Finance Manager (dnata Catering) - dnata

Job Purpose:



If you enjoy being part of an evolving team, collaboration across a growing and complex global organisation and true partnering with the business, then you may be the right person to help us achieve our vision to become the most admired inflight catering service provider in the world. At dnata, we feel we are on our way to achieving this vision!



You are a finance professional who speaks the language of business and have earned your position on the international management team. You have a significant amount of work experience in a global organisation and have had exposure across geographies and different industries. The position is accountable for setting both long term and short term financial targets and driving performance in line with these goals. The role will the dnata Catering’s head of finance in the areas as diverse as financial reporting, capital investment prioritisation and business development. As a finance professional, the role will have input and subsequent responsibility for supporting our “one dnata” global finance strategy across our international network.



Finally, your drive, energy and passion for your role will enable you to contribute successfully to this fast paced team.



Job Outline:



•Obtain the long term business plan view and construct an appropriate financial model using key performance drivers, ensuring business growth and productivity improvement indicators. Also recommend to the BFM or VP BF / VPMA and the department head in strategic initiatives having a significant financial impact over a period of time greater than 3 years.



•Develop and maintain a model that provides monthly 3 year rolling cash flow forecasts for individual businesses, reconciling forecasts vs actuals and engaging with the business to optimise cashflows in order to generate discussion on own and loan funding needs at VPBF, BFM levels, to be taken up with EVP SD and SVP CT.



•Establish and agree with department heads (SVPs/VPs), the relevant KPIs for the business over a rolling 3-year period. Monitor the KPIs and influence decision-makers to continually improve KPIs at a departmental level. The job holder is required to maintain contacts with external auditors, legal consultants, suppliers, customers, IATA forums and senior managers in the industry to benchmark the Emirates Group with similar organisations.



•Provide advice to business in the annual planning and budgeting process. The jobholder must influence the decision-makers to ensure that appropriate resources are budgeted for, to meet financial targets.



•Prioritise, manage and deliver profit/process improvement projects (PIP) as agreed with the business. Implement required changes to the financial processes and procedures and provide training to business managers as appropriate, so as to achieve effective PIP delivery through productivity improvement, cost reduction and income enhancement;



•Perform the financial evaluation of internal to business project proposals (eg. insourcing Vs outsourcing) put forward by the business, ensuring that the financial returns are commercially and financially viable and within any set benchmarks established. Engage with the business in the implementation of these new business proposals.



•Evaluate proposals and provide advice in monitoring and performance management of new joint ventures and partnerships initiated by the businesses. Engage with the business and stakeholders in the implementation of these new business ventures.

Job Details

Date Posted:	2014-08-31
Job Location:	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Role:	Accounting/Banking/Finance
Company Industry:	Airlines/Aviation

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Career Level:

Management

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Date Posted: August 31, 2014 at 12:46PM

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Finance Manager (dnata Catering) - dnata