Hours: Full Time
Location: Hybrid working -The VHQ Crawley 3 days on site per week
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract/Secondment
Closing Date: 22nd November
In a nutshell
At Virgin Atlantic, we’re just as passionate as we’ve always been about becoming the most loved travel company. One thing we know for sure – this year has shown that when we combine our brand with the power of amazing people, we make something truly magical.
Virgin Atlantic is proudly flying, creating the same fabulous flight experience we’re famous for, and we’re busily laying the foundations for a profitable future.
We know that the right people are key to creating success – so we’re looking for someone brilliant to join our Finance team and help us achieve our vision. Perhaps that’s you? We’d love to find out.
We are recruiting 2x Financial Planning Controller;
- Finance Business Partner to Cargo & Networks (12 month FTC)
- Finance Business Partner to Joint Ventures (perm)
You will provide financial leadership to the Leadership Team looking to continually improve the understanding of business performance and be a trusted advisor and facilitator of productive business & financial conversations by examining financial, commercial and operational performance through various lenses to offer recommendations to propose business solutions, and behavioural changes across the business to ensure we achieve our objectives.
This role also ensure the company assets are utilised to their potential by leading the production of robust financial appraisals for all the proposed financial investments, providing critical challenge, as to the allocation of costs quantification of future benefits, and alignment with the overall strategy of the Virgin Atlantic.
Day to day
- Partner with your designated business areas, providing sound and financial advice to support the organisations objectives
- Act as a catalyst for change in driving forward initiatives critical to delivering the strategy with the commercial business unit as we enter our recovery phase
- Provide financial leadership in determining strategic business direction, aligning to financial strategies
- Working closely with Cargo and Network teams/Virgin Atlantic's Joint Venture partners such as KLM, Airfrance and Delta.
- Playing a key leadership role in the formulation, implementation, and communication of business strategies
- Act as a key driver in the decision-making process through communication of financial information and analysis
- Advises on key business planning assumptions trade offs and opportunities
- Gathers background knowledge and formulates strong questions in advance of key meetings with stakeholders and lead meeting to set expectations and drive decision making with financial outcomes
About you
- ACA ACCA or CIMA qualified preferred (or with relevant industry experience)
- Strong user of Excel, from complex formula's, Pivot Tables, V&H Look Ups etc
- Has significant experience providing regular finance support and reporting
- Ability/Desire to manage, and build on existing experience in leadership and to create effective supply of high value output
- Evidence of personally leading on and driving through business improvement through financial analysis /process improvement,
- Displays a high level of intellectual curiosity through questioning to grab the attention of business leaders to convey compelling financial stories that push change
- Previous experience in leading the development of financial cases for complex business strategies / projects
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, will be able to distil complex information into clear and simple messages
Our recipe for leadership
At Virgin Atlantic, our leaders empower teams to thrive through collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Explore our Leadership Recipe and discover the 20 core ingredients that define what it means to lead with us, driving our mission to be the most loved travel company and achieve sustainable profit. Want to learn more? Click here
Be yourself
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.
To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitment@fly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.
