The Team

Our Commercial Finance team partners across the business to provide analytics, insight, and challenge that drive better commercial decisions. Supporting one of the largest and most complex retail operations in European aviation, we play a vital role in delivering strong financial performance and sustainable growth.

This role sits within the Inflight Retail Finance team — a high‑profile area managing the full onboard retail P&L covering food & beverage, duty‑free, tobacco, and a growing suite of ancillary products.

The Role

As Finance Manager – Inflight Retail, you will act as a strategic business partner to the Inflight Retail leadership team, driving financial performance and supporting the delivery of the wider retail strategy.

You’ll work across the full retail P&L — from sales and margin optimisation through to logistics cost control — providing commercial challenge, robust analysis, and clear insight to influence decision‑making.

This is a highly commercial, analytically rich role in one of the most dynamic areas of the airline.

What You’ll Be Doing

Business Partnering

• Partner strategically with Inflight Retail leadership to influence decisions across the full retail P&L
• Challenge and support trading decisions, category strategies, pricing and promotions
• Present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders including the Head of Inflight Retail and our Commercial Director
• Support commercial initiatives, product launches and trials through modelling, risk assessment and benefits tracking
• Build strong relationships with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Legal and Last Mile Providers

Performance Management

• Monitor and analyse trading performance across products, routes, bases, and customer segments
• Lead deep‑dive analysis on shrinkage, waste, incentives and supply chain impacts
• Track and evaluate strategic programme performance and recommend improvement actions

Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting

• Deliver high‑quality forecasts, budgets, business plans and performance reporting
• Develop predictive analytics to enhance sales and margin forecasting
• Support month‑end close, ensuring accurate accruals, provisions and adjustments
• Lead product profitability analysis to inform range decisions
• Support the creation of budget presentations for senior management
• Drive continuous improvement across finance and commercial processes

Leadership & Collaboration

• Build strong cross‑functional relationships and act as a subject matter expert
• Support and mentor junior team members

Requirements of the Role

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified accountant with 3+ years PQE
• Experience in large, complex, fast‑moving organisations
• Strong analysis and variance interpretation skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage and interpret large datasets; passion for automation and process improvement
• Proven ability to business partner and influence senior stakeholders
• Proactive self‑starter with strong commercial acumen
• Excellent Excel skills (macros desirable); Planning Analytics experience a bonus
• Aviation experience welcome but not essential
• Experience working with multi‑unit, EMEA or global teams preferred

What You’ll Get in Return

·         Up to 20% maximum bonus

·         PMI

·         7% pension contributions

·         Excellent staff travel benefits

·         25 days of annual leave + bank holidays

·         Annual credit towards an easyJet holiday

·         Various flexible benefits and extra

Practicalities

This is a full‑time role based in Luton, working 40 hours per week.

We support hybrid working and spend around 60% of our time in the office each month.