Finance Manager - Europe

Menzies Aviation; London; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global aviation service provider in London, Ontario is seeking a qualified accountant to manage the financial control environment across its regional operations. Responsibilities include maintaining compliance through effective financial policies, supporting financial controllers, and mitigating financial risks. The role demands strong technical skills and effective communication abilities to build relationships across teams. The company values diversity and is committed to providing an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Practical operational and technical experience required.
• Ability to identify and communicate risks effectively.
• Experience in a challenging and dynamic business environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain financial control environment across the region.
• Support SSCs, especially MBS team in Sri Lanka.
• Drive and monitor reporting performance against deadlines.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Strong technical skills

Good communication skills

Experience with evaluating business risks

Hands-on practical approach

Education

RA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA

Job description

Overview

People. Passion. Pride. This is what has driven our teams since 1833. Since that time, we have developed to become a critical partner in the global aviation industry, delivering time‑critical logistics services at 350 locations in more than 65 countries, across six continents. But at the heart of our business is our people.

Role Purpose

This role is responsible for supporting the financial control environment across all businesses / countries within the region, including the timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting and areas such as treasury, fiscal & internal audit & external parties such as audit. The development of strong working relationships with, amongst others, Financial Controller Europe, the regional finance teams and the Group reporting team is critical.

What You Will Be Doing

• Maintaining sound financial control environment across the region through clear deployment of policy and effective control reviews, such as balance sheet reviews
• Close working relationship and support of SSCs, especially MBS team in Sri Lanka
• Driving & monitoring reporting performance against key reporting deadlines.
• Facilitate coordination of periodic cashflow projections
• Supporting the Financial Controller Finance to improve the financial controls all businesses within Europe.

Would you like to see more detail on the accountabilities of the role? Please see the attached job description for further information.

Safety, Security, Wellbeing and Compliance

You will have a responsibility and duty whilst at work to take reasonable care of the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others in accordance with provided information, training, and workplace health and safety rules or procedures. The company is committed to providing a safe working environment for all staff members. In all areas of our business there is a potential risk to the health, safety and welfare to everyone on our sites through the misuse of alcohol and drugs. As such the Company prohibits such misuse and carries out regular testing to enforce our Substance Misuse Policy. Please see the attached job description for further details on safety, security, wellbeing & compliance.

What We Are Looking For

• Qualified accountant (for example RA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with practical operational and technical experience
• Strong technical skills with proven ability to identify, address and communicate risks and correction actions successfully at all levels
• Good communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the region.
• Experience with evaluating and mitigating business and financial risks
• Hands‑on practical approach to providing guidance and direction in a challenging and dynamic business environment

Diversity

Menzies Aviation are a committed equal opportunity employer and encourage applications for suitably qualified and eligible applicants regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, and maternity. We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where the different knowledge, perspectives, experiences, and approaches of our global workforce are represented. Where everyone feels valued and can reach their full potential.

Please be aware that as part of our recruitment process, we may look to use a variety of resourcing tools to help us understand your skills and experience in relation to the role. Please feel free to contact to recruiter below, if there are any reasonable adjustments to our process that you would like us to consider. As part of our recruitment process, we will always consider how candidates fit with our values which you can learn more about here.

Application Instructions

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