Technical Accounting Manager Heathrow, England

A career without limits. As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain. It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris. This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.

The role: Technical Accounting Manager - 12 month FTC. To take a lead role in understanding and analysing impact of new accounting standards, accounting issues and changes in accounting policies on the financial performance of British Airways.

What you’ll do:

• Support the Financial Controller Group Reporting by performing technical research, analysis, and drafting technical papers on emerging accounting issues.
• Review and explain actual corporate financial performance on a monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc basis.
• Prepare the BA Group Annual Report and Accounts and related Board papers.
• Lead key departmental output delivery with Group Financial Reporting Manager, including Annotated Pages and BA Group Annual Report.
• Offer technical accounting advice to collaborators in BA to assist with corporate or departmental initiatives/projects.
• Liaise with IAG to provide understanding of quarterly reporting.
• Develop a broad understanding of financial aspects of the business and review statutory accounts for several centrally managed subsidiaries for technical and legal compliance.
• Work within and promote the internal controls environment - implement control mechanisms, monitor, review, and continuously improve.
• Lead the implementation of a new financial statement disclosure management system.
• Act as the main liaison to internal and external auditors.
• Develop and maintain a close working relationship with Group Financial Reporting Manager.
• Undertake other ad hoc responsibilities as required.

What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• Resilient and determined to achieve results.
• Flexible in approach, responding positively to change.
• Ability to collect and coordinate financial data, interpret its significance, and provide management with clear and concise reports.
• Strong team-management capabilities – gains the dedication of others and leads team to achieve a high-performance culture.
• Ability to influence and achieve agreement from key collaborators – communicates effectively and encourages people at all levels.
• Displays resilience when faced with challenges – balances competing demands and responds well to changing priorities.
• Consistently completes deliverables within deadlines and to a high standard, even under adverse conditions.
• Aims to improve outputs on an ongoing basis; always elevating the standard/quality of work and comparing against industry benchmarks.

Your experience:

• Accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/ACMA) or equivalent.
• Strong accounting background from within audit or technical advisory team with experience in technical accounting, reporting, consolidation and financial analysis.
• Experience of preparing technical accounting memos.
• Proven experience of managing and working within a professional team adhering to challenging deadlines.
• Strong accounting and reporting capability.
• Extensive experience with IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Systems experience desirable (SAP S4/HANA and Group Reporting, Workiva, Anaplan).
• Previous experience in airlines/aviation is desirable but not essential.

What we offer:

We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It’s one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary. From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family. At British Airways you’ll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress. We never stand still, and we don’t expect our people to either.

Inclusion & Diversity: At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work. Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.