Overview This is a senior finance leadership role with accountability for financial performance, governance, and reporting across major aviation joint ventures and the onshore aviation portfolio. You'll operate as a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing insight, challenge, and decision support to shape both strategic and operational outcomes., Reporting to the Aviation Finance Director, you'll lead the Joint Ventures and Onshore finance team and act as a key member of the Aviation Senior Leadership Team. You'll ensure strong financial control, robust governance, and high-quality financial insight to support effective decision‑making and risk management across a complex portfolio. Day‑to‑day, you will:
Lead the financial management of Aviation Joint Ventures and Onshore operations, ensuring robust control and governance
Provide senior finance business partnering to Heads of Contract, Programme Managers, and Onshore leadership
Own forecasting, budgeting, and month‑end processes, delivering accurate and insightful financial information
Drive financial governance, risk management, and compliance in line with Group and regulatory requirements
Lead, develop, and motivate the Joint Ventures and Onshore finance team to deliver high-quality outputs.
This is a full‑time, permanent role with hybrid working. The role is ideally based near Staverton, but we will consider UK wide candidates.
Essential Experience
A collaborative finance leader with the ability to influence and challenge senior non‑finance stakeholders
Strong commercial and financial judgement, with the ability to translate complex data into clear insight
Sound understanding of financial governance, controls, and risk management
Experience working within complex contractual or joint venture environments (desirable)
Qualifications Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Eligibility & Security Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Benefits
Generous holiday allowance
Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
Employee shopping savings portal
Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
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'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
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