Aviation Business Planning Manager

ICF; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy is seeking Managers for their Transaction Advisory team in London. The role involves managing technical due diligence projects in aviation, developing financial models, and fostering client relationships. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in financial modeling, project management, and strong analytical skills. This position offers opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme with employer contribution

Life assurance

Enhanced parental leave policies

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in financial modeling or transaction advisory.
• Demonstrable experience managing projects or initiatives.
• Strong analytical aptitude with advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead client projects and manage analysts and associates.
• Develop sophisticated Excel-based business plan models.
• Act as the day-to-day point of contact with clients.

Skills

Analytical Aptitude

Communication

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, finance, economics

Tools

Excel

Job description

About ICF Aviation

ICFs aviation practice is one of the world's largest specialist aviation consulting teams. Aviation is, by its nature, a global industry, and from our offices in the US, UK, India and Spain, we work together as a single global team to offer a truly global solution to our clients. A more complete description of ICF experience and capabilities can be seen by visiting our web site, https://www.icf.com/aviation

About our Transactions Advisory Team

From our offices around the globe, ICF helps aviation clients manage assets and operations, mitigate risk and maximise return on investment. We provide objective, independent commercial, financial, technical, and regulatory guidance across all aviation sectors globally, including airports, airlines, FBOs, cargo, and emerging markets such as SAF and electric aviation.

ICF has advised on almost every major global aviation transaction in the past 20 years—and continues to be a trusted, objective, impartial advisor in every engagement. We provide informed guidance to those investing in aviation assets or assessing collateral value for loans or rated bond offerings backed by aviation assets. Our support goes beyond core technical due diligence and forecasting to include environmental due diligence, emissions forecasting, climate risk screening and marketing strategies.

About the Role

We are looking for Managers to join our Transaction Advisory team to help execute technical due diligence projects (buy-side and sell-side) on aviation assets. In this role you’ll have responsibility for day-to-day management of consultancy projects, including acting as the point of contact for clients, helping develop solutions to problems using a variety of analytical techniques, ensuring appropriate project management procedures are in place and providing guidance to junior staff.

The ideal candidate for this role is an individual with 5+ years experience in building and reviewing business plan models & forecasts (activity, revenue, cost, EBITDA), ideally in an aviation context.

Key projects led by managers at this level include buy-side & sell-side due diligence on airport, and airport-related transactions, so experience in this area would be particularly valuable.

You will also be expected to contribute to business development efforts. While not the primary focus of your role, you will be building a network of client relationships, working on proposals, attending conferences, and contributing to ICF’s thought leadership.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Lead client projects by developing work scope and approach, managing analysts and associates, and ensuring timely delivery of solutions;

• Developing flexible & sophisticated excel-based business plan models to model revenues, costs and EBITDA; running multiple scenarios

• Overseeing, and contributing to, the development of client-ready reports documenting market analysis, assumptions and results

• Act as the day-to-day point of contact with Clients, and build long-term trusted relationships;

• Develop and enrich your own skills by working across several aspects of transaction advisory and the broader aviation team;

• Cultivate a high performing and inclusive team, mentoring and training junior staff;

• Build and maintain a culture of collaboration, both within Aviation and across ICF;

• Develop project budgets and manage risk throughout the project lifecycle.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, finance, economics, or other related fields

• 5+ years of work experience in financial modeling or transaction advisory in industry or consultancy environment;

• Demonstratable experience managing projects or initiatives, creating structured workflows;

• Strong analytical aptitude with advanced Excel skills;

• Ability and willingness to travel for work as necessary;

• Comfort operating within a flat organizational structure and agile working environment;

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written English communication skills;

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience;

• Applied financial modeling / transaction advisory experience in the aviation industry;

• Knowledge & experience of traffic forecasting approaches and techniques a plus

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About us:

Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are committed to creating a culture where we embrace our differences in ideas and identities. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals.

Learn more about what we do and our commitment to inclusion.

The benefits of joining ICF:

Our people at ICF are our most important asset, so we invest in them from the moment they arrive. When you join our team, you’ll have access to a vast array of benefits to help you live your life well.

We offer a hybrid working policy, which will provide you with the flexibility to collaborate in the office, as well as in the comfort of your own home, ensuring you are able to successfully deliver the requirements of your role.

To support you, our employee wellbeing hub is designed to provide highly personalised support across a comprehensive range of wellbeing issues, such as mind, body, finances, community, career programs and HR support.

We enjoy celebrating success, which is why we have a competitive recognition program called ‘You Matter’, which awards points as a ‘thank you’ for your work achievements. These can be spent on a large variety of high-quality items, as well as online or high-street vouchers, all with zero tax payable by the employee.

ICF also offers a range of competitive benefits, which include:

• Single Private Medical Insurance cover with no restrictions on existing conditions.
• Dental insurance and an online GP service.
• 25 days annual leave, plus UK bank holidays (annual leave increases with years of service).
• Pension scheme with 5% of salary employer contribution
• Life assurance paying 4x annual salary and Group Income Protection paying 66% of salary for up to 5 years if you are off work on long-term sick.
• Enhanced parental leave policies, enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair and equitable interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.

However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodations that involve the use of AI. If such an accommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at [e-mail] . We are dedicated to providing the necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.

London (GB80)