Job Description

You will support the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis with the provision of financial information and high quality support on many aspects of finance including development of the P&L, 3-year strategic plans, budgetary ownership, performance evaluation, forecasting, and driving the business to deliver initiatives.

• Support the forecast, budget and 3YP planning and strategy process to focus on key strategic areas and harmonization activities to ensure function led approach. In close collaboration with the regional airlines finance team to ensure consistency and commonality across the regions whilst ensuring the market requirements are delivered.
• Providing robust financial leadership and take full accountability for the Investment Committee
• Driving a culture of cost efficiency across all business areas within role remit
• Leading, consolidating and coordinating reporting through Financial Planning & Analysis function within this area to promote consistency and value-added data – to include P&L alignment, functional analysis, benchmarking and route profitability
• Develop a financial reporting suite to give meaningful insight into the P&L, BS and route profitability performance
• Lead FTE tracking and monitoring
• Take responsibility for the oversight of initiatives assessment and tracking
• Leading and driving a culture of strong financial controls, compliance, and adherence to regulatory
• frameworks; ensuring adherence to governance mechanisms for investments and capital expenditure
• Driving a culture of cost efficiency across all business areas within role remit
• Supporting and driving a culture of strong financial controls, compliance, and adherence to regulatory
• frameworks; ensuring adherence to governance mechanisms for investments and capital expenditure
• Promoting a culture of risk awareness, control focus, and ‘doing the right thing’
• Leading specific adhoc project activities
• Leading a high performing team using structured learning and development plans that are supported and endorsed by your line manager

Benefits

• Fantastic holiday benefits including discounts, special offers and the ability to purchase
• Health and Wellbeing support in five key areas – Financial, Health, Social, Community and Career
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance, single cover with option to add dependents
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Pension scheme and life assurance

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience qualified accountant (3 yrs. PQE – preferably ACA or equivalent) or European university degree in business administration or similar, preferably with a focus on finance or controlling, and several years of experience working in finance/controlling
• 3+ years’ team leadership experience and experience in setting and achieving strategic objectives and in supporting colleagues across all functions
• High intellectual capacity
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to strategize and solve problems
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Ability to develop great working relationships internally and externally
• Possess the gravitas to ensure credibility demonstrated at all levels of the business
• Able to produce and deliver high impact presentations of key performance information to all levels of the business and the ability to develop great working relationships internally and externally
• Strong analysis and presentational skills
• Excellent analytical, communication and influencing skills (both written and oral)
• Experience of working in a fast-paced, multi-channel consumer environment
• Role requires strong business English, both spoken and written, and may involve some international travel