Finance Manager, Systems and Process Lead

Heathrow Airport Limited; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Share in Success Bonus

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Private health insurance

Wellbeing tools

Learning & development

Job summary

Heathrow Airport Limited in London is seeking a Finance Manager, Systems and Process Lead to drive the transformation and optimisation of end-to-end Treasury processes, aligning them with Heathrow’s financial strategy and control framework.

You will lead a cross-functional team, manage treasury systems such as FIS, Quantum and Reval, and partner with business owners and operations to deliver value, risk reduction, and improved reporting.

Qualifications

• Proven Systems or Programme Transformation planning and delivery experience. Demonstrating delivery in Treasury Operations and understanding of Treasury systems and technologies (FIS, Quantum, Reval).
• Strong evidence of working with Treasury operations and controls.
• Proficiency in Treasury management systems and financial software.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to work in a matrix RACI environment to drive change, problem solve and manage complex projects gained through working in a similar environment.
• Ideally, you’ll also have: Treasury qualification; Financial accounting qualification or experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver transformation and optimisation of Treasury processes, ensuring alignment with Heathrow’s strategies.
• Proactively seek and deliver improvements; ensure solutions are fit for purpose for current and future challenges.
• Influence upstream changes and participate in Treasury systems communities to learn and influence roadmap.
• Ensure Treasury core processes mitigate risks and maintain controls and audit requirements.
• Own all Treasury systems: project planning, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, integrations, training, adoption, risk management and formal sign-off.

Skills

Treasury systems

Transformation planning

Leadership

Treasury controls

Tools

FIS

Quantum

Reval

Job description

Finance Manager, Systems and Process Lead

London, United Kingdom

Introduction

Discover a one-of-a-kind career. Our vision at Heathrow is to be an extraordinary airport, fit for the future. In the Finance team we know that generating income is critical to driving our business forward, but it’s also vital that we create positive passenger and customer experiences that make every journey better. You’ll help us to get the balance right so we can continue investing in our world-class environment.

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Heathrow’s size, scale, and reputation for innovation translates to exciting opportunities for everyone. Finance here is about more than numbers. It’s about being influential, developing trusted relationships, and showing the world that we’re a responsible investment with a bright future; a place that embraces digital innovation and has a sustainable mindset. You’ll become part of a team that drives excellence across everything from insurance to investment, treasury to business partnering, as you collaborate widely to deliver projects that directly impact millions of passengers each year.

Job Info

• Job Identification 5735
• Job Category Data and Digital
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Heathrow Airport Limited, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2GW, GB
• Contract Type Permanent
• Working Pattern Monday-Friday Business hours

Job Description

Heathrow is the largest wholly privately funded airport in the world and has a scale of debt funding equivalent to the FTSE 20 with over £20 billion of bond and loan financing, supported by more than £19 billion of derivative instruments and an equity value over £4bn. Heathrow is one of the largest issuers of sterling bonds and has a global fixed income presence with financing in six different currencies raising an annual average of over £2-4 billion globally.

The purpose of the Finance Manager, Systems and Process Lead – Treasury is to lead the transformation and optimisation of Heathrow’s end-to-end Treasury processes, enhancing and evolving existing processes and technologies. Ensuring that Treasury functions align to and support the overall financial strategy of Heathrow. The role holder is a change agent, interfacing between the Business Owners, technical support, and the Treasury Operations teams aligning and integrating and optimising the systems and processes for business benefit and operational delivery now and in the future.

Principal Accountabilities

• Working collaboratively to deliver the transformation and optimisation of Treasury processes, ensuring they align with Heathrow’s overall strategies.
• Proactively seeking and delivering improvements and responding to business requirements. Ensuring process solutions are fit for purpose for both the current and future challenges and ambitions of the Heathrow organisation.
• Being informed of and influencing upstream the progressive changes and improvements delivered by the Treasury management systems. Play an active role in the FIS customer community forums to learn from other organisations and influence Quantum roadmap of future functionality.
• Ensuring that Treasury core process adequately mitigates risks and maintains the controls and audit requirements set by the Financial Control function.
• Being accountable for all systems within the end-to-end Treasury processes. This includes building and delivering project plans, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, integrations, providing training and driving the adoption of best practice, managing risk and seeking formal sign off as necessary.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Proven Systems or Programme Transformation planning and delivery experience. Demonstrating delivery in Treasury Operations and understanding of Treasury systems and technologies (FIS, Quantum, Reval).
• Strong evidence of working with Treasury operations and controls.
• Proficiency in Treasury management systems and financial software.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to work in a matrix RACI environment to drive change, problem solve and manage complex projects gained through working in a similar environment.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• A Treasury qualification
• Financial accounting qualification or experience

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About us

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

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