Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you're ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!
Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).
Job Summary:
The Vail Resorts Finance Team is committed to Building Leaders and Driving Value and supports a fast growing publicly traded company (NYSE: MTN) comprised of 42 best-in-class mountain resorts and regional ski areas across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Our team exists to deliver data-driven insights to support the financial management of Vail Resorts - the leading ski resort operator in the world. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, collaborative team that continuously redefines the mountain resort experience!
The Principal Analyst - Central Reporting will oversee the centralized reporting function of the company and lead the central reporting team. This instrumental role will partner with FP&A leaders to drive efficient process design and execution of reporting suite to serve enterprise, divisional as well as operational leaders financial reporting needs.
Job Specifications:
Starting Wage: $100,000 - $125,000 + annual bonus
Employment Type: Year Round
Shift Type: Full Time hours available
Housing Availability: No
Job Responsibilities:
This is a hands-on role that will manage the financial reporting configuration and maintenance leveraged to drive insights.
In collaboration with Enterprise and Divisional FP&A teams, this hire will drive the development of:
best-in-class reporting capabilities for enterprise and line-of-business reporting,
automated dashboards for key performance indicators,
daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting to support C-Level executives, senior leadership teams, and Board of Director (BOD) presentations
Understand complex financial systems, data, and infrastructure to operationalize and help govern the Company's enterprise reporting library, ensuring high data integrity, reporting quality, and timeliness.
Build strong operating governance, processes, tools, reports, and relationships to enable quick and proactive response times in a collaborative manner that contributes to the team's high-performance culture.
Communicate to key stakeholders regarding crucial deliverables and timelines for critical enterprise-wide processes that ensure alignment and clarity of specific objectives supporting CFO, EC, COO, and SLT decision-making.
Leadership qualities:
Demonstrated track record of high performance in support of senior leadership team.
Leads by example, possesses a strong work ethic, is collaborative, and embraces a passion and results driven leadership model.
Self-aware and maintains authentic humility; possesses high energy, drive and an ability to execute; is flexible, agile and can adapt quickly in a rapid-paced environment.
Approach and behavior-cultural characteristics:
Strong curiosity in tackling complex business problems; dives deeply into the data, relentlessly pursues what it means, and how these insights drive decision making.
Comfortable operating in financial systems and spreadsheets, and equally comfortable leveraging his/her capabilities to work independently.
Strong learning agility. Enjoys and excels in environments where he/she must tackle and solve new and increasingly complex strategic business challenges and issues-incorporating the newest ideas, technologies, and approaches to business.
A brave, ambitious, and passionate leader who is comfortable in his/her own skin while also demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
Job Requirements:
Outstanding academic credentials; Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field.
5+ years, or 3+ years with a MBA, of experience in FP&A and/or project management.
Experience in report design architecture, emphasizing user perspectives focused on crucial data that decision- makers can digest compellingly using industry-standard financial systems like Planful or similar reporting and planning tools.
Expert in data visualization software (i.e., Tableau, Power BI) and can build advanced data dashboards that provide decision-makers with information efficiently and effectively.
Experience in data preparation processes and creating workflows to extract and feed data to data visualization software is a plus (i.e., Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau Prep, Alteryx, etc.)
Demonstrated aptitude and success in financial reporting, data management, process management, and use/development of financial reporting systems to drive efficiency.
Preferred skills:
Unquestioned ethics and integrity.
Excellent listener, open to feedback, and communicates with candor and respect.
Outstanding organizational and project management skills.
Connects well with others.
Excellent individual initiative and objective-oriented drive.
Highly collaborative team approach to work with a proactive orientation towards gathering voice-of-the-customer to design and deliver impactful solutions.
Excellent problem-solving aptitude.
The expected Total Compensation for this role is $100,000 - $125,000 + annual bonus. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.
Job Benefits
Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons
MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
401(k) Retirement Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Excellent training and professional development
Full Time roles are eligible for the above, plus:
Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
Free ski passes for dependents
Critical Illness and Accident plans
Vail Resorts offers a 'Hybrid' work environment for Broomfield-based roles where employees must live within 50 miles of the Broomfield office and work on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and have flexibility to work off-site on Mondays and Fridays.
Please note that the ability to work in person or off-site, and the particulars related to such work, are subject to change at any time; and, accordingly, the Company reserves the right to change its policies and/or require in-person/in-office work or off-site work at any time in its sole discretion.
In completing this application, and when submitting related documentation, applicants may redact information that identifies their age, date of birth, and/or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We follow all federal, state, and local laws including restrictions on child/minor labor. Minors hired into this position will not be asked or permitted to engage in any activities restricted to adult workers.
Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID 510318
Reference Date: 07/23/2025
Job Code Function: Finance
