Operational Finance Business Partner

London City Airport; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A key operational airport in London seeks an Operational Finance Business Partner to provide high-quality financial analysis and reporting. The ideal candidate will oversee the production of forecasts, budgets, and corporate plans, ensuring accuracy and strategic alignment. Strong analytical skills and significant experience in commercial financial environments are essential. This role offers an opportunity to influence decision-making and drive process improvements within a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Free onsite parking

Discounted Private Medical Insurance

On site Physiotherapist

Discounted Gym Membership

Annual performance related bonus

25 Days Annual leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrable background in financial planning and analysis.
• Significant experience in a commercial/operational financial environment.
• Experience dealing with labour-intensive businesses.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis service ensuring timely, accurate financial information.
• Produce periodic analytical reporting for business area needs.
• Create forecasts, budgets and corporate plans to meet strategic goals.
• Prepare monthly performance documents and identify areas for improvement.

Skills

Excellent quantitative, analytical skills

Strong excel skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to influence at all levels

Ability to identify problems

Excellent presentation skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Education

Degree or equivalent

CIMA/ACA/ACCA Qualified or part qualified

Job description

The Vacancy

The Operational Finance Business Partner will provide a high quality analysis service within the operations area of the business ensuring that the COO and directors have timely, accurate and appropriate financial information on which to base business decisions, based on comprehensive and business oriented analysis and management reporting.

Key Success Criteria

• Production of periodic analytical reporting to meet business area requirements to required deadlines
• Completion of forecasts, budgets & medium term plans to required deadlines both for the business's cost base and capital expenditure
• Provision of insight driven analysis of business activities to improve business performance and build budgets and forecasts that take into account the business performance and strategy
• Provide challenge to the business re cost performance which is supported by analysis in order to drive timely decision making, identify opportunities and/or course correction where required.
• Identification and recommendation of opportunities to improve the efficiency and profitability of business activities through a sound understanding of the revenue and cost base.
• Work with business to develop robust business cases to support business change or investment challenge.
• Sought out by the business as an internal advisor/consultant
• Implementation and maintenance of a continuous improvement culture seeking ways to improve processes and ways of working.

Key Results Areas

• Production of forecasts, budgets and corporate plans to meet the long term strategic goals and objectives of the business
• Production of actual monthly results for cost/revenue areas including preparation of monthly journals, and review of accruals/prepayments as required, and review of management accounts prepared by the accounts assistant - ensuring accuracy and completion.
• Production of cost and cash capital expenditure results for the business, in addition to forecasting for cash flow purposes
• Prepare monthly performance pack for review by the Senior Director Airport Operations, and Senior director for Transformation and change providing analysis, drawing out key drivers of performance against budget/forecast/prior year, trend analysis, and KPIs.
• Produce clear and concise review documents highlighting material variances, their underlying causes and impact on profitability, and derive recommendations on strategic action plans
• Understand the financial profile of the business and how to maximise efficiency and profitability within these constraints
• Act as business change agent proactively identifying and implementing process improvements within the team and across the business
• Provide guidance on finance matters within relevant business area.
• Undertake financial analysis for business cases/contract negotiations ensuring consistency with business objectives
• Preparation of input into Board documents, ensuring high quality of input and accuracy

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• CIMA/ACA/ACCA Qualified or part qualified accountant (with required experience)
• Demonstrable background in financial planning and analysis

Skills

• Excellent quantitative, analytical skills
• Strong excel skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present volumes of detailed information in appropriately summarised format.
• Ability to influence at all levels of the business
• Ability to identify and proactively solve problems
• Ability to forge successful & challenging relationships across the business
• Excellent presentation skills and an ability to explain complex financial issues to a non‑financial audience
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team

Experience

• Significant experience in a commercial/operational financial and planning environment including time spent in an analytical/partnering role
• Significant experience in dealing with labour intensive businesses (e.g Transport, Aviation, Retail) with focus on productivity and driving manpower efficiencies
• Evidence of commercial acumen and able to demonstrate a broad based view of issues, events and activities and a perception of their longer term impact or wider implications
• Demonstrable ability to assess situations and appropriately prioritise key information and issues.

Benefits

• Free onsite parking
• Access to discounted Private Medical Insurance for you and immediate family
• Medicash Cash plan
• On site Physiotherapist
• Discounted Gym Membership at many local facilities
• Staff discounts at most of retailers on site & some local restaurants & hotels
• Enrolment into company AE pension scheme
• Access to Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Bereavement Counselling
• Cycle 2 Work salary sacrifice scheme
• Hastee Pay Advances
• 25 Days Annual leave
• LCY Central discount website
• Annual performance related bonus
• Annual Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Buy scheme (Ability to purchase up to 1 weeks A/L per year)
• Access to Salary Sacrifice Car leasing Scheme

The Company

London City Airport is one of the largest private sector employment sites in the London Borough of Newham. We offer a wide range of interesting and challenging career opportunities for the local community.

With over 2,000 employees here, working either directly for London City Airport Limited or for one of our concession partners, airlines, or other business partners on site, the scope for career satisfaction and progression is huge.

London City Airport is an Inclusive Employer.

At London City Airport we respect and celebrate each other's individual differences. We embrace all backgrounds and abilities of all team members and we work closely with our Inclusion Group A Voice for all to ensure we are an inclusive workplace.

Please note that we only ask candidates to go through the necessary security checks (Criminal Record Checks or CRC) once a position has been offered. If you are approached by a third‑party site offering to manage the process for you, please ignore it.

London City Airport Ltd is not currently delivering a Graduate Training Programme but we do run a Work Experience Programme. Please click here to find out more.

Location

As the only airport actually in London, London City Airport is less than a mile from the world‑class events venue ExCeL London; three miles from Canary Wharf and six miles from the City of London.