Financial Controller

7 days ago


Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom dnata Full time

About dnata Travel Group

dnata Travel Group is a leading travel company that operates under the Emirates Group. Our portfolio includes well-known brands such as Gold Medal, Netflights, Travelbag, and Travel Republic.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Finance Director to join our team at our UK Head Office in Leyland. As a key member of our Finance team, you will provide financial leadership and support to our business functions, including Management Accounting, Finance Systems, internal and external financial and regulatory reporting, Financial Control, and Treasury.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide regular financial support and communication to our business functions
  • Lead the standardization of Management Accounts and Financial reporting across our business functions, providing recommendations and driving change where necessary
  • Build and maintain a robust financial control environment and culture, ensuring alignment with our Group Financial Reporting (GFR) 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 for our business functions, including consolidated reporting for actuals, forecast, and budget, statutory accounts, and GFR reporting and liaison
  • Ensure that all balance sheets are fully and appropriately reconciled, and control risks highlighted and opportunities identified
  • Maintain, develop, and exploit our UK Enterprise Resource Planning (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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