Senior Finance Manager Transformation & Reporting

IAG Cargo; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading airfreight logistics organization as a Senior Finance Manager. You will lead financial reporting automation, mentor a team, and drive strategic finance initiatives. Enjoy a hybrid working environment and excellent benefits including travel perks and wellness programs.

Benefits

Staff travel benefits

Flexible bank holiday policy

Access to LinkedIn learning

Free onsite gym facility

Discounts on Apple and cinema tickets

Qualifications

• Lead automation and improvement of financial reporting.
• Manage finance team and mentor junior staff.
• Drive finance change agenda and advance reporting systems.

Responsibilities

• Enhance financial reporting and analysis using Anaplan.
• Design financial reports and dashboards for stakeholders.
• Support strategic projects and provide financial insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Planning skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/ACMA)

Tools

SAP

Excel

Anaplan

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Looking for a challenge in one of the world’s largest airfreight logistics organisations?

At IAG Cargo we are in the business of moving things. From antibiotics to rhinoceros, gold bullion to avocados and everything in between. Whatever people need, wherever they are. In an era of digital screens and closed borders, we open the skies and fly the world to bring people the things they really need.

We are the logistics and cargo brand of International Airlines Group (Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Level and Vueling). At IAG Cargo, we believe in keeping the world’s economies turning, and do everything with determined attitudes, curious minds, collaborative actions and heartfelt pride. Join us at our globally recognised logistics business, where we are building a great place to work for customers and colleagues alike.

About the role

As the Senior Finance Manager – Transformation and Reporting you will lead the automation and continuous improvement of financial reporting and planning across the finance team, including business plan strategy development and coordination with various stakeholders. Your role encompasses overseeing and developing finance reporting systems and championing finance transformation, while providing strategic insights and supporting board presentations. You will lead a finance team of 3 heads, mentor junior staff, and play a pivotal role in driving the finance change agenda and advancing financial systems and reporting to drive efficient operations across the finance directorate.

What you’ll do

• Lead the seamless Integration and automation of Cargo Finance Systems for Real-Time Stakeholder Data and Decision-Making, liasing with internal and external stakeholders and working closely with IAG Anaplan teams and IAG Cargo DNA
• Enhance and Standardize Financial Reporting - Advance Finance Reporting and Analysis across the finance directorate using key reporting systems Anaplan and data visualisation tools.
• Design, develop and build insightful financial reports and dashboard to visualise key performance metrics and trends providing key stakeholders with accurate and timely financial information.
• Empower Finance team by upskilling them with new tools to enhance efficiency and deliver self-service reporting.
• Implement effective controls in forecasting and Month-End Processes Establishing an Anaplan Centre of Excellence to Foster Innovation, Efficiency, and Expertise Sharing
• Responsible for managing the Cargo investment process including the capex reporting and planning.
• Lead the financial support in maintaining a tracking framework to ensure strategic projects achieve their financial objectives. Analysing and interpreting the financial position of Strategic Projects, advising the CET on areas that required focus.
• Manage the tracking of the benefits and cost of initiatives including the Transformation programme.
• Provide business insight and robust challenge into the program portfolio key business decisions through regular reporting and ad-hoc analysis.
• Support the preparation of Board paper, presentation to Management Committee and other reports.
• Direct and produce market, strategy, and initiative insight. Develop scenario planning capabilities for enhancing the planning and forecasting process and in the event of key legal, economic, or political changes.
• Oversight of competitors benchmarking
• Provide support in ad hoc project including expertise in complex data analysis consultancy to support key project priorities and ensure robust decision making
• Promote and support change. Deliver continuous process improvements via automation and standardization, to advance IAG Cargo’s efficiency and customer service proposition.
• Work closely with the wider finance team to be continuously monitoring internal processes and provide support to FP&A deliverables when required.
• Adhere to all corporate, statutory, and regulatory requirements including Group Standing Instructions, Group Financial Standing Instructions, Financial Reporting Standards, and International Accounting Standards
• Actively build and maintain strong relationships with finance and non-finance colleagues at all levels across IAG Cargo, British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Level, GBS.
• Lead the direct team and wider business planning, reporting and strategy team when required.
• Training, coaching, and supervising junior staff.

It's all about you

What you’ll bring to IAG Cargo:

• Strong systems experience and proven track record of driving process changes
• Analytical and problem-solving skills including ability to manipulate, analyse and interpret financial and business data in an efficient manner.
• Ability to think and plan strategically with an analytical approach to problems
• Able to deliver and drive improvements.
• Flexible in approach, responding positively to change. Able to deal with ambiguity
• Strong planning skills: both at a high level and able to get into the detail to make things happen.
• Takes responsibility for managing and prioritising deliverables with the resilience to work under pressure and deliver results to deadlines.
• Organised with excellent attention to detail, determined with the ability to follow through.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems that impact delivery.
• Proactive, taking the initiative to explore issues and to generate new ideas and approaches.
• Excellent financial communication skills tailored for senior executives (written, PowerPoint and presentational)
• Ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships across global cultures.
• Strong team player with ability to promote good team working and cooperation.

Skills and Experience:

Skills

• Strong systems experience and proven track record of driving process changes
• Analytical and problem-solving skills including ability to manipulate, analyse and interpret financial and business data in an efficient manner.
• Ability to think and plan strategically with an analytical approach to problems
• Able to deliver and drive improvements.
• Flexible in approach, responding positively to change. Able to deal with ambiguity
• Strong planning skills: both at a high level and able to get into the detail to make things happen.
• Takes responsibility for managing and prioritising deliverables with the resilience to work under pressure and deliver results to deadlines.
• Organised with excellent attention to detail, determined with the ability to follow through.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems that impact delivery.
• Proactive, taking the initiative to explore issues and to generate new ideas and approaches.
• Excellent financial communication skills tailored for senior executives (written, PowerPoint and presentational)
• Ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships across global cultures.
• Strong team player with ability to promote good team working and cooperation.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/ACMA) or equivalent level of experience.
• Anaplan model builder level 1

Experience

Essential Experience

• Good IT skills and experience of finance systems preferably including SAP, Excel, Hyperion, Anaplan or equivalent, HFM, Tableau, Power Bi, Business Objects.
• Accounting background, including reporting and financial analysis.
• Good understanding of finance theory and good level of practical finance experience in technical group accounting.
• Solid FP&A experience including analysis, forecasting, budgeting, andmanagement reporting
• · Experience in strategic planning and execution
• Experience working within a large group and liaising with a variety of stakeholders.
• · Commercial aptitude to understand external global threats and how these can impact a business or industry such as this.
• Experience in reporting for executive teams.

Desirable experience

• To be conversational in another language e.g. Spanish
• Familiarity with the aviation or logistic sectors

We’ll treat you right

Wherever you work within IAG Cargo, you’ll play a part in helping usdeliver what the world needsand join a diverse and inclusive business that’s making a difference.

As well as a competitive salary, bonus, we offer a range of benefits to support our colleagues, which include:

• A hybrid environment with 3 days a week in the office and two from home.
• From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways and group airlines. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.
• Flexible bank holiday policy- Individuals not on shift have the flexibility to swap the statutory public holidays, with the days you choose to take off instead.
• All our colleagues get access to LinkedIn learning and Rosetta Stone Language courses
• For health and wellbeing we offer a free onsite gym facility as well as access to the UNMIND app and a community of Mental Health First Aiders
• Access to discounts on Apple, Cinema tickets and loads of other goodies through Perks at work

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Our recruitment procedures positively support our equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda.

All candidates are considered strictly on their merits in relation to the criteria for the role, treated fairly and consistently and have their individual needs responded to throughout the process.