Associate Finance Business Partner

MAG; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK airport operator is seeking a finance business partner to support the East Midlands Airport leadership team. The role involves providing financial reporting, analysis, and decision-making support, ensuring strong financial controls and governance. Ideal candidates should have professional accounting qualifications, excellent analytical skills, and experience in management accounting. This position offers flexible working and various benefits, including a bonus scheme, pension contributions, and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

10% company contribution pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free parking

Subsidised public transport

Huge range of company discounts

2 volunteering days per year

Free Virtual GP service

Care Concierge service

Qualifications

• Proven track record of using analytical skills.
• Experience in reporting, financial analysis, and management accounting.
• Flexible and adaptable in a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide finance business partner support to leadership team.
• Deliver decision making support through financial reporting and analysis.
• Maintain a strong system of financial controls.

Skills

Professional accounting qualification

Financial analysis

Management accounting

System dashboard skills

Strong IT skills

Excellent attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

SAP

Job description

Summary

• Based at East Midlands Airport
• Permanent
• Flexible / Hybrid working for a better work / life balance
• We are proud to be a diverse employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities. Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. At MAG, we recognise creating a first‑class journey for our customers starts by creating a first‑class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive.

Youll also have access to some great benefits including :

• Bonus scheme
• 10% company contribution pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free parking
• Subsidised public transport
• Huge range of company discounts
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Care Concierge service

The role

Provide finance business partner support to the East Midlands airport leadership team, in a split role that recognises the need for additional finance support for both Capex and P&L teams. Provide decision making support through first class financial information reporting, analysis and insight that links financial reports to business strategies and maintaining a strong system of financial controls with robust governance.

What will make you successful in the role?

Youll have a professional accounting qualification with a proven track record of using your analytical skills and have an excellent attention to detail. Have considerable experience in reporting, financial analysis, management accounting and system dashboard skills . Youll have a strong IT skills including, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and experience of financial modelling. A knowledge of SAP would be desirable. Youll also be flexible and adaptable and used to working in a constantly changing environment. Youll have demonstrable interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with senior stakeholders and directors & maintain credibility with potential commercial partners.