Overview
Synopsis
Supports the preparation and review of budgets, forecasts and all financial, planning and analysis throughout all countries within a given region. Support to department manager, various Country Airport and General Managers with detailed analysis in support of delivering on departmental and operational KPIs with the focus on supporting costs efficiencies and revenue growth. Responsible to ensure full corporate and country compliance to all tax and statutory requirements related to countries assigned, thus resulting in zero exposure to Etihad.
Accountabilities
• Improve country/regional costs performance and support with bridging the gap through the successful delivery of strategic cost saving initiatives across multiple countries
• Support regular analysis and work within Finance to deliver on key initiatives, deadlines and projects in supporting the business in achieving costs and revenue targets.
• Monthly and on time reporting of costs performance, current estimates and delivering annual divisional budgets across multiple countries on time
• Supports in the preparation of reports, and statistics for various budget and forecast scenarios. Analyses and evaluates financial and statistical information to identify trends, drives and opportunities for improvement
• Develop and manage Standard Operating procedure for all country finance processes and support manager in streamlining, reengineering and documentation of all processes
• Support the FBP team in streamlining activities to be better equip to support the business
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure assigned countries finance accounting, taxation and reporting process are fully compliant to Corporate Governance, Company Manual of Authority, Company Policies & Procedures, local statutory/legal requirements and robust controls are in place to eliminated corporate exposure
Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B.S.) in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field
• Working towards a Professional Qualification in Finance such as ACA / ACCA / CPA / CIMA etc
• At least 4 years of combined financial analyst experience and related financial systems and reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
• Fluent written and spoken English is required. Bilingual or Multi-lingual will be a plus
About Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 to bring “Abu Dhabi to the World”. Over the years, we have grown into Etihad Aviation Group, a diversified global aviation and travel company, which is one of the world’s most acclaimed industry brands.
Our airline flies to over 84 destinations with a fleet of over 100 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, serving 18.6 million passengers a year and carrying 682,000 tonnes of cargo in 2018.