Sr FP&A Systems Consultant

Department:

Financial Planning & Analysis

Our Company Promise

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Job Description:

As the Sr FP&A Systems Consultant, you’ll serve as a trusted expert in forecasting, database architecture, and data visualization. You'll be responsible for designing and implementing innovative solutions that support smarter financial planning across Southwest Airlines. You’ll collaborate with FP&A, Technology, and Data Science Teams to build scalable systems and drive strategic innovation. As the senior point of contact for consultations, you’ll guide individuals and business units in connecting to the right data and crafting compelling data stories that support Leaders in making critical decision-making. This role plays a vital part in shaping how Southwest makes informed, forward-thinking financial choices that support our mission and long-term success.

Additional details

• The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX Headquarters facility during business hours.   

• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

We’re committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. 

Responsibilities

• Proactively identifies innovative methodologies for producing FP&A deliverables, utilizing both inductive and deductive reasoning alongside sophisticated problem-solving techniques. Leverages quantitative skills to conduct comprehensive research, analyze data, synthesize findings, and formulate strategic recommendations.
• Develops and implements solutions by leveraging knowledge of finance and technology, while planning for contingencies.
• Leads development, optimization, and maintenance of complex forecasting models and analytic workflows, enhancing the accuracy, insights, and efficiency of financial planning and analysis.
• Lead effort to utilizes quantitative skills to address escalated issues, devise risk mitigation strategies, and formulate findings that inform actionable recommendations.
• Creates, enhances, and sustains reporting, analytic, and dashboard systems that facilitate better business understanding across FP&A and the organization, employing logical and concise data storytelling techniques.
• Evaluates and prioritizes opportunities across FP&A in collaboration with leadership, partnering to develop and implement actionable plans, lead project teams, and manage project execution.
• Exercises discretion to determine the most efficient and effective methods for delivering models to the business, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Mentors those is less senior or entry level roles
• Leads team in absent of Leader
• Manage escalated issues to realign stake holders and drive collaboration
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of techniques and tools to create accurate financial models and perform detailed analyses
• Knowledge of strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and the coordination of personnel and resources
• Knowledge of data modeling processes to create algorithms and predictive models and perform custom analysis
• Knowledge of using technology architectures for developing and maintaining self-service reports, dashboards, and applications
• Knowledge of collecting, processing, and performing descript analysis on large datasets, discovering how the data can be used to answer questions
• Knowledge of financial markets, banking practices, and the analysis and reporting of financial data
• Skilled in interpreting new information to assess its implications for current and future problem-solving and decision-making
• Skilled in utilizing tools such as Business Objects, Tabl