Planning & Control Specialist

Summary

Join Despegar's team and become a Planning & Control Specialist! Lead short and long-term projection processes, coordinating with various company areas. Prepare, consolidate, and present key Planning deliverables, including budget, forecast, and run rate. Analyze results to identify opportunities and threats. Simplify and automate internal processes. Control budgets, detect and analyze deviations, and propose mitigation plans. Present results, analysis, and KPIs to senior management. This role requires strong analytical skills, teamwork, and initiative.

Requirements

• Graduate of Engineering, Economics, Administration or related careers
• At least 3 years of experience performing similar tasks
• Advanced Excel
• Advanced Power BI
• Advanced English
• Teamwork and analytical skills and information management
• Autonomy and Initiative. Results-oriented, planning and organization

Responsibilities

• Lead processes of short and long-term projections; coordinating different company areas to achieve the necessary inputs
• Preparation, consolidation and presentation of the main Planning deliverables: Results and Projections of short and long term (Budget, Forecast, Run Rate, etc.)
• Analysis of Results of the different businesses of Grupo Despegar for detection of opportunities and threats
• Simplification and automation of internal processes (preparing spreadsheets, presentations, reporting)
• Budget control, detection and analysis of deviations (Actual results vs. Estimated budget); alerts for early detection of deviations and proactive proposal of mitigation plans
• Preparation and presentation of results presentations, analysis and KPIs to the Board & Sr. Management

Preferred Qualifications

SQL desirable

Benefits

• Work from Anywhere
• Exclusive discounts on all Despegar products
• Daily credits in PedidosYa
• Extended licenses for primary and secondary caregivers
• Prepaid medical insurance for you and your family group
• Despegar Week (5 extra working days of vacation!)
• Gympass
• Day off for your birthday
• Bonuses and referral programs
• Agreements and agreements with many universities so that you can enhance your development