Financial Analyst at Ascendion Inc.

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands


• Solve complex problems – and learn new skills


• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients


• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About the Role:

Job Title: Data analyst

Key Duties

• Leads analyses for Mileage Plan program initiatives, including new product or feature launches, product or market tests, and historical data analyses to support recommendations.


• Performs complex analysis to inform optimal program design and structure decisions.


• Manages the analysis and preparation of business reporting in conjunction with Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), and Loyalty Accounting on the monthly loyalty Profit and Loss (P&L) (e.g., forecasting, identifying resulting variances, conducting analyses, and formulating recommendations).


• With minimal direction from leadership, mines for customer insights and recommend optimizations across lifecycle programs, offers and channels to grow guest loyalty.


• Models and forecast costs of loyalty offers, elite benefits and incentives in collaboration with loyalty principals and develops reporting to track performance vs. forecast.


• Develops and implements forecasting tools, commercial and operational dashboards leveraged by operational managers, channel/product owners and vendor partners to manage the business.


• Develops reports, PowerPoints, and dashboards on an ad-hoc basis to support the business as assigned.


• Proactively drives analysis to inform annual budgeting and planning.


• Analyzes data for new and maturing product/service initiatives and conducts competitive benchmarking.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in data analysis or financial analytics roles within aviation, e-commerce, technology, hospitality, marketing, or a loyalty-related area.


• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Economics, Computer Science, or Technical Degree (Engineering), or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.


• Proficiency with MS Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)


• Proficiency in database querying or business intelligence tools such as Structured Query language (SQL), Alteryx, Toad, Tableau


• Advanced in Excel and able to work with data analysis tools, statistical/reference formulas, and pivot tables.

Desired Qualifications:

• Loyalty programs


• Airline industry experience

Location: SeaTac, WA

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $70000 - $90000 annually.  Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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