SR ANALYST, CORPORATE FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS

Company Overview

ATSG is a leading provider of air cargo transportation and related services.

Our customers are domestic and foreign air carriers and other companies that outsource their air cargo lift requirements. We, through our leasing and airline subsidiaries, are the world's largest owner and operator of converted Boeing 767 freighter aircraft.

Through our principal subsidiaries, including three airlines with separate and distinct U.S. FAA Part 121 Air Carrier certificates, we provide aircraft leasing, air cargo lift, passenger ACMI and charter services, aircraft maintenance services and airport ground services.

Position Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate FP&A supports consolidated financial planning and analysis for Air Transport Services Group. This position supports preparation of the enterprise budget and forecast consolidation across all business units, prepares recurring management reporting materials for executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and ownership, and performs the variance and driver analysis that supports enterprise decision making.

The role sits within the Corporate FP&A team, which is being built out, and works closely with business unit finance leaders to consolidate submissions, apply consistent planning and reporting standards across entities, and develop repeatable, well-documented analysis. The position provides exposure across ATSG’s airline, leasing, maintenance, and logistics businesses and to the consolidated enterprise view the Corporate FP&A team maintains.

Key Responsibilities

Consolidated Planning, Forecasting, and Analysis

• Support preparation of the consolidated annual budget and periodic forecast, including collection of business unit submissions, validation against defined standards, and assembly into an enterprise view of revenue, earnings, EBITDA, cash flow, capital expenditure, and headcount.

• Maintain enterprise planning models and supporting schedules, including entity-level detail and the mapping between operating statistics and financial results.

• Prepare enterprise variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods, with clear attribution to business unit and driver.

• Support the consolidated long-range financial model, including preparation of scenario and sensitivity analysis.

• Track and report forecast accuracy by entity and identify sources of recurring variance.

• Track submission deadlines and review milestones against the enterprise planning calendar and maintain version control of planning files and outputs.

Management, Board, and Sponsor Reporting

• Prepare recurring monthly and quarterly management reporting materials for executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and ownership, including financial statements, key performance indicators, variance schedules, and supporting exhibits.

• Draft written variance commentary and analytical narrative suitable for an executive audience.

• Compile recurring and ad hoc reporting for lenders, sponsors, and other external stakeholders in coordination with Treasury and the Controller organization.

• Maintain reporting templates and support consistency of presentation across entities and periods.

Standards, Systems, and Data

• Support development and maintenance of the ATSG key performance indicator dictionary, including standard definitions, data sources, and named owners for financial, operational, and unit cost measures.

• Support the annual budget build within the enterprise planning platform in coordination with the Controller organization, including template build, testing, and end-user support.

• Support the evaluation, selection, and implementation of enterprise performance management and planning capability.

• Extract, reconcile, and validate financial and operational data from the enterprise resource planning environment and business unit source systems.

• Contribute to reducing manual and spreadsheet-dependent effort through automation, standardization, and documentation of recurring processes.

Decision and Transaction Support

• Support the enterprise capital request consolidation and the capital approval process, including business case review, returns analysis, and upkeep of the consolidated capital plan.

• Support quantification and validation of the financial impact of cost reduction and value capture initiatives with the teams executing them, applying established validation standards.

• Prepare analysis supporting fleet planning, commercial decisions, and other business unit initiatives that require an enterprise view.

• Perform ad hoc financial analysis at the request of the Vice President of Finance, the Chief Financial Officer, and executive leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline required.

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, or accounting.

• Demonstrated experience preparing a budget or forecast consolidation spanning multiple entities or business units.

• Demonstrated experience building financial models from source data without a pre-existing template.

• Demonstrated experience preparing recurring reporting and analysis for senior leadership.

• Experience working with operational data and translating operating drivers into financial outcomes.

• Strong financial modeling capability, including driver-based forecasting, scenario analysis, and variance decomposition.

• Working knowledge of consolidation mechanics, intercompany eliminations, and the distinction between management and statutory reporting views.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with the judgment to distinguish material drivers from noise.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to construct a clear narrative from complex financial data.

• High standard of accuracy and intellectual honesty, including the willingness to identify and escalate errors and to challenge submissions constructively.

• Ability to manage a demanding recurring reporting calendar alongside project and process improvement

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, and general proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite including PowerPoint.

• Experience with enterprise resource planning systems and financial data extraction, transformation, and reconciliation.

• Familiarity with enterprise performance management, consolidation, or planning platforms.

• Working knowledge of accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting disciplines.

• Must be able to work in a professional office environment in Wilmington, Ohio. Occasional travel, generally in the range of five percent, may be required to support business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with an enterprise performance management or planning platform such as Vena, Anaplan, OneStream, Adaptive, or Hyperion.

• Experience in a private equity-backed or sponsor-owned environment, including value creation plan or sponsor reporting.

• Experience in a capital-intensive industry such as aviation, transportation, logistics, leasing, or industrials.

• Experience in a multi-entity holding company structure with decentralized operating businesses.

• Oracle enterprise resource planning experience.

• Proficiency with business intelligence and visualization tools.

• Productivity enhancements through the use of BI and/or AI driven dashboards.

• Progress toward or completion of a CPA, CFA, MBA, or equivalent professional qualification.