Overview

Are you a qualified accountant with post-qualified experience? Are you always striving to simplify and streamline business processes? Do you have experience with continuous improvement whilst leading and motivating a finance team? If so, we want to hear from you! Air Partner are seeking a dynamic and agile Finance Controller to join our team to oversee the exciting and everchanging environment of Finance across our business. Air Partner have been offering trusted aviation solutions for 60 years and we are going from strength to Strength. Reporting to the VP Finance US, with a dotted line to the Services Finance Director, this role is responsible for financial controls for all Air Partner US entities (Charter & Kenyon International). You will be part of a team of 6 people based in the US, with 3 direct reports.

Responsibilities

You will:

• Ensure a high quality month end close, hitting deadlines and explaining key variances to relevant stakeholders
• Work with the VP Finance US and the Wheels Up tax team to ensure US tax compliance is maintained across all US entities
• Ensure the US business is SOX compliant and complies fully with the Group Operating rules and other Group policies 
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis as agreed with the VP Finance
• Monitor debtor's ledger flagging any collectability issue in an ever-changing environment 
• Support with day to day transactions (sales invoices, purchases, expenses etc). 
• Proactively perform commercial analysis of income and margins
• Participate in finance improvement projects as required
• Work to drive efficiencies and much improved ways of working including commission calculations
• Support the implementation of an upgraded finance system in due course 
• Assist with ad hoc projects as required

Qualifications

Candidate Requirements: 

• Qualified accountant with, post-qualified experience in a relevant role
• Experience with NetSuite preferred
• Excellent people and communication skills
• Highly analytical
• Enjoys working to deadlines with a keen attention to detail
• Experience in leading a team 
• Strong commercial knowledge as well as a sound understanding of financial issues, including current accounting standards
• Highly systems literate and strong Excel skills
• Flexible in approach to respond to a dynamic, volatile business sector
• A pragmatic and commercial approach
• An ability to “dig deep” and lead by example