Budgeting and Management Reporting Manager
Great journeys happen at London Gatwick
From £58,893, £4,500 flex allowance and up to 20% bonus + benefits
Where will your career take you?
The buzz, the energy, the sheer magic of travel… you can feel it in the air all around you. Here, you'll be part of an energetic team and a vibrant community. We can help you thrive in a career that's a world away from the everyday.
This role takes an office first hybrid approach here at London Gatwick, with three days a week in the office, two days remote, managed around the needs of the business.
What is the role?
Responsible for coordinating GAL's financial budgeting and forecasting, and management reporting. The key financial reporting liaison with VINCI Airports financial control team. Working within the Finance Business Partnering Team here at London Gatwick.
We are looking for this role to start in the summer 2025, as a result of planned retirement this role has the unique opportunity to have a handover period until the end of the year. Allowing handover with the current Budget and Management Reporting Manager to cover full training on processes and procedures, embedding into the main budgeting cycle and roles activities.
What will you do?
* Overseeing production of the Monthly Business Performance Report (BPR) which is distributed to Board, EMB, shareholders, Senior Leaders and others. Involves gathering data and commentaries from a range of contributors, reviewing and ensuring comments are clear and impactful.
* Coordinating regular and ad-hoc financial forecasts (to EBITDA) – setting timetables, ensuring colleagues provide information, summarising and presenting results. This covers routine forecast updates, monthly outlooks (reflecting risks and opportunities), quarterly Fast Close exercises and ad-hoc updates.
* Preparing for and leading month end review meetings with senior finance team members
* Reporting results to VINCI via BlueJay, together with managing ad-hoc info requests.
* Acting as Finance Business Partner for Airport Management, Finance and Economics & Regulation functions
* Responsible for posting monthly payroll journals, forecasting bonus costs and ad-hoc staff cost analysis
Do you have what we're looking for?
* Accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
* Experience of financial and management reporting and explanation of variance to forecasts.
* Experience of budgeting and forecasting in a complex business.
* Understanding of the needs of different ‘customers' – shareholders, exec.
* Excellent writing skills, able to edit other people's work to ensure a clearly written and meaningful commentary.
* Excellent communication skills, able to present complex data in a clear way appropriate to a number of different audiences.
* Excellent technical skills: above-average knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and ability to learn role-specific software (Anaplan and BlueJay).
* Experience of SAP and Power BI
* Strong project management skills, including the ability to work under pressure, sometimes to short and/or fluid deadlines
What's in it for you?
We value our people and reward every employee fairly with a highly competitive package, enhanced by an annual bonus, share scheme, pension, and lifestyle insurance. There's also plenty of opportunities for career progression, as well as training to support your personal and professional development.
At London Gatwick we're also very well connected, just 30 minutes from central London and directly linked to over 100 towns and cities. Whether you prefer to travel by cycle, electric car, or train, we aim to make your journey to work as convenient and cost-effective as possible.
Whatever your interests and ambitions, wherever you want your journey to take you, London Gatwick could be the place where your career really does… well… take off.
Click apply to begin your journey, your way with London Gatwick.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.