Manager, Business & Strategic Planning

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At Piedmont Airlines, our strength is the way we deliver industry-leading service to our customers and airline partners. To continue our standard of excellence, Piedmont is seeking a motivated and forward-thinking leader to join our team as Manager, Business & Strategic Planning. The Manager, Business & Strategic Planning is responsible for leading financial and operational analysis, business planning, productivity initiatives, and performance measurement to support the organization's strategic and financial objectives.

This role partners with Finance, Operations, and other cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities to improve cost performance, productivity, and operational efficiency. The Manager leads the development of financial and labor models, performance reporting, business cases, and key performance indicators that enable informed decision-making. A key responsibility of this position is ensuring that identified productivity and efficiency opportunities translate into measurable business results by establishing expected benefits, tracking implementation, validating realized savings and operational improvements, and incorporating results into forecasts and business plans.

The successful candidate will hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study coupled with five years of progressively responsible work experience in a related field. This position will report to the Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A).Essential Duties:

Lead financial, operational, and productivity analysis to identify trends, performance gaps, cost drivers, risks, and opportunities for improvement

Partner with Finance, Operations, and functional leaders to develop and execute business and strategic planning initiatives aligned with organizational priorities

Lead the development of business cases, financial models, scenario analyses, and recommendations supporting strategic and operational decisions

Develop and maintain labor and productivity models that provide insight into staffing requirements, operational performance, and cost efficiency

Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning by providing analysis of productivity, labor, cost drivers, operational assumptions, and strategic initiatives

Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), performance scorecards, and management reporting to measure productivity, efficiency, financial performance, and progress against organizational objectives

Lead the development of dashboards and executive-level presentations that clearly communicate business performance, trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions

Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve productivity, reduce costs, and enhance organizational effectiveness

Partner with cross-functional teams to prioritize and implement productivity, cost-efficiency, and process-improvement initiatives

Establish financial and operational baselines, expected benefits, implementation milestones, and success measures for productivity and strategic initiatives

Track initiatives from business case through implementation and benefits realization, identifying gaps between projected and actual results and recommending corrective actions when necessary

Validate realized cost savings, cost avoidance, productivity improvements, and other business benefits in partnership with FP&A, Accounting, Operations, and other stakeholders

Ensure realized benefits and changes in business assumptions are appropriately reflected in forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans

Maintain visibility into the organization's portfolio of productivity and efficiency initiatives, including expected value, realized value, timing, risks, and implementation status

Provide data-driven recommendations to senior leadership and effectively communicate complex financial and operational information to financial and non-financial stakeholders

Support strategic projects and enterprise initiatives through financial analysis, business planning, project coordination, and performance measurement

Promote the effective use of automation, artificial intelligence, business intelligence, and analytics tools to improve productivity, reporting, and decision-making

Develop standardized methodologies, tools, and processes for business planning, financial modeling, productivity analysis, benefits…