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Aligning Skills for Success in Capital Planning at Southwest Airlines: An Insightful Interview

In this engaging presentation, Eugene Rura, CPA, MBA, discusses his alignment of skills with the Capital Planning department at Southwest Airlines. Highlighting the importance of effective communication in financial analysis, he uses infographics to strengthen his message. Eugene outlines his extensive experience in budgeting, variance analysis, and operational support for various departments. He also explores the role of Business Intelligence and ERP systems in modern finance while showcasing his capabilities in multivariate analytics and data visualization. Join him for a valuable exploration of strategic financial roles!

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Aligning Skills for Success in Capital Planning at Southwest Airlines: An Insightful Interview

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  1. Eugene Rura, CPA,MBA Matching skillset to position with capital planning department with Southwest Airlines: Interview with Karen Thrasher

  2. Greetings, this is Eugene. This brief slideshow servers multiple (as is appropriate for a financial analyst specializing on multidimensional Business Intelligence) purposes. First goal is to demonstrate the power of infographics in reinforcement of communication (since communication skills are specifically highlighted in the requisites for the position). Second is to serve as a general timing guideline (since it is so easy get sidetracked discussing systems, concepts and examples).

  3. Distribution of work experience in years over various positions held

  4. Prepares the budget for and performs detailed variance analysis (with multiple cost drivers) • Assist in Preparing Budgets/Annual Operating Plan • Reviewing Actual results against Budget • Explaining variances in both written and oral form • Performing operational and financial decision support for Customer Departments and Leaders Position requirements My skillset

  5. Why Business Intelligence systems?1. Mentioned in the requirements (Hyperion)2. New reality in which business is now done. Traditional CPA’s ERP List of ERP/BI systems that SW uses according to Crush_Info. In layman’s terms – these are systems, where SW keeps its data.

  6. We have great IT, why do we need a CPA with programming skills to help departments to do budgets? Multivariate analytics: create a cube Use cube to present data and do drill-downs Use cube to create dashboards and time-series Search cube for significant factors to explain variances

  7. (Just in case) – what in the world is a cube?

  8. Thank you for your time

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