Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline; Fingal; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted travel

Unlimited travel to 250 destinations

Defined Contribution Pension – Matched

Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2x of

Job summary

Ryanair is recruiting a Commercial Finance Analyst to join Europe’s Favourite Airline Group in Dublin. You will be part of the Commercial Performance team, focused on growing profitability and prioritising the most lucrative routes as traffic expands.

You will build financial models, analyse routes, and communicate insights to senior management, supporting growth to 4,000 daily flights and 300m passengers by 2034. Strong Excel skills and English proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in an accounting, commercial, financial or analytical role.
• ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent will be highly regarded.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to communicate financial data and insights.
• Accuracy and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Continually analyse and identify opportunities to improve financial performance with detailed modelling.
• Maintain analytical models and communicate results effectively to senior management.
• Propose and evaluate new business/route opportunities including profitability forecasts.
• Prepare competitor and market analysis reports for the senior commercial team.
• Assist in monthly management reporting including route profitability for capacity decisions.
• Analyse and challenge proposed new airport deals.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excel skills

Education

ACA/ACCA/CPA equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

Ryanair, over our 40 year history has grown to become Europe’s largest airline group connecting more guests across more routes than any other European carrier. We are a fast-paced, ambitious and innovative company, offering exciting career opportunities across aviation, technology, operations and support functions. Now is a fantastic time to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 8 years.

Ryanair is currently recruiting for a Commercial Finance Analyst to join Europe’s Favourite Airline Group.

This is an excellent time to join Ryanair as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests per year within the next 10 years.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and commercially astute individual who has excellent financial analysis skills to join our Commercial Performance team. The successful candidate will be integral to our growth plans as they continually review and optimise our network performance ensuring that our most profitable routes are prioritised allowing us to grow to over 4000 flights per day.

The Commercial Performance Team is a small team with high value and impact to the overall business You will have exposure to all levels and senior Management to make a major contribution in helping us achieve our growth target of 300m passengers by 2034.

Supporting The Senior Commercial Team, The Successful Candidate Will

• Continually analyse and identify new opportunities to improve financial performance, including detailed modelling of potential benefits and costs.
• Responsible for performance improvement projects, including developing and maintaining analytical models and effectively communicating the results .
• Propose and evaluate new business / route opportunities including forecast profitability and break-even analysis for new routes.
• Prepare competitor and market analysis reports for the senior commercial team.
• Assist in preparing detailed monthly management reports including route profitability, which form the basis for all capacity allocation decisions.
• Analyse and challenge proposed new airport deals.
• 2+ years experience in an accounting, commercial, financial or analytical role
• Candidates who hold a ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent will be highly regarded
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Commercial mindset with the ability to effectively communicate financial data and insights
• Accuracy and strong attention to detail
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Competitive salary
• Discounted and unlimited travel to over 250 destinations
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme – Matched up to 5% or €5,000
• Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2 times of annual basic salary
• 20 Days Annual Leave – Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years of continuous service.
• Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
• Unrivalled career progression