Finance Director

2 months ago

Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom dnata Full time

About dnata Travel Group

dnata Travel Group is a leading travel company that operates under the brands of Gold Medal, Netflights, Travelbag, and Travel Republic. As a part of the Emirates Group, we strive to provide exceptional travel experiences to our customers.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance Director to join our Finance team at our UK Head Office in Leyland. As a key member of our team, you will provide financial leadership and support to our business functions, driving efficiency and delivering accurate reporting in line with group policies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide regular financial support and communication to our business functions, ensuring alignment with group policies and procedures.
  • Lead the standardization of Management Accounts and Financial reporting across our business functions, providing recommendations and driving change where appropriate.
  • Build and maintain a robust financial control environment and culture, ensuring alignment with group financial reporting manual and policies.
  • Ensure engagement and delivery in the audit process, including providing accurate and timely audit deliverables, managing relationships with internal and external audit partners.
  • Provide effective communication of financial performance to our business functions, including consolidated reporting for actuals, forecast, and budget, statutory accounts, and group financial reporting.
  • Ensure that all balance sheets are fully and appropriately reconciled, and control risks highlighted and opportunities identified.
  • Maintain, develop, and exploit UK ERP and other finance-related systems.
  • Provide accurate and timely ad-hoc reporting and financial analysis to our business functions.
  • Oversee our balance sheet, cash flow budget, and forecasting process, pre-empting and escalating areas of concern at the earliest stage.
  • Deliver a change in culture from multi-individual businesses to a shared service group, ensuring engagement and sharing best practices.
  • Lead the Finance team, providing leadership, motivation, and development opportunities, ensuring a robust succession plan is in place.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of accounting standards and financial control frameworks.
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to visualize opportunities, re-engineer, and improve business processes.
  • Knowledge of the travel industry regulatory rules and environment.
  • Leadership capabilities with excellent influence and negotiating skills.
  • Numerate and analytical thinker, self-motivated, and solution-oriented.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Commercially astute with the ability to identify opportunities to improve revenue and profits.
  • Great attention to detail.
  • Excellent communicator, comfortable with communicating at all levels.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and team management.
  • Able to work in a team environment and autonomously.
  • In-depth travel industry knowledge highly preferred.
  • Reporting and presentation skills.
  • Significant post-qualified accounting experience.

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