Senior Finance Business Partner

A great opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our versatile team, supporting Central & Overseas line areas. With excellent senior exposure across BA and the IAG Group, you will be leading and inspiring our overseas colleagues to deliver the long-term Business Plan and monitor near-term key performance indicators.

You will play a crucial role in providing financial insights, analysis, and support to your line areas, enabling informed decisions to be made and business objectives met.,

• Lead planning, budgeting and forecasting for line areas


• Manage the overseas finance team, ensuring optimal control and guidance.


• Develop plans and actions with the business to achieve strategy through negotiation, knowledge sharing and offering challenging advice


• Use insights to advise on decisions to reduce cost, and increase profit and revenue, balancing financial performance with the customer value proposition


• Use knowledge of, and insight into, available data, business issues and drivers to advise others on how to generate required reports, analysis and insights


• Encourage rigour and a financial mind-set for business decision making


• Provide a single point of contact for Finance to Line Management Team, report, understand, challenge and track spend


• Lead supplier cost reduction programme across all external supplier spend


• Ensure effective ongoing control of all capital expenditure projects
  
  Accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent


• Ability to develop business strategies


• Ability to devise and follow through on profit improvement programmes


• Provision of leadership with regard to achievement of financial targets and internal control


• Practically apply accounting regulations
  
  As the nation's flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.


It's something we've been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world's first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

This originality has been in our blood since day one. It's the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.

We know great things can happen when you're inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit., At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.

Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we're committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We're looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

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  We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It's one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary.


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 flights. You'll also receive up to 30 discounted 'Hotline' airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.

At British Airways you'll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress.

We never stand still, and we don't expect our people to either.