FP&A Partner

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 an FP&A Partner supporting the Corporate Team, you’ll serve as a trusted financial advisor to business unit Leaders, bringing expertise in operational and financial drivers to guide decisions and sharpen performance. You’ll own the flash process end‑to‑end—coordinating across multiple Teams, consolidating forecasts, challenging assumptions, and delivering timely, accurate, and insightful financial updates. With strong business acumen and an Executive presence, you’ll translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives through high‑impact presentations that influence Sr Leadership. By pairing analytical strength with strategic partnership, you’ll help shape financial clarity and drive meaningful results across the enterprise.

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

• Serve as a strategic and financial partner with Department Leaders, Consultants, and/or Senior Partners in determining key strategic business objectives by influencing business decisions and by providing proactive recommendations, supported by strong financial analysis and “Storytelling”
• Participate in strategy development and planning, facilitate the financial planning processes, and develop metrics to monitor performance against strategic objectives
• Deliver timely financial analytics, provide insights into variances, and offer business counsel to measure business performance and strategic initiative progress, and interpret and make effective recommendations to Leadership using benchmarking, trends, and other planning methods
• Translate business and industry data into actionable insights and KPIs to ensure the best decision for Southwest
• Serve as a financial expert to multiple levels of Business Leadership by interpreting complex financial information and support the organization in decision-making, communication, and collaboration with key Stakeholders to ensure they are educated on trade-offs and downstream impacts of decisions
• Build compelling Executive level presentations, including Board of Directors and Earnings-related materials
• Monitors business performance and KPI’s.
• Provide consultation services to leadership on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies, and source data systems
• Support the businesses in executing its strategic/operational objectives and undertake ad hoc analyses and special projects
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee’s Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of financial principles and practices and how to utilize them, and the analysis and reporting of financial data
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications
• Knowledge of financial modeling and data analytics
• Skilled in collecting, organizing, visualizing and assimilating data, including turning raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software
• Skilled in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Skilled in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
• Skilled and effective commu