Finance Business Partner – Cargo

Are you ready to take flight in a dynamic and fast-paced aviation industry? As a global leader in aviation services, Swissport provides Ground Handling, Cargo Handling, and Passenger Services to over 300 million passengers annually. Our mission is simple – “To provide the aviation industry with consistent and tailor-made solutions around the globe, for a better customer experience.”

We believe that our people are what differentiates us from our competition. At Swissport, we are driven by our core values of Show You Care, Do the Right Things and Win as a Team, and we are currently seeking dedicated individuals, who align with these values, to join our team at various locations across the globe.

The Finance Business Partner – Cargo will be a dedicated strategic and commercial finance partner to Cargo Leadership, providing high-quality financial analysis, modelling and insight to support profitable growth, operational performance, and investment decisions.

The role will work closely with Cargo Leadership, Commercial, Operations, Station GMs, HR, Procurement, Fleet, Facilities and Finance to translate operational and commercial decisions into clear financial outcomes. The position will own key commercial finance processes including proforma development, contract profitability, CAPEX/RFA, Investment Committee submissions, budgeting, forecasting, and FLASH reporting
, while providing detailed labor, pricing, and P&L analysis.

The role will challenge assumptions, identify financial risks and opportunities, and ensure that investments, contracts, labor decisions, and commercial opportunities deliver the required financial returns.

The expected salary is $120,000 - $135,000/year. Full‑time employees are offered a range of health and wellness benefits as well as 401(k) with company match paid vacation time, sick time, and company paid holidays.

• Own the preparation of commercial proformas for new business, renewals, expansions and strategic opportunities.
• Build financial models incorporating revenue, volumes, pricing, labor, productivity, CAPEX, facilities, equipment and operating costs.
• Validate operational and commercial assumptions and clearly identify gross margin, contribution margin, EBITDA, investment requirements, ROI and payback.
• Develop scenario and sensitivity analysis to support leadership decisions.
• Establish the approved proforma as the financial baseline and track actual performance against it.

• Manage the CAPEX/RFA process from initial business case through approval, execution, and close‑out.
• Develop investment cases covering financial requirements, expected benefits, ROI, payback, and EBITDA impact.
• Clearly distinguish between budgeted and genuinely incremental investment requiring approval.
• Prepare and coordinate Red Flag and Investment Committee submissions
  , ensuring risks, sensitivities, financial returns, and recommendations are clearly presented.
• Conduct post‑investment reviews to confirm that approved benefits have been delivered.

• Lead customer and contract profitability analysis across the Cargo portfolio.
• Review revenue, volumes, pricing, labor, productivity, facilities, equipment, transportation and other direct and indirect costs.
• Calculate and present gross margin, contribution margin and EBITDA by customer and contract.
• Identify margin leakage, underperforming contracts, cost pressures and commercial opportunities.
• Support contract renewals and customer negotiations through analysis of actual costs versus contracted rates.
• Quantify the impact of wage increases, inflation, facility costs, scope changes, productivity and volume changes.