Finance Business Partner – Lounges Salary: Competitive Location: Flexible, with travel to Swissport UK & Ireland sites as required Working Setup: Hybrid Contract Length: 18-24 month secondment As Finance Business Partner you will sit within our UK&I Operational Finance team, reporting into the Director of FP&A and providing financial support to our Lounges division. You will be expected to drive improvements in financial performance by delivering timely and accurate reporting, high quality forecasts and budgets, and challenging teams to find a better way. You will also support the wider Commercial Finance team when required.
Responsibilities
Who you'll deal with:
Internal: Lounges business line heads, Executive Leadership Team, Commercial Finance team, Group Finance
External: Customers, auditors and airport authorities
What you'll be doing:
Act as business partner to the Lounges division, providing guidance on all financial issues
Analyse contracts currently in place and make recommendations on current and future financial performance
Develop quarterly forecasts and annual budgets in line with tight deadlines
Complete trackers and review key cost areas and trends
Provide commentary and analysis of performance to Group
Produce financial analysis to support commercial, labour planning and investment decisions
Advise business line heads and the Executive Leadership Team on performance and trends
Support the wider Commercial Finance team with a variety of tasks as required
This list is not exhaustive, accountabilities may vary dependent on locality or role complexity and may include any other duties considered reasonable by the line manager.
Qualifications
What you'll have:
Qualified accountant with a minimum of three years' post-qualification experience
Ideally degree educated in a numerical or business-related subject
Understanding of accounting standards and principles
Experience in a large, multi-site business
Experience of producing management accounts and communicating results to senior management
Ability to read and interpret financial statements and identify the key story and actions
A strong analytical approach
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships
Able to communicate effectively with different functions and all levels of the business
Proficient with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and financial systems
Ability to manage competing demands to tight deadlines
A proactive self-starter
Able to travel between Swissport sites with overnight stays as required
Experience of a high margin, low volume contract environment is desirable but not essential
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