Commercial Finance Analyst

Purpose of the Role

To join our growing Commercial Finance team, supporting the Head of Commercial Finance to deliver commercial insight to support business growth

Corporate

• To ensure that the Finance Team is supported in delivering the overall team objectives.
• To represent the airport with all key stakeholders in order to establish and maintain an outstanding reputation for the highest possible standards in all aspects of the department.
• To maintain the highest possible standards of integrity, customer focus, and commitment to Leeds Bradford Airport, ensuring that our Vision, Values & Behaviours are at the heart of everything we do.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and producing regular reporting of KPIs of the whole business to support management decisions with a key focus on passenger numbers and revenue streams.          
• Providing commentary on key trends including passenger numbers, spend per head, ATV, etc.
• Taking ownership of headcount reporting and working with the business to understand any areas of challenge
• Building and implementing data analytic/BI tools using Access or Qlik to provide detailed trend analysis on current  year trends, vs. prior year, budget, and forecast
• Improving the current 5 Year financial plan model through automation and simplification, to allow ease of use, sensitivity modeling, and integration with the budget/forecast models
• Supporting the quarterly forecasting process, from building a quarterly model using robust data through to business  partnering
• Business partnering with Finance and non-Finance colleagues
• Working with our IT team to support the data strategy roadmap specifically through the adoption and use of Access  Dimensions within the Finance team
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term strategic planning across the company
• Taking responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of reporting and making improvements to ensure all reporting is timely

What we are looking for:

• Advanced Excel is essential including strong financial modeling skills and report-building experience
• Knowledge of Qlik, Access, or other data analytics software skills
• Qualified (CIMA/ACMA/ACA)
• Commercial Finance experience is preferable
• Strong interpersonal skills to build key relationships with business partners
• Ability to interpret financials into meaningful insight
• Good commercial awareness

Due to security checks required for this role, all candidates will be subject to a basic criminal record check and must be able to provide a continuous five-year checkable work history without any gaps in employment.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please forward your Covering Letter & CV to Sonia Kaur, Head of Commercial Finance, or alternatively, this can be posted to the Human Resources Department at Leeds Bradford Airport, Whitehouse Lane, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7TU.