Crew Compensation Analyst

$51,500 - $69,000/Yr

Atlas Air - Covington, KY

Full-time

Covington, KY

Air Transportation

About the position

The position involves supporting the processing and maintenance of crew compensation and related controls, ensuring compliance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The role requires auditing, processing, and reviewing pay reports, as well as managing sick and vacation tracking systems. The individual will provide customer service and support to crewmembers regarding compensation and pay disbursement matters. This includes maintaining an 'audit-ready' posture in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and preparing ad hoc reports to meet compliance and internal reporting requirements. In this role, the employee will be responsible for answering procedural questions from Flight Deck Crew, researching and resolving pay discrepancies, and ensuring accurate reporting of monthly bid line guarantee hours using AIMS. The position also involves reviewing and maintaining crew sick and vacation hours from Dayforce, generating various reports to reconcile balances, and auditing flight crew travel expense reimbursement requests for compliance with the CBA and company procedures. The employee will create, publish, and monitor standard operating procedures to ensure continual compliance with SOX 404, the CBA, and internal controls. Additionally, the role requires supporting the analysis of department processes to improve service quality, productivity, and efficiency, as well as modifying processes to adapt to changing demands as directed by management. Monthly audits will be performed to ensure the accuracy of crew compensation pay adjustments, and the employee will maintain accurate records. Collaboration with Human Resources is essential to support processes involving crew compensation, including sick and vacation balances, medical and personal leave, and workers' compensation. The employee will also participate in special projects within Flight Operations and maintain knowledge of CBA and crew compensation operations by following policies and procedures, auditing records, and documenting procedural changes.

Responsibilities

• Follow all Crew Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance controls for compensation maintaining an ‘audit-ready' posture at all times.
• Prepare ad hoc reports to ensure compliance and internal reporting requirements.
• Provide customer service to Flight Deck Crew regarding crew compensation by answering procedural questions, researching and resolving pay discrepancies and inquiries.
• Report and record monthly bid line guarantee hours utilizing AIMS to ensure accurate and timely pay to crewmembers and management.
• Utilize AIMS and Microsoft Excel to report and record monthly displacement credit hours to ensure accurate and timely pay to crewmembers and management to ratify bid line credit.
• Review and maintain crew sick and vacation hours from Dayforce to ensure accuracy at all times.
• Generate and review various reports to reconcile balances to ensure compliance with the CBA.
• Review and audit all flight crew travel expense reimbursement requests for compliance and accuracy with the CBA and company procedures and guidelines.
• Create, publish and monitor standard operating procedures to ensure continual compliance with SOX 404, the CBA and internal controls.
• Support in the analysis of department processes to improve service quality, productivity and efficiency.
• Modify processes to adapt to changing demands and objectives as directed by management.
• Perform monthly audits to ensure accuracy of crew compensation pay adjustments.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Prepare per diem/rig calculations from Excel and report any discrepancy to management for validation or resolution.
• Work closely with Human Resources to support processes that involve crew compensation, including sick and/or vacation balances, medical and personal leave and workers compensation.
• Participate and contribute to special projects and requests within Flight Operations where appropriate.
• Maintain knowledge of CBA and crew compensation operations by consistently following policies and procedures; auditing current records and documenting or reporting procedural changes.
• Support cross-team collaboration with other functional areas on project priorities, plans and reporting.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years' experience, knowledge and understanding of Collective Bargaining Agreements required.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in accounting, payroll or a similar role.
• Experience with information system integration, project management, and internal controls.
• General knowledge of Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs).
• General knowledge of standard operating procedures of 121 and 117 regulations.
• General knowledge of Flight Operations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Advanced level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other data related software is preferred.
• Previous experience in the aviation industry is preferred.
• Experience with Dayforce or similar human capital management & Payroll software is a plus.
• Payroll administration experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of AIMS or any other integrated Airline Information System is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Exceptional communication skills (e.g. verbal, written, and listening), with the ability to communicate complex processes to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects while performing day to day responsibilities.
• Ability to prioritize and cope with shifting demands.
• Detail oriented individual that consistently provides accurate and quality results.
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and diplomacy.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, prioritize, be proactive and work in a high-stress environment.
• Sets high personal standards of performance.
• Self-starter with the ability to work with stringent deadlines.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Pay Transparency Statement