Finance Business Partner
£55,000 - £65,000 per annum
Gatwick
18 Months Fixed Term Contract (with potential to be made permanent)
Hybrid Working
Are you ready to take flight in the world of finance? If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for numbers, this role is your runway to success! As the revenue expert, you won't just crunch numbers; you'll orchestrate financial symphonies that elevate the CAA's financial performance.
The role holder at the CAA will focus on revenue modelling and analysis. They'll collaborate with business areas to identify revenue opportunities, enhance planning accuracy, and influence financial performance. The role provides advice to managers and operates within CAA frameworks.
Additionally, the role involves working closely with colleagues across departments, assessing financial risks, and recommending funding structure changes. The role holder leads charges consultation and coordinates implementation. They also collaborate with the strategic revenue team, ensuring effective financial planning and communication with industry stakeholders. As secretary of the Finance & Service Forum, the role holder facilitates dialogue on financial and service-related matters, while also providing support to the wider team through customer queries and accounting advice. Their approach emphasizes continuous improvement and customer focus
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Day to day of the role:
- Ensure an appropriate statutory charging structure is properly maintained for existing and new activities
- Providing a business partnering function:
- Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with colleagues around the organisation
- Financial modelling of revenue streams with insight from this informing planning and forecasting activity and providing insights to the business
- Provide expertise to colleagues across the business on the CAA Schemes of Charges
- Interpreting and communicating trends in order to influence decision making
- Providing financial analysis, guidance, and recommendation to the business management
- Liaising with external stakeholders including industry stakeholders and CAA's UK auditors
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- The jobholder will be a qualified accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA), finalist, or equivalent, with a proven track record in a dynamic commercial environment
- Technical knowledge and application of IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers is essential for the role
- Strong analytical and presentational skills, with a desire to continually expand their skill set and seek to improve their output
- Prior track record of providing financial analysis and advice to non-financial managers
- Have an exceptional level of business systems literacy, experience of management accounting / business partnering, and sound written and oral skills
- Have strong inter-personal and communication skills with the ability to disseminate a wide variety of complex information to senior managers, and other staff, in both oral and written format, that is intelligible to all using a variety of techniques. It is therefore essential the post holder can gain credibility and forge strong working relationships with colleagues
- Must quickly gain a detailed knowledge of the Business
- The job holder will require exceptional organisational skills, should be able to prioritise and structure their own workload and be used to working to tight deadlines
About UK Civil Aviation Authority
The Civil Aviation Authority is the UK's aviation and aerospace regulator, responsible for keeping passengers and the general public safe. Recognised as a world leader in our field, we are at the cutting edge of the exciting and ever-changing environments. Never standing still, our work includes diverse activities such as;
- Driving world-class safety standards
- Managing security risks, safeguarding passengers and the general public
- Minimising the environmental impact of aviation on local communities
- Running the ATOL holiday financial protection scheme
CAA Values
- Do The Right Thing - We always do the right thing, not the easy thing, to achieve our Vision and Mission
- Never Stop Learning - We're always open to challenging our thinking
- Build Collaborative Relationships - We have common goals and we use our diverse experiences, skills and knowledge to achieve them
- Respect Everyone - We know, and show, that everyone deserves respect
What Civil Aviation Authority can offer you?
- Generous holiday leave of 28 days plus Bank Holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave.
- Flexible work hours with a minimum requirement of one day per month at our Gatwick office.
- Free onsite gym at Gatwick.
- Pension scheme with up to a 12% contribution.
- Opportunities for career development and advancement.
- Educational support through our ‘Study Support Scheme'.
- The CAA values high ethical standards and personal integrity among employees. If invited for interview you will be asked to complete a declaration of interest.
How to apply:
To apply for the Financial Business Partner position, please submit your application before the closing date of 07^th June 2024. Ensure your application includes your CV, highlighting your relevant experience and qualifications.
Additional Information:
- National Security Vetting is required for this role, with a minimum of 5 years of UK residency expected for meaningful checks.If you do not meet these requirements, we may not be able to accept...