Sr. Asset Analyst

Responsibilities

• Lead recurring and ad hoc reviews of aircraft maintenance condition across the portfolio, identifying exposure trends, remaining service life, and projected maintenance-related cash requirements for individual assets.
• Build, refine, and communicate forecasts for maintenance timing, cost, and asset performance by partnering with technical, finance, legal, trading, and marketing stakeholders.
• Validate monthly aircraft utilization information received from operators, maintain accurate asset records, and coordinate updates with internal teams that rely on current status reporting.
• Support monthly maintenance reserve processes by working with billing and risk partners to calculate reserve amounts and help maintain related collateral requirements.
• Manage annual maintenance reserve reconciliations, escalation updates, and lease-end financial assessments, including compensation calculations and other maintenance-related adjustments.
• Prepare technical budget estimates for aircraft transitions, repossessions, or similar events, and recommend actions that improve returns or reduce financial and operational risk.
• Advise pricing and commercial teams on portfolio transactions such as sales, extensions, and transitions by providing maintenance cash flow analysis, condition outlooks, and economically sound technical term recommendations.
• Conduct asset and contract diligence for used aircraft acquisitions by reviewing utilization, technical records, and maintenance-related information to support investment decisions.

Requirements

• Strong background in financial analysis, with the ability to assess asset-level performance and maintenance-driven economics.
• Demonstrated experience creating financial models and forecasts that support portfolio planning and transaction analysis.
• Knowledge of variance analysis and the ability to explain differences between expected and actual performance.
• Experience performing ad hoc analysis in response to business, risk, or transaction-related questions.
• Proficiency in data mining and working with large, multi-source datasets to produce accurate insights.
• Ability to communicate complex financial and operational findings clearly to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Familiarity with MRI or comparable systems used for asset, financial, or portfolio data management.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in asset management or aviation finance.
• A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with aircraft maintenance and operation, preferably in a commercial setting.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work with complex datasets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of industry standards and regulations related to aircraft maintenance and finance.

Skills

• Financial modeling and forecasting
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Variance analysis
• Technical knowledge of aircraft maintenance and operation
• Communication and presentation skills

Benefits

Robert Half offers competitive compensation and benefits, including:

• Medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance
• Access to top jobs, competitive compensation, and benefits
• Free online training
• Company 401(k) plan eligibility

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This is a full-time position based in Newport Beach, California.