Sr. FP&A Analyst - Newport Beach, CA

JOB SUMMARY

The Sr. FP&A Analyst will play a key role in supporting the company's financial planning, forecasting, strategic analysis, and decision-making processes. This position serves as a critical business partner across the organization, leveraging financial modeling, analytical insights, and cross-functional collaboration to evaluate business performance, support strategic initiatives, and help drive informed decision-making. The successful candidate will combine strong analytical capabilities with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach and a commitment to delivering accurate, actionable financial insights.

HIRING RANGE

$130,000.00 - $154,000.00

LOCATION

Newport Beach, CA

Bonus eligible position

Individual pay may vary from the target hiring range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/DUTIES

• Serve as the day-to-day owner of the company's financial forecasting model, helping translate business activity, market developments, and operating assumptions into clear financial projections
• Collect annual inputs, update for business actual performance throughout the year, maintain the accuracy of inputs and assumptions, and identify opportunities to continuously improve the model
• Lead monthly and quarterly FP&A model updates, incorporating actual results, new and proposed transactions and timing, funding activity, commercial developments, and other key business driver updates
• Develop variance analysis and executive-ready materials that explain performance versus plan, highlight key trends, and help senior leaders understand the "why" behind financial results
• Critically evaluate understand key drivers of performance to plan under various conditions. Identify opportunities to improve how the team anticipates, tracks and reports the company's performance to plan
• Partner with stakeholders across Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Marketing, Trading, Aircraft Technical, and others to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and build a well-rounded view of business performance
• Support the annual financial plan and five-year strategic planning process, including analysis of business initiatives, growth opportunities, and potential impacts to financial performance
• Build financial models and analytical tools that support leasing transactions, aircraft purchases and sales, portfolio activity, M&A opportunities, and other strategic decisions
• Develop a strong understanding of the aircraft leasing business, including fleet economics, transaction drivers, funding considerations, and key performance metrics
• Identify opportunities to improve FP&A processes, data flows, reporting tools, and model logic, and help implement enhancements that make analysis more accurate, efficient, and scalable
• Prepare clear, accurate, and user-friendly analysis and presentations for senior management and other stakeholders.
• Build relationships across the organization and become a trusted analytical partner to teams involved in planning, reporting, transactions, and strategic decision-making
• Contribute to ad hoc analyses and special projects that provide exposure to strategic, commercial, and financial priorities across the company

KEY DIMENSIONS

• In-depth understanding of ACG's business model, operations, strategy, and financial performance
• Ability to detect and correctly interpret changes in market and operating conditions and their likely impact on financial results and operating metrics
• Effective execution of FP&A function responsibilities with a bias towards continuous improvement
• Ability to collaborate and build interpersonal relationships across the company and at all levels, transparency and accountability

KEY RELATIONSHIPS & LEADERSHIP

• Key peer relationships, line managers in every department, subject matter experts. Ability to communicate actionable insights clearly and effectively to key stakeholders and senior management.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering or commensurate business experience required
• 5-7 years of direct work experience in FP&A or Corporate Finance required
• Aircraft Leasing, Financial Services, Airline or public company experience
• Complex financial modeling and Excel experience required
• Analytical thinking and complex problem-solving capabilities required
• Strong organization skills, with ability to effectively prioritize work and meet deadlines, attention to detail
• Ability to create and deliver impactful presentations to key stakeholders and senior management
• Prior experience developing revenue and expense business plans highly valued
• Understanding and experience in applying GAAP or IFRS accounting principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to interact with all levels of an organization
• Advanced degree (MBA), certification (CFA), or other qualifications related to aviation and aviation leasing preferred
• Advanced Excel capabilities, working with large data sets and data manipulation preferred

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• This role is an in-office position and requires regular on-site presence to support collaboration and business needs
• Ability to use computer & software programs on a daily basis

ENVIRONMENT

• This position will be indoors 100% of the time. 90%-95% of the day is spent sitting or standing at a desk as the other 5% consists of minimal walking to meet with other employees.