Emirates
Business Finance Manager - Airport Operations
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job overview
Date posted
19/07/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
02/09/2025
Job description
As Business Finance Manager, Airport Operations - Cargo, you will lead the assigned FP&A function providing strategic business partnering support for business leaders to manage the value of their organisation. Through a solid partnership and the credibility to influence, the Business Finance Manager helps identify the key drivers of success and through data and sound business judgement, influence the relevant stakeholders to make the right moves.
Required skills
financial planning and analysis
budget forecasting
KPI reporting
business performance monitoring
financial modeling
Power BI
MS Excel
PowerPoint
capital expenditure planning
data storytelling
corporate governance
board directorship
financial control
investment appraisal
business case development
Key responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor and Business Partner providing support and challenge to senior management team across dnata to help manage the value of their organisation
- Manage the process to set annual budgets, full year forecasts, mid to long-term plans and target setting across the dnata group
- Provide advice and consultancy in the development and validation of business cases to support the proposal to invest in new ventures, capital expenditure and large / long-term commercial agreements
- Ensure business performance is monitored on a periodic basis through relevant reports, KPI's and meetings (e.g. MFR/MBRs), including the identification and delegation of actions across the business to improve future business performance
- Ensure that an appropriate financial control environment exists in the business to protect the shareholders interests
- Ensure the Corporate Governance Manuals are followed across the entities
- Lead the development of the finance teams (regardless of reporting line) within the defined business portfolio to ensure a high performing Finance team
- May be required to become a legal board director on statutory entities ensuring the interests of both the shareholder and the legal entity are prioritised
Experience & skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related subject and relevant qualifications such as MBA or qualified Accountant
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance management including a minimum of 5 years of experience in an FP&A function
- Proven track record of delivering FP&A support in a dynamic and challenging business environment
- Demonstrable experience in leading FP&A support through a period of significant business change
- Ability to identify the right data to be translated into powerful stories
- High proficiency in MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables, tables and graph production)
- Proficiency in PowerBI and PowerPoint
