Finance Manager

About the role

Reports to the Leasing Divisional President, with a dotted line to the CFO. Opportunity to be hired at the Director level for the right experience. Evaluate aircraft investments, leasing economics, portfolio performance, financing structures, and capital deployment.

Pay

$130,000 – $160,000 base salary.

Schedule

Fort Lauderdale, FL — onsite 5 days per week.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition assistance
• 3 weeks of PTO initially, increasing to 4 weeks in year two
• 401(k) with a 50% match on employee contributions up to 6%

Responsibilities

• Build and evaluate advanced financial models incorporating debt structures, taxes, maintenance cash flows, financing scenarios, and stress testing.
• Analyze asset and portfolio returns, lease performance, residual values, cash flows, credit exposure, and investment opportunities.
• Partner with accounting on lease classification, revenue recognition, depreciation, impairment, monthly close, and aircraft purchase/sale accounting.
• Support technical lease-accounting requirements, including ASC 842 and relevant global lease-accounting standards.
• Evaluate and execute complex leasing, investment, financing, and aircraft-related transactions.
• Prepare investment analyses and executive-level reporting for senior leadership and investment decisions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in aviation finance, aircraft leasing, structured finance, asset finance, or a closely related investment field.
• Strong accounting foundation with demonstrated knowledge of ASC 842 and/or IFRS 16 and the ability to handle technical lease-accounting questions.
• Advanced financial modeling and cash-flow analysis skills, including valuation, return analysis, capital structures, and transaction economics.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and executing complex investment or asset-financing transactions; aviation experience is preferred, with relevant equipment, automotive, or other asset-leasing backgrounds also potentially applicable.