Your Responsibilities

Cost Control and Optimization

• Drive continuous improvement in monthly financial reporting cycles and underlying data integrity in partnership with the Accounting, AP and AR teams
• Develop new reporting capabilities delivering insights into VDOC spend, which includes Fuel, Handling, Flight Control and On-Board Telecommunications
• Identify, quantify, and track cost-saving and efficiency opportunities within the VDOC spend profile, working collaboratively with procurement and operational teams
• Drive a culture of cost awareness and accountability across the business

Strategic Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Act as a trusted advisor to operational and financial leaders
• Proactively challenge cost assumptions, operational plans, and investment proposals to ensure optimal commercial outcomes
• Translate non-financial operational data into relevant financial KPIs and metrics

Financial Planning, Budgeting, & Forecasting

• Lead the comprehensive budgeting and forecasting cycle for all VDOC cost categories
• Develop robust, complex financial models to forecast cost impacts under various scenarios
• Provide timely, detailed, and accurate monthly performance reporting on VDOC variances against budget, forecast, and prior year, focusing on root cause analysis

Required Skills, Qualifications, and Experience

Essential Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent)
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Minimum of 6-8 years of progressive experience in a finance function, with at least 3 years in a Business Partnering or FP&A role supporting operational teams

Technical & Business Skills

• Deep Financial Modelling: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel with proven ability to build and manipulate large-scale, driver-based financial models
• Cost Accounting Expertise: Strong understanding of cost accounting principles, variance analysis, and cost-driver mapping
• Data Proficiency: Experience with large ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and Business Intelligence (BI) tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) for extracting and visualizing data
• Commercial Acumen: Clear understanding of how operational decisions directly impact the P&L, especially within a high-volume, low-margin industry

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Influence and Communication: Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills, with a proven ability to explain complex financial concepts to non-finance senior stakeholders
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to see beyond the numbers, connect financial trends to business strategy, and proactively identify opportunities and risks
• Challenge and Resilience: Demonstrable confidence to challenge senior management constructively and push back on suboptimal commercial decisions
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to build trusted, collaborative relationships across different functions (Operations, Procurement, Finance, etc.)

Desired (But Not Essential) Experience



• Previous experience in the Aviation, Transport, or Logistics sectors, dealing specifically with large, complex variable cost bases (fuel, handling, landing fees).
• Experience with integrated financial planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Hyperion, Tagetik).