Business Finance Manager

Job Purpose: In this role you will work alongside our CFO and overview the
performance of ‎4 countries globally with an operating size of approximately
half a billion USD and ‎5000 employees. Delivering dedicated financial business
partnering to large divisions and Group Companies by performing a leadership
and advisory role on all financial matters and financial performance and being
a key part of decision making. The Business Finance Manager directly supports
Executive leadership through financial analysis of strategic and tactical
initiatives on a proactive basis in order to facilitate decisions that
directly impact the profitability of that area. The key support they provide
assists the business in developing Group strategy and provides an effective
business partnering and governance support to protect and enhance shareholder
value. Job Accountabilities - Effectively lead finance teams and partner with
the businesses in developing their key strategies and initiatives and
proactively influence to gain the best advantage for EK Group. This includes a
thorough review pre and post investment tracking. The job holder will work
closely as a team member with the business, legal and cross functional support
teams internally and with external stakeholders such as auditors, legal
consultants, suppliers, customers, IATA forums and senior managers in the
industry to meet this objective. - Develop long and medium-term financial
plans based on key drivers of the line department and their respective
business plan that targets organic and in-organic growth to top line, bottom
line. These are regular updated, and kept current for implementation during
annual planning and budget process. Develop business domain cash flows where
this is significant and influence prioritisation of cash spends on projects
based on overall Entity, Group cash flow availability. - Provide high level
advice and consultancy to the business in its detailed annual planning and
budget process, aligning this to the rolling three year targets whilst
ensuring that cost is optimised and revenue earning opportunities enhanced.
Ensure that the annual budget is implemented across the Group businesses
covering every area of responsibility in line with corporate timelines and to
highest quality. During the course of each Financial Year, develop a mechanism
to improve monthly forecast accuracy so as to provide an outlook for the full
Financial Year for large businesses and consolidating to the Entity, Group
level. Drive relevant Business Performance Control mechanisms including the
setup of internal and external KPIs, which are agreed with the business based
on an established framework. Agree ‎3 year rolling targets with the Executive
Leadership and benchmarking against industry best practices and trends to
influence decision-makers to continually improve financial performance and
productivity. Establish and deliver performance monitoring reports, with an
escalation process, covering new proposals, approved projects during the
implementation stage, follow up on key business decisions and their financial
results, so as to ensure a proactive steer for continuous business improvement
and optimisation of ROI. This includes driving businesses to focus on
intelligent automation such as machine learning, AI driven and Enterprise
Performance Management (EPM). - Influence and drive sustainable profit
improvement projects in agreement with the businesses and project manage these
initiatives to ensure cost reduction, cost avoidance and income enhancements
as appropriate resulting in driving continuous changes to enhance business
ROIs and to their processes, practices. Promote green initiatives in the
business and its tracking mechanism for reporting. - Support businesses to
adopt to the Corporate Governance system as per the authorities manual and
assist in the development of business specific policies and procedures to
ensure Governance. Develop financial awareness within the business through
continuous learning sessions imparted to the key decision makers and senior
managers, enriching job knowledge and business expertise in the use of
financial drivers, submission of business cases using discounted cash flow
techniques. - Be a proactive and engaged member of the board of directors of
local businesses to drive regulatory and statutory governance. Protect
shareholder resources and enhance value through decision making in line with
Group Governance Frameworks. - Collaborate with Financial Services, Centre of
Excellence teams within Finance ensuring business understand the Finance
processes so as to achieve effective and efficient finance offering to
businesses. Perform pre-monthly closing reviews, activities for businesses and
support new Finance systems related, regulatory related changes affecting the
businesses. - Perform complex decision analysis for various strategic
initiatives, to influence the key stakeholders by challenging critical
assumptions where appropriate through Finance COE team (Mergers &
Acquisitions), and sign up partnering with the business in post decision
implementation. This includes supporting our Group Companies and JVs through
the ongoing performance management activities, consolidation with EK Group
Financials/reporting, establishing adequate control risk mechanisms and
engaging for Board presentation. - Ensure that the performance and development
of all employees managed by the jobholder are managed in a timely and
effective manner which will develop their competence, style and influencing
capabilities. Support Finance Leadership in endeavours to collaborate across
Finance cross functional initiatives and projects for staff development and
engagement.
Qualifications & Experience: - Finance & Insurance/Finance Management : ‎10+
Years - Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3 or equivalent) : Degree plus relevant
professional qualification i.e. MBA or Qualified accountant Experience - ‎10+
years in a similar capacity-leading a function within a Finance department at
a management level in a large, multi-national organisation. - Experience of
successfully working in a matrix organisation Additional Requirements -
Extensive duty travel - May involve some unconventional working hours
Salary & Benefits: Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-
free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted
flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an
excellent leave and healthcare package. That's on top of transport benefits,
life insurance and more.