What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst position at Aviation?
Job summary
The Financial Analyst (Operations Performance) is responsible for analyzing and optimizing operational costs, with a focus on labor expenses, contract compliance, and performance efficiency in ground-handling operations. This role involves using Excel and other data analysis tools to track and report workforce hours, payroll costs, and contract utilization, ensuring accurate financial planning and decision-making. This position reports to the Operation Performance Manager.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Excel-based performance dashboards, summarizing labor costs, contract utilization, and productivity metrics.
- Track and analyze workforce hours paid per contract, ensuring alignment with operational demands and financial efficiency.
- Assist in workforce cost budgeting and forecasting, identifying variances and providing insights to optimize financial performance.
- Cross-check payroll data with scheduled workforce hours to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies.
- Work with operations and finance teams to enhance efficiency in workforce allocation and cost control.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to labor efficiency and financial performance in operations.
- Collaborate with operations, HR, and finance teams to provide data-driven insights for decision-making.
- Other duties may be assigned
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Macros, etc.) and data visualization tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to interpret financial and operational data to support strategic decision-making.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of payroll processes, workforce planning, and contract management is a plus.
Additional information
- Experience in a ground handling, airline, or logistics environment.
- Knowledge of cost control strategies.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. This position requires the incumbent to be able to speak and be understood, hear, and comprehend the English language, be able to lift approximately 15 pounds, and have a neat and professional appearance.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
EEOC
Grupo Eulen is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, and all other protected classes recognized or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law
