Job Descriptions

Financial Analyst

Sabre Holdings Corporate Overview

Sabre Holdings is a world leader in travel commerce, retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. Sabre Holdings supports travelers, travel agents, corporations and travel suppliers through its companies: Travelocity, Sabre Travel Network, GetThere, and Sabre Airline Solutions. Through its businesses Sabre Holdings services 40 million online travelers and more than half of the Fortune 200, books 35 percent of the world’s travel through the Sabre GDS, and supports the reservation and departure control systems for 70 airlines worldwide.

Noteworthy achievements include:

  • Most Admired Company List, Fortune 500
  • Best site (Travelocity.com) for booking airline tickets online, Consumer Reports 2003
  • World’s Leading CRS and GDS, World Travel Awards, 1994-2002, Sabre Holdings

Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, the company has approximately 9,000 employees in 45 countries.

Department: Finance

Sabre Holdings Finance is comprised of highly motivated, well-rounded leaders of the company. We are tightly integrated into all business units and strategic planning activities, charting the direction of the company in the dynamic travel industry. From mergers and acquisitions, to new product releases, to multi-million dollar commercial negotiations, you will find Sabre Holdings Finance influencing the direction of the company. Many of our top Executives started their careers in Sabre Holding Finance.

Responsibilities May Include:

  • Evaluate a new product for travel agents, quantifying the market opportunity, determining the pricing strategy & identifying all associated costs and calculating the return on investment
  • Analyze a joint venture opportunity in Europe by providing financial support for business justification and presenting recommendations to Senior Management
  • Help determine the long-term financial outlook for the company and how to communicate the plan to Executives and the Board of Directors
  • Help sign multi-million dollar contracts with foreign and domestic airlines through financial support of negotiations and assistance with deal structuring
  • Analyze the online travel marketplace and assess the competitive and industry environment

Qualifications:

Education/Degrees: MBA or BBA with an emphasis or major in Finance

Valued Skills:

  • Possesses a core understanding of financial concepts and how to apply these concepts
  • Works with minimum direction, support, or approval and maintain motivation even with the office environment is highly pressured
  • Presents information, ideas, and opinions (written and verbal) in a clear, logical, succinct and persuasive manner
  • Inherently questions all assumptions and can think from multiple perspectives
  • Works effectively with team members, peers, and managers to accomplish goals