Senior Manager FP&A - Retail/Rental

Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you’re ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!

Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).

Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you’re ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!

Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).

Job Summary:

The Vail Resorts Finance Team is committed to Building Leaders and Driving Value.  We are growing the fully centralized Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team in our corporate headquarters near Boulder, Colorado.  We are transforming our FP&A organization to bring best-in-class insight generation, data-driven decision-making support and financial management to Vail Resorts – the ski industry’s global leader.

Our team will be driven by top-tier talent, state-of-the-art systems and tools, and strategic process management to identify and deliver against the Company’s biggest value opportunities. We are creating a sustainable high-performing team that will develop talent and prioritize career growth through accelerated opportunities and progression.  This is an opportunity to join the FP&A team at a critical inflection point and shape how we do business into the future. 

The Senior Manager for Retail/Rental Finance will partner with senior operational leaders in our Retail and Rental division to drive planning, forecasting and financial management, aligning our key resources with the achievement of our strategic goals, both long and short-term.  This leader will build critical relationships within the broader FP&A organization and will evaluate key trends and lines of business to influence our highest priority business decisions. This position will report to the Director of Retail Finance.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders across the organization to create complex financial models to gain critical insights and drive investment decisions

• Develop analyses to drive capital projects, operational excellence, efficiency, and process improvement work streams

• Apply business judgment and financial insights to assist with decision-making that aligns resource allocation with the company's objective

• Monitor and analyze operating results to identify risks and opportunities

• Partner with Corporate Finance and leadership team to develop comprehensive annual operating and capital budgets

• Approach and behavior—cultural characteristics:

  • Strong curiosity in tackling complex business problems; dives deeply into the data, relentlessly pursues what it means, and how these insights drive decision making

  • Comfortable operating in financial systems and spreadsheets, and equally comfortable leveraging his/her capabilities to work independently

  • Strong learning agility; enjoys and excels in environments where they must tackle and solve new and increasingly complex strategic business challenges and issues - incorporating the newest ideas, technologies, and approaches to business