Our client is a well known player within the aviation industry. They are curretnly looking to hire a Commerical Finance Manager / Business partner. The role offers excellent work life balance, strong benefits such as pension, PMI and generous pension. The role offers hybrid working - 3 days in the office per week.

This role requires someone who can make insights to help make both immediate and long-term business decisions. The role of Finance Managers in Business Partnering is key to understanding and explaining different shareholder perspectives and value-drivers, as well as external regulatory and political stakeholder groups.

Job description:

• Providing cross-functional business analysis & insight at Executive Committee level through historical trend analysis with a focus on sustainability metrics and Net Zero targets.
• Developing the financial business case for increasing capacity.
• Identifying and optimising opportunities by understanding key metrics and lead indicators that drive performance and business growth.
• Consolidating the outperformance delivery initiatives and monitoring their progress.
• Understanding the drivers of costs and revenues to optimise product margins.
• Working with the business to develop long term strategic cross-functional business cases.

Essential skills:

• Fully Qualified Accountant, or Part Qualified with extensive QBE experience.
• Ability to conduct historical trend analysis, variance analysis and identify material shifts in performance.
• Proficiency in understanding and interpreting key metrics and lead indicators to identify opportunities and monitor progress.
• Experience with data integration tools and platforms like Power BI and Fusion Analytics to consolidate information from different systems.
• Expertise in forecasting and scenario planning, particularly in evaluating risks and devising mitigation strategies.
• Competence in evaluating business scenarios and understanding their implications on the organisation's risk profile.
• Good understanding of balance sheets and capital productivity indexes (PI).