dnata Travel Group, part of the Emirates Group, includes the brands of Gold Medal, Netflights, Travelbag and Travel Republic.

We are now recruiting for a Finance Business Partner in Kingston upon Thames to support our Travelbag and Shared Service functions.         

In this role you’ll work with our Senior Managers to understand current performance, produce detailed forecasts and insightful analysis to improve the basis for financial decision making and cost control. You will lead the budgeting and forecasting process, providing complex financial models that enable detailed, accurate and timely delivery of plans and enable monitoring of performance, raising opportunities/risks to achieve EBITDA targets.

We’re looking for someone with previous experience in a commercial / financial role ideally with a travel industry background. You need to be a reputable and credible leader with a proven record of achieving positive commercial results.  

This is a hybrid role, based 3 days a week from our Kingston upon Thames office and 2 days remotely.

Job Accountabilities:

• Provide challenge and delivery of EBITDA targets ensuring opportunities are maximised and risks are highlighted and mitigated.
• Develop, lead and manage the budgeting, forecasting and planning process
• Communicate performance against budgets and forecasts, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Support ad hoc analysis and appraisal of business initiatives to help prioritise and drive incremental sales and profitability
• Use your analytical capabilities to assess commercial viability of business initiatives and make data backed recommendations
• Build close working relationships with key stakeholders within the business to drive profitability and aid decision making.
• Key stakeholder in the weekly trading forum, contributing commercial insight whilst identifying opportunities and risks to trading performance and providing relevant challenge to other stakeholders.
• Lead data driven decision making initiatives, via the provision of reliable and accessible business data analytics and reporting.
• Review operational processes regularly for efficiency and effectiveness whilst considering the impact on other areas of the business and on the customer journey.

To be considered for this role, we need you to have the following skills, experience and qualifications:

• Fully qualified accountant with strong post qualification experience
• A strategic thinker, able to visualise opportunities, re-engineer and improve business processes
• Commercially astute with the ability to identify opportunities to improve revenue and profits
• A numerate and analytical thinker, self-motivated and solution orientated
• Great attention to detail
• Excellent communicator, comfortable with communicating at all levels
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Able to work in a team environment and autonomously
• Reporting and presentation skills
• Influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent people manager
• Adaptable and innovative

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Our newly renovated office is based in Kingston-upon-Thames, just 5 minutes’ walk from Norbiton Station or 10-15 minutes from Kingston station offering good transport links from the Greater London area.

We have some fantastic benefits, making us a great place to work:

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 5 full years of service (+ bank holidays)
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme 
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private Medical cover for you
• Low-cost health care for your family
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Ongoing development – we have an in-house People Development Team
• Travel discounts – we have a dedicated Staff Travel Team to source the best deals for our people 
• Industry/social events – including supplier events, office socials & parties and pop-up shops
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long service awards
• Belong programme - six Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that play a crucial role in implementing our DEI strategy
• Volunteer days – one day’s paid leave each year to volunteer with a registered charity
• dnata4good – supporting the local communities we work, live and thrive in
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free eye care tests
• Free Taste Card membership– offering discounts on dining out, movies, attractions, takeaways and online shopping  
• Casual dress code
• Free tea and coffee, break out areas with free wifi