Finance Business Partner

Job Purpose

Responsible for effective management reporting of financials to internal and external stakeholders within stipulated timelines, as required – includes but is not limited to actuals tracking, ad-hoc analyses, as well as accurate and reliable development of short and long-term forecast development against board and internal targets

Job Accountabilities

• Overall management Reporting of Company performance and periodic tracking of performance against planned targets:
• Support with the financial planning, analysis, and reporting function by providing comprehensive reports detailing actual versus budget and forecasted results which includes clear and concise variance explanations - drive cost analysis and highlight key variances to targets and historical trends
• Preparation & provision of various management reports, support on the budget cycle, preparing current estimates, long term forecasts and business plans.
• Supporting in the financial modelling for projects and investment decisions together with the maintenance of budget and budgetary controls by prepare ad-hoc analysis on restructuring scenarios and impact on cashflows for the management
• Manage the generation, review, delivery and release of monthly consolidated financial data to business stakeholders & other Finance teams.
• Provide historical trend analysis reviewing current performance and KPIs versus historical data
• Recommend and track benchmarks for measuring financial and operating performance
• Work closely with Financial Reporting to identify opportunities to restructure balance sheet and provide economical value to the business
• Set-up projects in an objective to be agile in producing outputs (eliminate manual intervention) to senior management by flexing key operational and performance indicators. Set up system & templates to provide reports detailing actual versus budget and forecasted results which includes clear and concise variance explanations.

Education & Experience

• Must have at least a master’s degree in Business/Finance and a professional qualification such as CA, CIMA, MBA or ACCA
• Minimum of 6 years of work experience with at least 4 years in accounting, finance, budgeting and/or forecasting (preferred 3 years airline experience)
• Rigorous and analytical thinking
• Proficient in building and managing large MS Excel models, detailed PowerPoint and other planning system toolsBig four experience is a plus
• Strong experience in financial planning and control
• Advanced communication skills – English (verbal and writing)

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