Finance Manager – Commercial FP&A Lead

4 weeks ago


Slough, Slough, United Kingdom Travelport Full time

Travelport: A Leader in Travel Retail

At Travelport, we're shaping the future of travel. Our innovative platform connects businesses and travelers worldwide, making it easier to explore new destinations. As a Finance Manager – Commercial FP&A Lead, you'll play a key role in supporting our Commercial business, driving finance partnering, and executing our M&A strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Act as the Finance Business Partner to the GVP of Sales for Operators and the Global Business Development lead, providing key finance support through budgeting, forecasts, and commercial business review processes.
  • Lead FP&A efforts to understand the air distribution strategy and incorporate its impact into Agency Sales budgets and forecasts.
  • Collaborate with Net Margin, PSR, and OPEX centre of excellence teams to provide coordinated, robust, valuable, and insightful financial analysis to Commercial functions.
  • Support agency planning cycles, including budgeting, quarterly and rolling forecasts, and 5-year planning.
  • Work closely with the GVP of Sales for Operators and the Global Business Development lead to manage their organisations, analyse and forecast operating expenses, and implement changes to ensure OPEX budgets or targets are met.
  • Deliver change and efficiency programs within Agency Sales, ensuring Finance can plan and implement system and process changes to support key new commercial models and initiatives.
  • Enable Agency Sales and finance operating model changes through commercial insight and leadership.
  • Bring diverse stakeholders together to achieve objectives for both the channel and the wider Travelport organisation.
  • Support Strategic Projects on an ad-hoc basis.
  • Support the Commercial Sales-to-Segments (Attainment) process by delivering a detailed Budget plan based on sales activity and performance, and advise the Commercial team to ensure measurement models incorporate ownership and deliver sound financial performance data.
  • Partner with subject matter experts across Technology, Travel Partners, and Operators to support and own M&A transactions primarily in the Product and Operators space.
  • Develop and expand on M&A best practices, processes, and models, becoming an SME in the M&A space to drive a proactive acquisition strategy.

Requirements:

  • A curious self-starting individual who can drive value and mobilise teams working in a matrix environment.
  • Strong strategic finance and analytical skills, preferably with FP&A experience.
  • Effective communication of complex issues to key stakeholders.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to tailor approach to deal with different people.
  • Fully Qualified accountant (CIMA or ACCA).

What We're Looking For:

  • Someone who is always ready to give it their all and deliver high-quality work.
  • Someone excited to use their creativity and innovative thinking to try new things.
  • Someone who takes responsibility and owns their work.
  • Someone courageous and ambitious to challenge what's been done before.

Benefits:

Competitive base salary, annual bonus, private medical insurance, holiday allowance.



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