There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

We believe that inclusion helps us thrive and grow at United across our collaborative Finance teams consisting of Financial Planning & Analysis, Internal Audit, Treasury, Global Procurement, Controllership, Investor Relations and more. These teams provide the financial fuel that keeps our operation running from providing detailed analyses of financial planning, performance, and forecasts to managing our investments and financial strategies. Our Finance team plays an integral role in making our airline profitable and successful by meeting our financial goals.

This opportunity is to join our Finance Early-Career Development Program crafted to progress the technical, financial, and leadership skills of early career, underrepresented individuals. A diverse group of candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Participants will be supported through various experiences, including experiential and action learning, course training, mentorship, peer coaching, virtual knowledge sharing, and networking.

During this cohort-based program, you will be fully immersed in our collaborative culture built on diversity of thought. Our teams will be looking for your curiosity and your outstanding point of view. This two-year program allows participants to gain exposure to two areas of interest within FP&A. Candidates will have the option to work with diverse areas in financial, strategic, and technical roles, gaining business partnership knowledge and growing their overall financial foresight at United. Candidates selected for this program will receive continuous growth opportunities outside their direct role through personal and development initiatives.

• Provides financial and statistical analysis, support, and reporting to leadership
• Generates routine reporting as well as specific ad hoc analysis
• Participates and contributes to meetings involving key finance issues
• Directly responsible for development and delivery of financial analyses, and provision of accurate financial guidance, supporting and advising senior leaders in key critical initiatives
• Lead projects through their full lifecycles, from initial concept and sizing to implementation
• Support of organization and senior leaders in regular and ongoing reporting on profitability, operational, and financial performance by building financial models in support of long range planning process as well as ad-hoc scenario analysis needs
• Support senior leadership in capital allocation discussions
• Incorporating long range earnings projections and capital expense priorities
• Strive for continuous improvement of 3 statement model, both for near term and long term projections

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table.

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related field
• Minimum 3 years of analytical work experience demonstrating increasing responsibility; airline or travel proven experience
• Well acquainted with financial documents and analyses
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Proficient with data querying tools and data manipulation
• Ability to work cross-functionally and navigate organizational interdependencies
• Ability to identify data trends and turn data into information
• Ability to create and deliver presentations and optimally communicate to senior leadership
• Ability to generate creative solutions to difficult or ambiguous problems
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is a crucial function of the position

• MBA or Master’s degree in Finance/Economics/Quantitative field highly preferred
• Hyperion planning experience preferred
• 2-4 years FP&A experience
• Preferred CISSP, CISA, or CISM
• Knowledge of data visualization tools, such as Spotfire
• Initiating action, building partnerships, cross-functional collaboration, finding solutions, planning and organizing, self-starter, strong inter-personal skills