Mike Rathon
Dallas,TX
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Analyst, Commercial Finance
American Airlines
03.2025 - Current
- Serve as primary finance partner, building annual budget and performing monthly close/forecast, for Airline Partnerships, including Joint Business revenue sharing models, oneworld alliance initiatives, and loyalty reciprocity programs across 15+ global carriers.
- Calculate Joint Business route-level profitability monthly using custom financial models and automated data processes to help determine revenue share between AA and partner carriers.
- Oversee financials for loyalty reciprocity programs, including cross-airline mileage usage (e.g., AAdvantage on British Airways), ensuring accurate financial settlement and reporting.
- Collaborate with Network Planning, Revenue Management, Alliances, and Loyalty teams.
Analyst, IT Finance
American Airlines
06.2022 - 03.2025
- Supported numerous IT products including Cybersecurity, Crew Technology, Operations Research, etc; managing budget, close, and forecast cycles
- Presented funding requests for IT initiatives, securing $50M+ in project approvals from Finance leaders
- Served as primary finance support for the IT Commercial portfolio, presenting to VP-level stakeholders monthly and preparing CCO/CFO presentations quarterly.
- Developed multiple process improvement models to streamline and automate routine reporting tasks.
Sales Research & Quality Assurance
Uplevel Systems
10.2016 - 03.2020
- Assessed sales leads generated by automated software to determine partnership potential; provided recommendations for improving lead generation algorithms
- Executed user, functional, and regression testing on user interface features with each new software update
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management of Information Systems
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX05-2022
Skills
- Advanced Excel modeling
- Financial forecasting & data analysis
- Senior executive presentations
- Airline partnerships and alliances
- Alteryx
- SQL
Timeline
Sr. Analyst, Commercial Finance
American Airlines
03.2025 - Current
Analyst, IT Finance
American Airlines
06.2022 - 03.2025
Sales Research & Quality Assurance
Uplevel Systems
10.2016 - 03.2020
Bachelor of Science - Management of Information Systems
Texas A&M University