Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner

Looking for a challenge in one of the world’s largest airfreight logistics organisations?

At IAG Cargo, we’re in the business of moving things. From antibiotics and rhinoceroses to gold bullion, avocados, and everything in between, whatever people need, wherever they are, IAG Cargo is there to bring them the necessary and niche.

As the logistics and cargo brand of International Airlines Group, you’ll work across the globally recognised brands of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Level and Vueling.

As well as helping to keep the world’s economies turning, we believe in building a great place for our colleagues to work. Our people are determined, curious, collaborative and take huge pride in everything they do.

**The role**:
Finance Business Partner

Proactive provision of comprehensive management accounting information and recommendations relating to the Commercial performance of IAG Cargo. To support the IAG Cargo Finance Management and drive the business to achieve its financial and related productivity targets, ensuring compliance with all corporate governance requirements whilst maintaining an adequate level of internal control.

**What you’ll do**:
Business partner for key contacts in the IAG Cargo Commercial team, presenting key management information and supporting creation and delivery of business cases and other commercial initiatives. Lead Commercial Finance reporting and forecasting processes, responsible for producing and improving monthly business review packs working with one direct report.

**What you’ll bring to IAG Cargo**:

- Analytical and problem solving skills including ability to manipulate, analyse and interpret financial and business data
- Able to build and maintain strong relationships
- Proactive, taking the initiative to explore issues and to generate new ideas and approaches
- Flexible in approach, responding positively to change
- Able to deal with ambiguity
- Strong team player with ability to promote good team working and cooperation
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Takes responsibility for managing and prioritising own work with the resilience to work under pressure and deliver results to deadlines
- Ability to line manage and coach one direct report

**Your experience**:

- Education to Degree level or equivalent experience
- Professional finance qualification such as CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent experience
- Good understanding of finance theory and good level of practical finance experience in management accounting
- Numerate and accurate
- Good IT skills and experience of finance systems including: Excel, Essbase, Business Objects, Word and PowerPoint
- Proven track record of effective business partnering of commercial facing roles in fast moving business

**What we offer**:
Wherever you work within IAG Cargo, you’ll play a part in connecting people and countries and join a diverse and inclusive business that’s making a difference to the future of aviation.

Colleagues working for IAG Cargo:

- Benefit from attractive and competitive rewards aligned to the local market and role.
- From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways and group airlines. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.
- Work with diverse colleagues in a business that truly values inclusion and diversity.
- Are valued for their ideas and opinions.
- Benefit from opportunities for development and progression.
- Are able to support communities across the world, and close to home.
- Work in an environment in which safety and wellbeing are paramount.

**Equity, Diversity and Inclusion**

Our recruitment procedures positively support our equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda.

Please advise us if you require any reasonable adjustments to take part in the recruitment process so we’re able to remove any barriers that may present themselves.