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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Lead fleet growth planning and execution, including evaluating existing fleet and analyzing new opportunities by working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. Justify fleet investment and fleet optimization decisions with senior leadership through presentations and analyses. Lead and manage fleet acquisition projects including commercial negotiations, project planning and cost tracking workstreams. Facilitate meetings with internal stakeholders, including senior executives and lead discussions with external stakeholders including aircraft owners/lessors, OEMs, MROs and key suppliers.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Finance leader spearheading financial planning, financial analysis and cost management efforts within Maintenance & Engineering (M&E) division by managing a team of financial analysts. Specific deliverables included development of short and long-term budget plans, monthly forecast updates, monthly variance analysis and weekly/monthly cost tracking, reporting and executive reviews.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Division Controller overseeing cost control efforts within Flight & Maintenance organizations. Led a team of Finance Managers responsible for developing financial plans, updating forecasts and reporting on costs including underlying drivers. Partnered with executive heads of divisions and C-suite leaders to drive cost improvements and efficiencies.

Seattle, Washington, Us

FP&A Leader with financial controller and budget management responsibilities for Flight Operations and Inflight Services divisions. Achieved record productivity for pilot and flight attendant workgroups in partnership with division leaders. Finance lead for Company team responsible for negotiating long-term labor contracts with pilots and flight attendants.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Integrated Divisional FP&A and Corporate FP&A responsibilities and supported multiple leaders in different locations. Performed division controller function for Flight Operations and Inflight Services, and executed Capital Manager function in Corporate FP&A, including membership on the Company Investment Council to evaluate/approve projects.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Managed annual budgets, monthly forecasts, monthly expense accruals and monthly variance analysis for Flight Operations and Inflight divisions. Orchestrated non-aircraft capital budget build and management, including development of budget timelines, compilation and validation of budget submissions from divisional stakeholders and tracking/reporting of performance to plan.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Led financial analysis and reporting efforts for Corporate FP&A team including creating and publishing competitor analysis reports for company executives and board members. Devised new market profitability system using business intelligence software (Hyperion) and robust data warehouse sources to improve accuracy and reliability of results.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Performed economic analysis of existing markets and new routes, including analyzing competitor capacity and impact on market demand. Built new route economic analysis for proposed Hawaii flying and convinced executive leadership to serve Hawaiian islands from Seattle, given profit potential.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Managed flight revenues for SoCal, Bay, Shuttle and Transcon markets, by analyzing latest bookings and historical demand data. Boosted revenue performance of SoCal and Transcon markets and achieved 5-10% year-over-year unit revenue increases through tactical pricing and inventory management actions.

Mba, Finance, Operations Management

Master Of Science, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Engineering