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Synopsis
The Regional Finance Officer position based in Madrid is a role that primarily focuses on providing financial reporting, compliance and business partnering support to Etihad Airways’ Europe region. This will be a pivotal role in ensuring all financial related compliance matters are met and ensuring all risks of penalty exposures are managed from a compliance perspective. Furthermore, the role will also require challenging the status quo and identifying opportunities for process improvements across the financial operations from AP, AR, Revenue Accounting and GL perspective.
Accountabilities
Support the Manager to ensure all financial and tax compliance with financial regulations and company policies requirements are fulfilled in a timely manner.
Support the Manager to continually identifying and evaluating financial risks and opportunities in the region
Support in annual budget cycle.
Continually identify and drive process improvements with all departments by adopting technology
Providing Financial guidance and advice to Department heads in the Region
Monitoring and sharing financial performance against budget and provide commentary to explain any variances
Supporting the development of financial and operational KPI’s
To participate in project aimed at improving business processes and efficiencies
To participate in meetings and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholder at all levels.
Be familiar with applications such as SAP, advanced excel, and Power BI to deliver results
Provide financial guidance and support to departmental Managers, to help them understand the impact of financial decisions
Education & Experience
The position would suite a candidate with at least 4+ years of post-graduation industry experience.
Multilingual – English + Spanish or French speaking.
Finance related bachelor’s degree as a minimum.
Minimum of 2+ Years of related experience in finance and tax within the Europe is required.
Experience working in SAP systems would be an advantage
A confident communicator across different stakeholder levels from managers to senior executives.
About Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world’s leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Together with Etihad’s codeshare partners, Etihad’s network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme and more. All this ties into Etihad’s ambitious Journey 2030 strategy. The airline plans to double its fleet size and triple the number of customers over the next six years as it sets out to be the airline everyone wants to fly!
To learn more, visit etihad.com
