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About flyExclusive
flyExclusive is one of the fastest-growing private aviation companies in the country - and we are just getting started. From our world-class Jet Club to our unmatched private jet charter, clients who fly with us receive a curated private jet experience that anticipates their needs for comfort and style. We operate a modern, curated fleet and deliver a world-class experience to our customers, backed by a team that holds itself to the highest standards of safety, service, and operational excellence. From our roots in Kinston, North Carolina to our expanding Raleigh headquarters, we are building something the industry has not seen before.
Why flyExclusive?
As we continue to build a leading aviation brand, nothing is more critical to this mission than the talented professionals that make up flyExclusive. We're more than just a private jet company. We go beyond the industry standard to create a uniquely detailed customer experience that is visible throughout all our departments, from our software design and fleet coordinator teams to our pilots and technicians. If you are looking for people who motivate others around them, and build relationships that create trust and open communication, you will find that here.
Such growth in a logistically complex, capital-intensive industry can only be sustained by making prudent operational and financial decisions - as such, flyExclusive is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst within our Finance organization. This role offers exposure to senior leadership and an immediate opportunity to shape decisions that impact top-line and bottom-line results.
This is a perfect fit for an intellectually curious builder who is eager for a dynamic, fast-paced environment and to contribute to enterprise growth and continuous improvement.
Summary and objective
The Senior Financial Analyst owns financial modeling, forecasting, reporting, and profitability analysis - and does it as an AI-first operator. Beyond producing analysis, this person is expected to build the tooling and automations that make the Finance function faster, more accurate, and more scalable. You will partner with the CFO and Finance organization on financial analysis, quarterly forecasts, the annual budget, operating-plan variance analysis, special projects, and ad hoc requests, while continuously replacing manual, repetitive work with durable automated solutions.
What "AI-first" means in this role
We are not looking for someone who runs the same manual workbook every month. We are looking for someone who treats every recurring task as a candidate for automation, and who uses modern AI tools to compress the time between a business question and a trustworthy answer.

• Automate the routine - identify manual, repetitive Finance workflows (reporting packages, reconciliations, variance walks, data pulls) and build solutions that run them reliably with minimal human touch.
• Build, don't just consume - use AI coding assistants and LLM tools to prototype scripts, models, and lightweight applications that extend what one analyst can accomplish.
• Raise the floor on quality - design checks, controls, and reconciliations into automated processes so speed never comes at the cost of accuracy.
• Scale your judgment - turn one-off analyses into reusable templates and tools the broader Finance team can run themselves.

Essential functions

• Performs detailed research and variance analysis against forecast, budget, and actuals across cost, revenue, capital expense, liabilities, and other operating metrics.
• Facilitates the monthly close and analysis of profit & loss, working capital, and non-financial accounts to ensure accuracy and timeliness, provide performance recommendations, and maintain compliance.
• Builds and maintains automated reporting and forecasting solutions that reduce manual effort and cycle time while improving accuracy.
• Uses AI tools and scripting (e.g., Python, SQL, AI coding assistants) to accelerate data preparation, analysis, and the production of recurring deliverables.
• Participates in the annual budgeting process, including preparation of detailed income and expense budgets at the unit level and other key metrics.
• Performs quantitative analysis and financial modeling of internal and external data to provide insight on drivers of profitability.
• Monitors and analyzes financial data and key business metrics to determine progress against plans, forecasts, and budgets.
• Finalizes monthly analyses of business trends, budget variance, and KPIs for management reviews and strategic business analysis sessions.
• Provides forecast analysis of key metrics and other financial consulting related to business performance, operating, and strategic reviews.
• Partners with departments to develop forecast models that improve management of capital and expense budgets.
• Documents and shares the tools and automations they build so the broader team can adopt and maintain them.

Skills and abilities

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with a commitment to accuracy and attention to detail.
• Comfort working with data beyond spreadsheets - e.g., SQL, or a strong track record of picking up technical tools quickly to manipulate data and build automations (scripting languages like Python are a plus, not a requirement).
• Hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., LLM assistants, AI coding copilots) to do real work faster - or clear evidence of an aptitude and enthusiasm to do so.
• A builder's mindset: sees a manual process and instinctively asks how to automate it.
• Highly organized and able to handle large volumes of data.
• Ability to perform thorough analyses of financial statements and make recommendations to Directors and VPs to establish goals and roadmaps to achieve them.
• Knowledge of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes, as well as common business and cost drivers and financial statement analysis.
• A self-starter who is highly motivated with strong initiative.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on clear written and oral communication.

Competencies

• Microsoft Office; comfort learning and adopting new software and AI tools quickly

Work environment

• Typical office and computer lab environment with frequent interruptions.
• Exposure to loud noises including but not limited to airplane machinery and jet engines.
• Monday through Friday in our Raleigh office (not a remote or hybrid position)
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Dress code and uniform

• Well-groomed appearance.
• Adherence to department dress code.

Travel required
Less than 10%.
Required education and experience

• 2-6 years of Finance or Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), investment banking, consulting, or equivalent experience - demonstrated through one or a combination of work experience, training, military experience, and education.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related quantitative field.

Preferred

• Demonstrated experience automating financial or analytical workflows (scripts, tools, or applications you have built).
• Experience working with data warehouses, BI tools, or the modern data stack.

EEO Statement
flyExclusive does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sex stereotyping, gender identity, gender expression or transgender status), national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, age, protected genetic information, status as a parent, marital status, political affiliation, or retaliation based on prior protected EEO activity.