How You'll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)
The Project Manager, TechOps FP&A directs division financial planning, forecasting, analytics, and process-improvement initiatives that strengthen the predictability, transparency, and efficiency of TechOps financial performance. The role connects financial acumen, project execution, and data capability by developing scalable planning tools, querying and integrating large datasets, and translating operational and financial information into decision-ready insights for leaders. The Project Manager also governs recurring FP&A deliverables, timelines, documentation, and cross-functional coordination to ensure accurate and timely outputs.
- Govern capital and investment analysis: Support capital prioritization, business cases, CAR submissions, project cash-flow forecasts, ROI/payback analysis, funding visibility, and post-approval tracking. Ensure financial assumptions, approvals, and supporting documentation are complete and traceable.
- Deliver decision support and executive communication: Perform ad hoc analysis, develop presentations, and communicate complex findings in a concise manner. Frame tradeoffs, implications, and recommended actions for finance and business leaders.
- Financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis: Own and coordinate TechOps outlook, planning, variance analysis, risk and opportunity assessment, scenario modeling, and consolidated submissions. Translate financial and operational drivers into clear recommendations and leadership-ready narratives.
- Own FP&A process governance and calendar: Maintain key calendars, stage gates, submission requirements, templates, controls, and documentation for forecast, plan, close, capital, and leadership deliverables. Proactively identify gaps and drive timely resolution.
- Build data-enabled FP&A solutions: Query, combine, validate, and analyze large financial and operational datasets using SQL and available enterprise data platforms. Develop repeatable models, reporting tools, and automated workflows that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and create an auditable source of truth.
What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)
- Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
- Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
- Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
- Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
- At least three years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate or business-unit finance, financial analysis, data analytics, project management, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, scenario modeling, cost drivers, capital analysis, cash flow, ROI, and management reporting.
- Hands-on experience using SQL or another comparable query language or data platform to retrieve, join, filter, aggregate, reconcile, and analyze large datasets.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, including complex financial modeling and executive-level presentations.
- Ability to influence without direct authority, build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, and constructively challenge assumptions.
- Ability to communicate complex financial and technical information in a concise, comprehensive, and decision-oriented manner to all levels of management.
- Demonstrated curiosity, sound judgement, and a continuous improvement mindset in an ambiguous, deadline-driven environment.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other business-related field is preferred.
- MBA or CPA highly preferred.
- Experience in a complex operational environment, including capital planning, labor or productivity analytics, cash or working-capital analysis, or maintenance-related financial analysis.
- Working knowledge of Power Query, Power BI, Smart View, SAP, SAP HANA, or comparable enterprise analytics and planning platforms.
Benefits And Perks To Help You Keep Climbing
Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:
- Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
- 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits
- Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages
- Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health
- Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
- Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals
- World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
- Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies
- Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
- Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare
