Senior FP & Analyst

Boyd Gaming Corporation has been successful in gaming jurisdiction in which we operate in the United States and is one of the premier casino entertainment companies in the United States. Never content to rest upon our successes, we will continue to evolve and retain a position of leadership in our industry. Our past success, our current business philosophies and our sound business planning, combine to position Boyd Gaming Corporation to maximize value for our shareholders, our team members and our communities.

The Senior Analyst is an experienced analyst position within Boyd Gaming's Finance Center of Excellence FP&A team. The Senior Analyst brings subject matter expertise in specific categories of key focus which could include gaming (including both slots and table games), hospitality departments, or labor. The Senior Analyst partners with senior corporate and operations leadership with data driven insights and perspective with recommendations to improve operational performance across multiple departments.

The Senior Analyst has knowledge of current internal and external trends and can manage large and disparate data to gain insights to provide opportunities to reduce inefficiencies and increase revenue. Provides insights that will result in actionable recommendations to support both short-term and long-term operations and planning needs. Partners with senior and operations leadership to evaluate new and innovative ways to differentiate Boyd Gaming and improve operating performance and guest satisfaction.

• Innovative:
  Looks at issues from a fresh viewpoint and adapts to the changes created by the environment. Willing to take risks and explore the new, untested and unknown.
• Feedback:
  Gives positive feedback when appropriate, but also addresses inadequate performance or inappropriate behavior. Provides frank and direct feedback to others.
• Communication:
  Believes in the importance of keeping others informed. Spends time clearly defining expectations.
• Accuracy:
  Completes work product with extremely high levels of accuracy. Attention to detail, consistently provided over routine workflow is essential.
• Excitement:
  Has the ability to motivate others and their work. Displays a high level of energy, intensity, and enthusiasm.
• Strategic:
  Has the ability to analyze the future impact that a decision made today is likely to have. Understands the interdependence of various work units and the importance of integrating their activities.
• Ethics:
  Demonstrates integrity and exercises discretion in handling confidential information.
• Key support and influencer for the continued iteration and improvement of the Company’s playbook of reports for properties and operating departments across the enterprise.
• Acts as category expert and can interpret data and internal trends to advise senior and operations management on both short term immediate needs as well as longer term strategic planning.
• Understands external industry, social and economic trends which could have an impact on operating performance.
• Investigates and recommends opportunities identified that can be implemented regionally or enterprise-wide. Measures performance of actual results with expectations.
• Provides insight and perspective on operating plan variances and root-cause analysis through specialized ad-hoc activities and requests related to specific category expertise.
• Regularly synthesizes large amounts of both internal and external data into actionable recommendations and presentations for management review.
• Ensures effective use of financial predictive modeling processes/business intelligence tools, statistical analytics, graphs, key performance indicators, industry benchmarks and report writing to support strategic and tactical…