About Your Role You will be responsible for oversight and guidance of the development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the financial data that supports the QR Group’s strategic planning, financial forecasting and annual budget process. Additional to the financial data, you will perform analysis of operational data, key statistical information of corporate and competitive environments and the development of reports that recommend courses of action based on the continuum of data analysis.

Essential to sustaining the planning analysis, budgetary control, monthly consolidation and operating plan variance analysis identifying control weakness to support senior management including GCEO and other Chief Officers in their decision making and adjustment of the financial projection to achieve the desired result.

Your Responsibilities Strategic

• Provide financial consulting and strategic support to senior management including preparation of board presentations, financial presentations, expenditure analysis, unit revenue / cost metrics and other projects as requested, to support the senior management to make financial decision.
• Provide longer term strategic view of financials of the business with KPIs in order to drive continuous improvements and to facilitate decision making.
• Lead the financial business case development for strategic initiatives and key investment projects inclusive of working on external ventures in confidential circumstances building constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners.
• Engage with Corporate Planning to prepare five year strategic business plan, to execute planning sustainable growth within the business.

Operational

• Analysing and monitoring the financial performance of the business providing a forward view to highlight the financial standing of the business.
• Oversee the accuracy and effectiveness of month end reporting inclusive of both operational and financial variance analysis.
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic planning process.
• Manage the annual budget cycle in line with business plan, unit cost / productivity targets, highlight area of risks and provide feasible options for decision making.

Management and Leadership

• Establish the department or teams objectives and priorities to align with and support business objectives.
• Regularly evaluate the department or teams objectives, plans, procedures and practices, and makes appropriate changes if needed.
• Lead, direct and manage the preparation, execution and analysis of budget of all Operational Overhead departments.
• Responsible to lead the units strategic business drivers to determine investment allocation, creating comprehensive and highly structured Business Cases for proposed projects.

Qualifications Qualifications – External

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with minimum 10 years of job related experience
• Minimum 5 years in management role within Airline/Aviation Industry
• CA / CPA with excellent post graduate qualification is preferred
• Experience with developing financial and operational models to support business planning, key strategic activity and major business initiatives
• Experience in presenting and communicating to key business owners and senior management.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to review variances, understand business cycles and their impact on the profit and loss account.
• Good knowledge of internal finance systems
• Knowledge of cost centre accounting, preparing budgets, forecasts and long term plans.
• Experience in leading digital transformation