Senior Manager Business Finance

Job Description

About you role:

You will be creating added value to the QR Group by building a trustworthy relationship with finance and business heads through meaningful, and insightful reporting /analyses for senior /executive management in Finance and Business. You will act as a business partner and single point of contact for senior /executive management in Finance for the respective business. Bridging Finance (BF, AP, AR, Finance Centers of Expertise) with the respective business you will act as a “liaison” focusing on “connecting the dots” within QR Group businesses and /or Finance stakeholders. Collaboration is key in this role. you will also ensuring compliance with Qatar Airways accounting policies & procedures.

Below are some of the key accountabilities:

• Contribute to the development of Qatar Airways Group goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organization by ensuring optimal allocation of resources and providing insightful information to the senior management team.
• Responsible for the development of strategic financial plans by providing management with all information necessary to measure financial performance that will assist and steer the business toward sustained profitability.
• Advise the CFO and other key members of the senior management on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow, investment priorities, and policy matters.
• Ensure effective communication and relationship between senior management Finance and Business. Act as a business partner for business and as a bridge between business and finance in an open, transparent way.
• Manage your managers and team and promote a helpful team in a positive environment.
• Manage, capture and integrate market intelligence into strategic planning, ensuring an appropriate focus on delivering competitive advantage.
• Financial analyses to include monthly /quarterly reporting of KPIs, cost of investment and potential financing scenarios, realistic revenue/cost assumptions, manpower impact, sensitivity analysis, generation of EVA metrics including IRR, NPV, and payback analysis, and highlighting any risks and opportunities associated with any projects.
• To present an objective view of the financial situation and provide sound recommendations for the allocation of resources in the most efficient way to achieve the business goals and objectives.
• Incorporate forecast planning into the organization and ensure provisions are made for major risks and opportunities defined from the course of normal operations.
• Responsible to lead the units, and strategic business drivers to determine investment allocation, creating comprehensive and highly structured Business Cases for proposed projects, ascertaining investment cost and benefits to scope, dependencies, risk, and its alignment to strategic objectives.
• Creating awareness of the financial dynamics to the senior management of the business through transparent, reliable reports, analyses, and presentations with a focus on KPIs and key messages.

Be part of an extraordinary story 

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community. 

Our best is here and still to come. To us, the impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

About you

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 10 years of job-related experience.
• 5 years in a management position.
• Strong developed “soft skills”, high level of integrity, open /transparent, team player.
• Passionate about digitalization and innovation.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills with a customer-centric driven approach.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are a must, as is the ability to work effectively across the organization.
• Must have an excellent organizational ability to be able to set priorities, and handle multiple tasks.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to review variances, and understand the business cycle and their impact on the profit and loss account.
• Managerial skills - Ability to delegate work, set clear direction, and manage workflow. Strong mentoring and coaching skills. Ability to train and develop subordinates' skills. Ability to foster teamwork among team members
• Knowledgeable in airline operations.
• Command of English language.

About Qatar Airways Group 

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records, and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down of the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. 

So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.