Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• The Director of Benefits Planning and Performance will be responsible for planning, design, and delivery of benefits plans and programs, financial performance management, and compliance.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Directs the planning process for creating or enhancing benefits plans and programs related to health and wellness, income protection benefits, and voluntary benefits
• Drives performance and accountability of vendors, consultants, and internal teams with a relentless focus on cost management, return on investments, and trend mitigation
• Partners with Finance to create or enhance forecasting models and build the annual budget
• Oversees approvals of invoices and accruals during the monthly book-closing process and partners with Finance to provide detailed variance explanations relative to forecast/budget
• Leads forcing mechanisms such as regular reporting, performance metrics, and business reviews and owns the financial performance of benefits plans and programs relative to budget and cost management goals
• Serves as a thought-partner to the Labor Relations team supporting the negotiation process for Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement with various unions
• Leads RFP planning and execution in partnership with Procurement, Legal, and Consultants. Demonstrates a strong business and financial acumen to develop contracts with strong
• Oversees the contract renewal planning processes for international benefits and support local business team, people business partners, and recruiters to attract and retain talent
• Develops tools and communication materials that increase employee engagement
• Ensures processes are compliant with all legal and government regulations, Company policies and procedures, internal quality standards, and Sarbanes-Oxley controls
• Maintains compliance with global and local requirements, such as ACA, ERISA, and HIPAA, as well as other state and federal requirements
• Leads and develops a team of benefits and compliance professionals by providing strategic direction and ensuring that the team is engaged

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Demonstrates the highest standards of personal ethics and integrity
• 7 years of experience in leadership roles
• Experience in finance, benefits cost management, or related field
• Exceptional planning, analytical, and problem resolution skills

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, related field or equivalent experience; Advanced degree
• CPA, CFA, PMP certification
• Hands-on experience with creating dynamic reporting dashboards
• Extensive experience with vendor management to drive metric-based accountability

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to optimize the use of all available resources and deliver on multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results while simultaneously managing multiple priorities
• Understanding of collective bargaining agreements
• Skilled in stakeholder management, as well as proven ability to build and facilitate relationships at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
• Ability to influence through outstanding interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing, and complex environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to effectively and clearly communicate a strategic and tactical vision to all levels within the organization, as well as with external agencies and business partners
• Believes in and promotes the American Airlines five leadership attributes:
  • Caring – We care about all team members
  • Collaboration – We succeed as a team
  • Development – We build future leaders
  • Results – We drive to be the best
  • Future – We continually challenge the status quo

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.