job :

• Thinking Information Search and analysis & problem resolution skills
• Engaging Understanding others, Team Leadership and Developing People
• Inspiring Influencing and building relationships, Motivating and Inspiring, Communicating effectively
• Achieving Delivering business results under pressure, Championing Performance Improvement and Customer Focus

Demonstrated Values to be Successful in the Position

Employees at gategroup are expected to live our Values of Excellence, Integrity, Passion and Accountability. To demonstrate these Values, we expect to observe the following from everyone :

• We treat each other with respect and we act with integrity
• We communicate and keep each other informed
• We put our heads together to problem solve and deliver excellence as a team
• We have passion for our work and we pay attention to the little details
• We foster an environment of accountability , take responsibility for our actions and learn from our mistakes
• We do what we say we will do, when we say we are going to do it
• We care about our coworkers, always taking an opportunity to make someones day better

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position.

They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.

In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

gategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or other category under applicable law.

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