Finance Business Partner (12mth FTC)

This role reports into the Senior Finance Business Partner and would suit a part-qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or recently qualified finance professional. This is an excellent opportunity for an analytically minded finance professional looking to develop their business partnering skills.

As Finance Business Partner in Operations, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior operational leaders across areas such as Terminal Operations, Airside Operations, Security, Passenger Services, Baggage, Engineering, Asset Management, and Operational Planning. Working in a dynamic and complex operational environment, you will translate operational data into actionable financial insights to improve productivity, cost efficiency, resilience, and passenger experience, your work will influence key business outcomes and help Heathrow remain a world-class hub.

The role of the Finance Business Partner is to provide support in various activities such as:

• Periodic Reporting: Month-end and Year-end, Commercial KPI’s
• Short-term Planning: Budgeting and Forecasting
• Longer-term planning: Regulatory Planning Process, Capital Planning

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with our Finance Services Delivery Team to ensure the production of accurate monthly financial performance and help communicate this to the business.
• Producing accurate monthly management accounts, review packs, and insightful commentary to support business performance.
• Support in the annual business planning process for your area, engaging with stakeholders to validate assumptions and agree on initiatives.
• Partnering with senior managers to provide financial insight and constructive challenge on strategic projects.
• Supporting the preparation of business cases, including financial modelling, scenario analysis, and presentation of recommendations.
• Monitoring financial performance against budget and KPIs, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Supporting Capital programmes with investment appraisal & financial assurance activities.

Qualifications

• Part or fully qualified Accountant - CIMA, ACCA, ACA
• Proven experience in financial planning, analysis, and reporting within a complex organisation.
• Strong finance acumen with analytical mindset and the ability to spot data linkages, errors and opportunities. Ability to create financial models and present volumes of data clearly and concisely.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting complex information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to build strong relationships and influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong Excel analysis and modelling skills with experience in creating professional and engaging PowerPoint slide decks

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Experience in business partnering within a commercial or FP&A environment.
• Familiarity with Oracle ERP or similar financial systems.

#LI-Hybrid

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

Discover a one-of-a-kind career. Our vision at Heathrow is to be an extraordinary airport, fit for the future. In the Finance team we know that generating income is critical to driving our business forward, but it’s also vital that we create positive passenger and customer experiences that make every journey better. You’ll help us to get the balance right so we can continue investing in our world-class environment.

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Heathrow’s size, scale, and reputation for innovation translates to exciting opportunities for everyone. Finance here is about more than numbers. It’s about being influential, developing trusted relationships, and showing the world that we’re a responsible investment with a bright future; a place that embraces digital innovation and has a sustainable mindset. You’ll become part of a team that drives excellence across everything from insurance to investment, treasury to business partnering, as you collaborate widely to deliver projects that directly impact millions of passengers each year.