Finance Business Partner

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities. Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. At MAG, we recognise creating a first class journey for our customers starts by creating a first class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You'll also have access to some great benefits including:

Free parking

Subsidised public transport

Huge range of company discounts

2 volunteering days per year

Free VirtualGP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Care Concierge service

The role

You'll provide finance business partner support to a number of senior stakeholders across Group Services (particularly Group Technology and Transformation), building key relationships with their teams whilst providing decision making support through first class financial information reporting, analysis and recommendations whilst maintaining a strong system of financial controls. Working within the Group Finance team and reporting to the Head of Finance for Group Services, you'll work primary with the Group Services Finance team and the various stakeholder business unit teams, up to and including their respective Executive Committee (ExCo) members, to help support and influence the development and delivery of their strategy and delivery of business plans alongside business cases and supporting longer term investment decisions.

What will make you successful in the role?

You'll be a qualified accountant with at least 5 years PQE with a proven track record of supporting transformative or business case initiatives across airports or similar operational setups. You'll have strategic & commercial acumen with a demonstratable ability to challenge assumptions and shape business cases within Transformation. You'll have proficiency in developing (desirable) and interpreting (essential) financial models with the ability to aid identification of benefits and costs from transformative ideas. You'll be an effective communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and ExCo members developing trusted advisor status and being invited into strategic conversations early.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We're also committed to well being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

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Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women's Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity