What you’ll do:

• Provide financial support and guidance to the Commercial & Customer management team, to assist in decision making and strategic planning.
• Management of the monthly financial close process to include production of Management Accounts with variance analysis & commentary.
• Responsible for the production and presentation of timely and insightful financial analysis, including KPI tracking, to aid the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) & Leadership Team (LT) in making well informed business decisions.
• Ownership of the monthly route profitability reporting to LT
• Developing financial modelling to support departmental projects and initiatives
• Manage the production of the annual Financial Plan model, working closely with the Financial Controller and SLT. Producing analysis of costs and revenue, and challenging areas for efficiencies.
• Seek opportunities to deliver continuous improvement
• Support to Financial Controller and deputising as applicable
• KPI reporting, management reporting; finance scenario modelling and supporting the wider team with ad hoc work.

What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• Proven experience of business partnering and building strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Analytical and insights driven with strong problem-solving skills 
• Professional courage and influence 
• Strong business acumen
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to present financial information to non-finance managers in a clear and concise manner
• Advanced level of Excel skills & experience of Power Query and Power BI
• Experience of working with & developing financial models
• Experience of managing colleagues
• Flexible & proactive approach to work
• You’ll need to be fully qualified (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
• You'll need previous experience of business partnering and building strong relationships with stakeholders