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Associate Finance Business Partner
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Associate Finance Business Partner (12 Month FTC) – Permanent
Location
Manchester Airport / Hybrid
About CAVU
For airports, for partners, for people. We are CAVU.
At CAVU, our purpose is to find new and better ways to make airport travel seamless and enjoyable for everyone—from small ideas to big transformations. Every day is an opportunity to create better travel experiences.
From our Propel single-platform technology for revenue acceleration to our world-class hospitality venues (including 1903 and Escape Lounges), our solutions make travel smoother for passengers and more profitable for our clients and partners.
We know that to bring your best ideas you need:
- The space to think
- The support to grow
- The freedom to be your authentic self
Whether you're working from our offices, home, in our lounge, or on the road, we provide an environment where you can create, innovate, and transform airport travel.
Together, we can reach new heights. Together, we are CAVU.
The Role
We are looking for an Associate Finance Business Partner to join our Marketplace Finance team, supporting one of CAVU’s fastest-growing global divisions.
Reporting to the Head of Finance, this role requires:
- Financial partnering: providing high-quality financial insights, analysis, and support across key business functions (Growth, Technology, ECommerce, Marketing, and Product).
- Collaboration with senior stakeholders to drive commercial decision-making, challenge performance, identify opportunities, and ensure strong financial control over significant expenditure.
- Accountability for cost and capital investment bases across multiple territories.
What You’ll Be Doing
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- Partnering with stakeholders across Marketplace to:
- Provide financial insight, challenge decisions, and offer support.
- Cost & expenditure management:
- Supporting the development and management of operating costs and capital expenditure plans across territories.
- Reporting & forecasting:
- Producing accurate and timely management reports, forecasts, budgets, and re-forecasts.
- Ensuring robust month-end and year-end reporting processes.
- Performance analysis & strategy:
- Delivering meaningful analysis of business performance vs. KPIs, identifying risks and opportunities.
- Building financial models and business cases to support strategic decisions and investment proposals.
- Commercial & contractual oversight:
- Leading analysis of contract renewals, commercial agreements, and post-investment reviews.
- Financial governance & compliance:
- Ensuring strong financial governance, cost control, and adherence to accounting policies.
- Collaborative finance support:
- Working closely with Finance Shared Services to ensure accurate reporting and financial controls.
About You
You’ll be a proactive and commercially minded finance professional who enjoys:
- Building relationships and influencing stakeholders.
- Translating financial data into actionable business insights.
Qualifications & Skills
- Studying towards full finance qualifications (e.g., ACA, CIMA).
- Strong expertise in financial reporting, management accounting, and financial analysis.
- Experience in a commercial finance or business partnering role (desirable).
- Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling experience.
- Use of SAP and/or Power BI (advantageous).
- Excellent communicator with strong stakeholder management.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.
- Collaborative, positively focused, with attention to detail.
- Confidence to challenge constructively and influence decisions at all levels.
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What’s in It for You?
At CAVU, we reward talent with a modern benefits package:
- 33 days of paid leave (25 days + 10 extra + 4 flexible bank holidays).
- 10% company pension.
- Annual bonus.
- On-site gym and MediCash scheme.
- Flexible benefits, including up to 50% off CAVU products (e.g., Escape Lounges, Airport Parking).
- Cash equivalents for Rail and retail discounts.
- 2 paid volunteering days per year.
- Access to wellbeing events, DE&I activities, and training opportunities.
- Mentorship programmes and career development grants.
- Extended parental leave (terms apply).
Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments
We’re building a diverse team that reflects our global customers. We believe in inclusivity and strive to be the best in our industries.
- Come as you are: we celebrate talent in all its forms. Your background—whether your first role or next step—matters to us.
- Disability Confident Employer: if you require adjustments for your application or interview, let us know.
- Our Colleague Communities support and actively shape our culture, including:
- Women’s Network
- Embrace (Race & Ethnicity)
- Fly with Pride (LGBTQIA+)
- Mind Matters (Mental Health)
- PACT (Parents & Carers)
- RespectABILITY (Disability & Neurodiversity)
- CAVU Global ID&E Affinity Group
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