Finance Manager, Systems and Process Lead

Finance Manager, Systems and Process Lead

London, United Kingdom

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.

• Job Identification 5735
• Job Category Data and Digital
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Heathrow Airport Limited, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2GW
  , GB
• Contract Type Permanent
• Working Pattern Monday-Friday Business hours

Heathrow is the largest wholly privately funded airport in the world and has a scale of debt funding equivalent to the FTSE 20 with over £20 billion of bond and loan financing, supported by more than £19 billion of derivative instruments and an equity value over £4bn. Heathrow is one of the largest issuers of sterling bonds and has a global fixed income presence with financing in six different currencies raising an annual average of over £2-4 billion globally.

The purpose of the Finance Manager, Systems and Process Lead – Treasury is to lead the transformation and optimisation of Heathrow’s end-to-end Treasury processes, enhancing and evolving existing processes and technologies. Ensuring that Treasury functions align to and support the overall financial strategy of Heathrow. The role holder is a change agent, interfacing between the Business Owners, technical support, and the Treasury Operations teams aligning and integrating and optimising the systems and processes for business benefit and operational delivery now and in the future.

• Working collaboratively to deliver the transformation and optimisation of Treasury processes, ensuring they align with Heathrow’s overall strategies.
• Proactively seeking and delivering improvements and responding to business requirements. Ensuring process solutions are fit for purpose for both the current and future challenges and ambitions of the Heathrow organisation.
• Being informed of and influencing upstream the progressive changes and improvements delivered by the Treasury management systems. Play an active role in the FIS customer community forums to learn from other organisations and influence Quantum roadmap of future functionality.
• Ensuring that Treasury core process adequately mitigates risks and maintains the controls and audit requirements set by the Financial Control function.
• Being accountable for all systems within the end-to-end Treasury processes. This includes building and delivering project plans, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, integrations, providing training and driving the adoption of best practice, managing risk and seeking formal sign off as necessary.

• Proven Systems or Programme Transformation planning and delivery experience. Demonstrating delivery in Treasury Operations and understanding of Treasury systems and technologies (FIS, Quantum, Reval).
• Strong evidence of working with Treasury operations and controls.
• Proficiency in Treasury management systems and financial software.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to work in a matrix RACI environment to drive change, problem solve and manage complex projects gained through working in a similar environment.

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