About the role:

We are looking for a well-versed finance professional to join our dynamic Finance team as Vice President Business Control & Financial Support, where your strategic insights, financial precision and leadership result in the continuous success of Qatar Airways Group.

We are seeking experts who drive innovation, foster collaboration and help to create a culture of excellence while shaping financial strategies. In this role as Vice President you will be responsible for supporting the financial management of airline Operations, including Ground Services, Technical and Flight Operations. You will lead a high-performing team in the delivery of value add for the business and insightful reporting and analysis for senior management up to GCEO level. You will also head the development of the financial management strategy in line with the organizational goals, evaluating opportunities/risks and implementation of cost controls for the operations and overhead divisions.

This role provides leadership to a team of Senior Business Managers as well as dynamic financial support to the business to ensure airline financial performance in line with the plan is achieved. You will also have responsibility for the development and implementation of sophisticated financial and compliance policies, procedures and initiatives throughout the business to drive improvement for the profit outlook.

Accountabilities:

Strategic

• Advise the CFO and other key members of the senior management on financial planning, budgeting, costs, cash flow, investment priorities and policy matters.
• Present an objective view of the airlines financial situation and provide critical evaluation and sound recommendations for the allocation of resources in the most efficient way to drive improved results.
• Contribute to the development of Qatar Airways Group goals by presenting an objective view of the airline’s financial situation and providing critical evaluation, information and sound recommendations for the allocation of resources to drive improved results.
• Responsible for development of strategic financial plans by providing management with all information necessary to measure financial performance that will assist and steer the business toward sustained profitability.
• Create a vision for the airline’s future that include evaluation of success by annually meeting with the Finance Leadership to drive Long Range Planning (LRP) activities of the Group such as strategy setting, emerging trends, identify and address gaps in process to ensure efficient operations.

Operational

• Provision of key reports and business evaluation to support business decisions and keep airline management focused on attaining their goals. Develop and provide monthly group performance finance reports to the regional finance teams. Providing ad hoc financial analysis and report to CFO and Senior Group Management as needed.
• Deliver Five Star (Accurate; Timely; Complete; Relevant and Cost effective) financial services to the business in line with the QR Values.
• Lead the assigned company’s strategic business drivers to determine investment allocation, creating comprehensive business cases for proposed projects, ascertaining investment cost and benefits scope, dependencies, risk and its alignment to Group objectives.
• Responsible for monitoring of monthly revenue/expenditure variance for all divisions on an on-going basis and ensuring that actual income and expenditure is on track. Lead investigations when variances are significant and taking necessary actions as required.
• Manage the co-ordination of annual audit and ensure that quality responses are provided for audit queries raised.

Business Support 

• Upgrade and oversee implementation of an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, standards and procedures for Line Departments.
• Add value and insights by providing related KPIs reports and analysis comparisons for Business to optimise revenue and manage cost.
• Responsible for Group Consolidation and Financial Control of the Airline inclusive of planning, coordinating and executing the annual budget process.
• Provide analytical support to Group Management for any tender or business case for delivery.
• Improve the administrative and operational accounting systems and services to expedite efficiency and productivity by identifying processes’ gaps and implementing them with the support of the various stakeholders.

Be part of an extraordinary story 
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community. 
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. 
Together, everything is possible 

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Bachelor`s Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 10+ years of job-related experience.
• Professional qualified accountant is mandatory.
• Experience with both external audit and in-house financial management within complex, global and high growth organisations.

Preferred

• Airline experience is preferred.
• MBA in Business Administration or Higher Education Degree is preferred.

Job Specific Skills 

Essential

• Excellent judgment and creative problem solving skills including negotiation/conflict resolution skills.
• Strong mentoring, coaching experience to a cross-cultural team with diverse levels of expertise.
• Entrepreneurial team player who can multi-task using a sound knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including generally accepted accounting principles.
• Self-reliant, good problem solver and results oriented.
• Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive; a team leader who can positively and productively impact both strategic and tactical finance and administration initiatives.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with Executive management. 

About Qatar Airways Group 

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. 
So, whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.