Senior Treasury Partner

As a Senior Treasury Partner, you'll provide strategic financial insight and guidance that influences decision-making across the organization and supports the Company's financial objectives. You'll partner with Leaders and cross-functional Teams to drive enterprise cash forecasting, deliver financial insights, and develop complex models that support capital allocation, financing strategies, and long-term planning. This role leads Treasury initiatives that strengthen liquidity, optimize cash management, and enhance financial performance, while providing analytical support across Treasury Operations and Corporate Finance to help the Company achieve its strategic and growth objectives.

Additional Details

• The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX Headquarters facility during business hours. 

• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available. 

We’re committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. 
 

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short and long-term cash flow and balance sheet forecasts with input from various groups to ensure projections are accurate and consistent with key assumptions

• Communicate the forecast results up to the Executive level by providing key drivers, reconciliations across versions, and any other useful commentary that provides clarity to the numbers

• Work closely with various groups including FP&A, Accounting, and Technology to develop a financial planning tool which will streamline the financial planning process

• Develop and maintain quantitative models that evaluate interest rate hedging alternatives, weighted average cost of capital, leverage, covenant compliance, return on invested capital, and other analytical models related to the financial and operational condition of Southwest Airlines, our competitors, suppliers, counterparties, and credit providers

• Develop capital structure and capital redeployment recommendations based on market conditions, the Company’s projected financial performance, and other factors

• Provide assistance to Treasury Operations with daily cash positioning, investment policy compliance, and recommendations for investment alternatives

• Perform ad hoc analysis on a wide array of topics to assist other groups within Treasury and throughout the Company

• Support Fuel Hedging activities, includes serving as Department representative on daily margin call, completing trade documentation, and providing market updates to Senior Leaders

• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee’s Leaders

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, Leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of People and resources

• Knowledge of LAN and SaaS based applications

• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) systems such as SAP or Workday

• Expertise in economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data

• Expertise in financial modeling, and the composition of cash flow statements, income statements, and balance sheets

• Expertise in the drivers that impact forecasting and trends and the ability to identify anomalies in the data and investigate accordingly

• Skilled at choosing the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem

• Skilled in collecting, organizing, visualizing and assimilating data including turning raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software

• Skilled in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making

• Skilled in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems

• Ability to identify potential business opportunities and prepare persuasive business cases for approval

• Ability to make formal and informal presentations to all levels of the organization including Sr Leaders

• Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions, including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or GED

Experience

• Expert level experience, expansive and far reaching knowledge in:

  • Creation and maintenance of financial models

  • Financial planning and/or accounting principals

  • Banking and Corporate Investments

• Preferred experience in: Microsoft office, Tableau, Bloomberg, SAP, Hyperion Essbase, Quickbase

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Licensing/Certification

• N/A

Physical Abilities

• Ability to perform work duties from [limited space workstation/desk/office area] for extended periods of time

• Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job

• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

Other Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986

• Must be at least 18 years of age

• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines

• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines

• Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary, and sensitive Company information

• Must have the flexibility to work extended hours, including weekends, and Company holidays

• Must be able to travel extensively, domestically and internationally, including multi-day / overnight stays

Pay & Benefits  

• Competitive market salary from $125,900 - $139,900 per year* depending on qualifications and experience, with opportunity for future pay increases based on performance and market movement. For eligible leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.  

 
Benefits you’ll love  

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)  

• Southwest will help fund your Retirement Savings Plan with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**  

• Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***  

• Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)  

• Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.  

• Explore more Benefits you’ll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

 
*Pay amount doesn’t guarantee employment for any particular period of time  
**401(k) match contributions are subject to the plan’s vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits  
***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plan’s vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company