Senior Finance Manager (FP&A) - Performance Reporting & Insight

easyJet; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading low-cost airline in the UK is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead performance and insight reporting. This full-time role requires significant experience in finance, strong Excel skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with various stakeholders. The position supports a hybrid working model with a focus on financial transparency and strategic decision-making.

Benefits

Up to 30% maximum bonus

Private Medical Insurance (PMI)

7% pension contributions

Excellent staff travel benefits

25 days annual leave

Annual credit towards an easyJet holiday

Various flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Significant post qualification experience in Finance within large, fast-paced organizations.
• Strong technical skills including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production of monthly and quarterly financial reporting packs.
• Drive transparency of performance through EBIT reporting.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to improve financial performance.

Skills

Advanced Excel modelling

PowerPoint presentation abilities

Communication with stakeholders

Tools

Planning Analytics

Job description

Description

Senior Finance Manager - Performance & Insight

We are easyJet - a FTSE-100 listed, £multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you're reading this, you have probably already been an easyJet customer, and you'll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.

We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We're on a mission to make low-cost travel easy - and whatever your role here, you'll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe's best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

What makes us easyJet? Our Promise Behaviours - we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easyJet.

Read on if you:

• Have significant post-qualification experience in Finance, ideally within large, fast-moving organisations
• Enjoy turning complex financial data into clear, actionable insights that drive performance
• Can be in our fantastic Luton head office 3 x per week

The Team

You'll be joining our newly established Performance & Insight team, reporting directly to the Head of FP&A. This team is all about enhancing the quality, timeliness and impact of management reporting across easyJet. We're here to drive deeper understanding of financial performance through smart, strategic analysis.

The Role

This is a high-impact role where you'll lead the production of monthly and quarterly reporting packs, focusing on performance versus Budget, Forecast and prior year. You'll be a key business partner to the Group Markets Director, owning EBIT reporting by base and country, and delivering executive-ready outputs for our CEO, CFO, PLC Board and Airline Management Board.

You'll also lead the Planning Analytics development team, shaping and automating the tools and processes that underpin our reporting capability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Owning and enhancing reporting packs that support strategic decision-making
• Driving transparency of base and country performance through EBIT reporting
• Partnering with senior stakeholders to challenge and improve performance
• Leading automation and simplification of reporting processes
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members
• Building strong cross-functional relationships across Commercial, Operations and Network Planning

Requirements of the Role

What we're looking for

• Significant post qualification experience including specific experience of providing Finance Support to large, complex, preferably fast moving, entities
• Ability to embrace large, complex, preferably fast moving, entities
• Manages own time across variety of tasks to deliver to deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong technical skills, including advanced Excel modelling and PowerPoint presentation abilities. Experience with Planning Analytics or similar planning/consolidation tools highly advantageous
• Able to communicate and challenge effectively with key stakeholders at all seniority levels in the organisation
• Able to demonstrate the commercial value of Finance interventions or projects.
• Ability to explain finance to non-financial stakeholders
• An ability to work on own initiative and has the confidence to offer solutions
• A true self starter, with high levels of motivation and enthusiasm

What you'll get in return

• Up to 30% maximum bonus
• PMI
• 7% pension contributions
• Excellent staff travel benefits
• 25 days of annual leave bank holidays
• Annual credit towards an easyJet holiday
• Various flexible benefits and extras

Practicalities

This full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 40 hours per week. We support hybrid working and we spend 60% of our time per month in the office.

Reasonable Adjustments

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at [e-mail]. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation.