- PLN - Planning
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
- Cathay Pacific
- Application Deadline
29 May 2023
Role Introduction
Reports to: Head of Fleet and Passenger Schedulin
The jobholder will conduct aircraft evaluation and modelling for fleet projects and perform profitability analysis with a view to the long-term investment decisions that is beneficial to the company.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the aircraft economic evaluation process and modelling to support decision- making forspecific fleet projects-
Develop and maintain comprehensive financial models to evaluate the financial
viability of proposed deals under the projects - Provide support to management in preparing executive updates on fleet projects as well as fleet related recommendations
- Support aircraft reconfiguration projects with recommendations on seat count and class mix to ensure revenuemaximization
- Collaborate with Flight Operations
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Take an active role in the drafting of business cases and board papers required to
support fleet projects. -
Collaborate with Flight Operations to identify and implement initiativesto conduct
payload/rangeassessmentand achieve weight/fuel savings -
Collaborate with other departments within the airline,in particular Procurement &
Aircraft Trading as well asEngineering, to ensure that aircraft economic evaluation is integrated into broader business planning processes -
Provide training and support to other team members and stakeholders on aircraft
economic evaluation techniques and best practices
Requirements
Holder of a bachelor degree-
A minimum of 7 years’ experience in the financial industry, with at least 2 years
involvement inaircraft economicsevaluation - Sound commercial acumen
- High proficiency with data and numbers
- Strong financial modelling skills using NPV and IRR techniques
- Some knowledge of aircraft performance, aircraft systems and retrofit programmes
- Capability to articulate complex issues in simple terms and communicate the same effectively with a broad range of stakeholders in order to drive progress and facilitate decision-making
- Capability to deal with ambiguity and focus on what matters as a priority
- Sound project management experience
- Good interpersonal and influencing skills
- Strong drive and self-initiative
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Can be trusted to appropriately handle commercially sensitive and confidential
information
Personal & Application Information
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