Vail Resorts Careers

Description

The Mountain Finance team drives comprehensive financial planning, forecasting and analysis to enable the company to align its resources with the achievement of its strategic goals- both long term and short term.  The Mountain Finance team works closely with the resort COO, the business managers for each department and the Corporate Finance team in Broomfield.

The Mountain Finance Analyst is a major player in the Urban Ski Area management team, responsible for driving budget planning (capital and expense), forecasting and reporting aligned with the common goals of the Urban Ski Area VP, Mountain GM's and Corporate Financial Planning.  The Finance Analyst will report to the Director of Mountain Finance and be responsible for:

• Partnering with department managers to prepare  financial forecasts, budgets and planning materials for Urban Ski Areas
• Provide financial analysis support for the business managers and Finance/Accounting support real-time
• Provide connection/relationship between Corporate Accounting and business managers on-site
• Run transaction and sales detail reports to verify data and financial reporting accuracy
• Drive financial and performance measurement criteria to assist business partners within the operations
• Prepare monthly waterfalls and variance explanations for Corporate Finance and Accounting
• Review and give feedback to managers on monthly financial results
• Continuously look to improve forecast accuracy and financial knowledge within the resort
• Proactively communicate with managers, the Urban Ski Area VP and the Mountain Finance team with ideas and recommendations

Requirements:

3+ years experience in finance with demonstrated success in financial modeling and analysis.   The ideal candidate should have experience coordinating financial planning and analysis functions, including annual budget and capital budgeting processes.

Additionally the ideal candidate should have:

• Outstanding academic credentials
• Bachelor's Degree - required
• 3+ years finance and/or accounting experience with demonstrated success in financial modeling and analysis - required
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent individual initiative and objective-oriented drive
• Ability to multi-task and manage numerous simultaneous priorities
• Outstanding problem solving skills
• A record of accomplishment and excellence
• Highly collaborative team approach to work
• Ability to adapt to and excel in a fast-paced environment
• High energy and the ability to work highly independently
• Expertise in quantitative analysis and presentation
• High degree of proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint (Access and PeopleSoft also desirable)