As Head of Finance, Commercial at Heathrow, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy that underpins our customer experience and commercial success.
- Leading financial planning, forecasting, and performance management for customer and commercial functions.
- Partnering with senior leaders to evaluate and prioritise business cases and investment opportunities that enhance customer experience and revenue growth.
- Providing strategic financial insight to support pricing, product development, and commercial negotiations.
- Driving continuous improvement in financial processes, reporting, and decision support tools.
- Developing and mentoring a high-performing finance team that delivers analytical excellence and business partnership.
- Representing Finance in cross-functional forums to ensure alignment between financial objectives and operational delivery.
- Extensive experience in senior finance leadership roles within complex, customer-focused organisations.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial insight into strategic action.
- Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving cross-functional collaboration.
- Expertise in financial planning, analysis, and performance management.
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent experience.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with a focus on developing teams and fostering collaboration.
Ideally, you'll also have
- Experience in the aviation, transport, or large-scale infrastructure sectors.
- Background in customer or commercial finance with exposure to pricing and revenue optimisation.
- Strong understanding of digital transformation and data-driven decision-making in finance.