Sr. Financial Analyst FP&A – Partnership Operations- Airport Dimensions Finance Operations · Da[...]

Collinson Group; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Airport Dimensions is part of Collinson, acknowledged as a global leader in customer benefits and loyalty.

Collinson has been enhancing the airport experience for over 30 years, with access to lounges, retail, dining, and spa experiences, offers and more. Creators of the world’s largest lounge membership program, Priority Pass provides access to an extensive global lounge and partner network.

Using their expertise and products to craft customer experiences. Collinson’s range of services helps global brands acquire, engage, and retain choice-rich customers.

Airport Dimensions want travelers to value their time at the airport. They continuously seek ways to open new dimensions in customer engagement - using a mix of enriching physical experiences and innovative digital services. From comfortable lounges to restful sleep pods, from convenient food ordering to contactless collection of duty free, Airport Dimensions help improve the travel experience while critically helping airports maximize non-aeronautical revenue opportunities, retain airlines, and become more competitive.

Airport Dimensions has a rapid growing network of locations at the world’s leading airports across the United States, United Kingdom and Middle East. Under our brands The Club, Club Aspire, Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club, No 1 Lounges and sleep ’n fly, Airport Dimensions provides award-winning hospitality services tailored to the specific needs of passengers and has developed value-added experiences for over 50 airport and airline partner.

What does an Sr. Financial Analyst FP&A – Partnership Operations do?

The Sr. Financial Analyst FP&A – Partnership Operations will support a key strategic Airport Dimensions Partnership. This cross-functional role will work with key external suppliers and internal business partners across the organization to provide both quantitative and qualitative analyses. The role will directly support the needs of a fast-growing Americas Lounge operation. Responsibilities include the budgeting and forecasting process, managing and tracking key approvals, acting as the key Financial contact for our Operations team, performing analyses, and undertaking special projects while providing financial consulting and strategic support to senior leadership. This position requires a results-oriented Finance professional with strong business acumen and extensive process knowledge around financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and internal reporting including preparing financial presentations and variance analyses. They should have the ability to thrive in an evolving and rapidly changing environment. Strong communication skills and a commitment to continual process improvement are essential. This individual should be an energetic, proactive leader who can define, design, and implement solutions to support a growing and complex business.

What You'll do?

• Analyze and summarize financial and statistical performance
• Act as a close partner to AD’s Operations team and Lounge Suppliers, gathering data and developing new lounge location budgets and reforecasts
• Build, validate and maintain operational and statistical models in Excel
• Track key budget and expense approvals
• Execute value-added analysis and provide decision support for strategic partnership objectives
• Generate useful financial models and input templates to support the Operations team
• Analyze complex financial information to identify underlying business drivers and trends
• Produce month-end financial performance reporting, explaining variances to budget/forecast
• Assist in compiling quarterly Partnership Financial performance presentations
• Support transformation of the finance organization
• Deliver continuous process improvements

What You'll Need?

• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Experience creating budgets and forecasts
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel required, previous data modelling experience highly desired
• Strong business partnering and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to distill complex issues for understanding
• Proactive self-starter, capable of adapting to rapidly changing priorities and deadlines
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Superior analytical skills with a strategic focus
• Ability to work well in high pressure situations to meet deadlines
• Understanding of GAAP

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business or Finance
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive work experience in accounting or financial analysis: or any combination
• Must be authorized to work in U.S.

Desirable

• MBA a plus but not required
• Experience with Tagetik and Microsoft Dynamics
• Hospitality, Retail, or Travel industry experience a plus
• Experience supporting headcount/FTE forecasting a plus

You can look forward to a competitive salary and benefit plan including but not limited to:

• 100% employer paid medical, dental, life & LTD insurance for employees
• 100% match to your 401k deferrals (limited) with 100% vesting at 6 months
• Supplemental Insurance including STD, additional Life
• Priority Pass Membership
• Global Mentoring Program
• Wellness Programs
• Lifestyle Benefits

Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: color, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

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