Finance Business Partner

dnata; Kingston upon Thames; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

dnata is seeking a Finance Business Partner for its Kingston upon Thames office. The role involves leading budgeting and forecasting processes, analyzing performance data, and collaborating closely with stakeholders to drive profitability in its Travel brands. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in finance, particularly in the travel industry, and possess strong analytical and communication skills, enabling them to contribute to the company's growth.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with strong post qualification experience.
• Ability to visualise opportunities and improve business processes.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and planning process.
• Provide challenge and deliver EBITDA targets.
• Communicate performance against budgets and forecasts.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Commercial acumen

Numerical analysis

Attention to detail

Time management

Excellent communication

Education

Fully qualified accountant

Job description

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Finance Business Partner, Kingston upon Thames

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Client:

dnata

Location:

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

5

Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job Description:

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 to support our Travelbag and Travel Republic brands.

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 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