Finance Business Partner

dnata Travel Group, part of the Emirates Group, includes the brands of Gold Medal, Netflights, Travelbag, and Travel Republic. We are now recruiting for a Finance Business Partner in Leyland, near Preston, to support our Travel Republic and Netflights brands. In this role you’ll work with our Senior Managers to understand current performance, produce detailed forecasts and insightful analysis to improve the basis for financial decision-making and cost control. You will lead the budgeting and forecasting process, providing complex financial models that enable detailed, accurate, and timely delivery of plans and enable monitoring of performance, raising opportunities/risks to achieve EBITDA targets. This is a hybrid role, based 3 days a week from our Leyland office and 2 days remotely. Some travel to our Kingston upon Thames office may be required. Job Accountabilities: Provide challenge and delivery of EBITDA targets ensuring opportunities are maximised and risks are highlighted and mitigated. Develop, lead, and manage the budgeting, forecasting, and planning process. Communicate performance against budgets and forecasts, highlighting risks and opportunities. Support ad hoc analysis and appraisal of business initiatives to help prioritise and drive incremental sales and profitability. Use your analytical capabilities to assess the commercial viability of business initiatives and make data-backed recommendations. Build close working relationships with key stakeholders within the business to drive profitability and aid decision-making. Key stakeholder in the weekly trading forum, contributing commercial insight whilst identifying opportunities and risks to trading performance and providing relevant challenge to other stakeholders. Lead data-driven decision-making initiatives, via the provision of reliable and accessible business data analytics and reporting. Review operational processes regularly for efficiency and effectiveness whilst considering the impact on other areas of the business and on the customer journey. To be considered for this role, we need you to have the following skills, experience, and qualifications: Fully qualified accountant with strong post-qualification experience. A strategic thinker, able to visualise opportunities, re-engineer and improve business processes. Commercially astute with the ability to identify opportunities to improve revenue and profits. A numerate and analytical thinker, self-motivated and solution-oriented with great attention to detail. Excellent communicator, comfortable with communicating at all levels. Demonstrable organisational and time management skills. Able to work in a team environment and autonomously. Reporting and presentation skills. Influencing and negotiation skills. Proven people manager. Adaptable and innovative. We have some fantastic benefits, making us a great place to work: 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 5 full years of service (+ bank holidays). Additional annual leave purchase scheme. Company pension scheme. Life assurance. Private Medical cover for you. Low-cost health care for your family. Employee Assistance programme. Mental Health First Aiders. Ongoing development – we have an in-house People Development Team. Travel discounts – we have a dedicated Staff Travel Team to source the best deals for our people. Industry/social events – including supplier events, office socials & parties, and pop-up shops. Cycle to work scheme. Long service awards. Belong programme - six Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that play a crucial role in implementing our DEI strategy. Volunteer days – one day’s paid leave each year to volunteer with a registered charity. dnata4good – supporting the local communities we work, live and thrive in. Refer a friend scheme. Free eye care tests. Free Taste Card membership – offering discounts on dining out, movies, attractions, takeaways, and online shopping. Casual dress code. Free tea and coffee, break-out areas with free wifi.

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