At Emirates Group, we connect the world through our global hub in Dubai, ensuring our customers always ‘Fly Better.’ As one of the most recognised and admired brands globally, we’re driven by innovation and excellence. Join us as a Finance Manager - Direct Operating Costs and play a key role in driving financial strategy and decision-making for a global business. Experience a fast-paced, multicultural environment where your financial expertise will be central to shaping the future of aviation while making a meaningful impact on a global stage.

The successful candidate will support the FP&A function by providing strategic business partnering and data analysis on all major Direct Operating cost (DOC) categories to influence stakeholders. Through a detailed understanding of DOC spend and contract visibility provide analysis and advice on cost saving measures and optimization across the categories. Identifying anomalies, outliers and potential areas to focus on.

In this role, you will: 

• Support with annual budgets, full year forecasts, mid to long-term plans and targets with the business and procurement and drive the delivery of DOC cost targets. 


• Act as a trusted advisor and Business Partner providing support and challenge to their business area to help manage the value of their organisation.  


• Support with annual budgets, full year forecasts, mid to long-term plans and targets with the business and drive the business to deliver them.


• Provide advice and consultancy in the development and validation of business cases to support the proposal to invest in new ventures, capital expenditure and large / long-term commercial agreements.


• Ensure business performance is monitored on a periodic basis through relevant reports, KPIs and meetings (e.g., MFR/MBR?s), including the identification and delegation of actions across the business to improve future business performance.


• Ensure that an appropriate financial control environment exists in the business to protect the shareholders interest. 


• Ensure the Corporate Governance Manuals are followed across the entities.


• Lead the development of the finance teams (regardless of reporting line) within the defined business portfolio to ensure a high performing Finance team. 

And specifically to internal reporting: 

• Support with driving the monthly FP&A reporting, annual budgeting process, full year forecasts, mid to long-term plans modelling, and target setting with the business.   


• Develop and maintain financial models that provide monthly rolling P&L and cash flow forecasts for dnata consolidated and individual businesses, reconcile forecasts vs actuals, and engage with the business to optimise performance and accuracy of forecast. 

In order to be considered for this role, you must meet the following requirements:

• Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent).


• Finance & Insurance/Finance Management: 8+ Years.


• Degree plus, relevant professional qualifications i.e., MBA or Qualified Accountant.


• Relevant experience in a Finance, Commercial or Analytical roles including experience a minimum of 3+ years? experience in an FP&A function with a proven history of delivering real value add FP&A support to a business in a dynamic and challenging business environment.   

 You'll have an edge if you have: 

• Proven history of delivering real value add FP&A support to a business.


• Experience providing FP&A support in a dynamic and challenging business environment.  


• Demonstrable experience in providing FP&A support through a period of significant business change.  


• The ability to work with the business and a range of stakeholder providing solid advice and building partnerships.  


• The ability to identify the right data to be translated into powerful stories through PowerBI.


• High proficiency in MS Excel. (e.g., formulas, pivot tables, tables, and graph production) as well as PowerBI and MS PowerPoint.

At Emirates Group, we’re committed to providing our employees with opportunities to grow and develop in their careers. So if you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, apply today and join our team!

Recruitment Process and Timeline:

Emirates Group, is an international organisation with employees from over 170 nationalities, we encourage applications from across the globe. Your application journey begins by applying via the Emirates Group Careers website. Please ensure your CV is up to date for our talent acquisition team to review your profile. If you meet the criteria of the role, you will then be invited to complete a HireVue video interview, to share more about your experience and your career aspirations. If you are shortlisted, you will then be invited to interview with our hiring managers. If you are successful, your recruiter will reach out to you with an offer and then our Onboarding team will ensure a smooth transition to your new role at Emirates Group.