Associate Finance Business Partner in Horley

This is your chance to become part of the newest airline within the British Airways family. BA Euroflyer was launched in 2022, serving a short-haul network of some of Europe’s most popular destinations from London’s Gatwick Airport. It’s an exciting and fast-paced life when you’re working in one of the world’s most important travel hubs, and you’ll be part of a global gateway connecting with people from all walks of life and helping to make each and every journey original and unique.

The role: Associate Finance Business Partner

Salary: £45,000–£55,000, plus study support

As an Associate Finance Business Partner, you’ll help British Airways Euroflyer make better business decisions by providing strong financial insight, constructive challenge and trusted support to budget holders. You’ll take end-to-end ownership of defined financial areas, producing robust accounts and forecasts and turning financial performance into clear, practical recommendations. Working alongside Finance Business Partners and Senior Finance Business Partners, you’ll also develop the commercial and professional capabilities needed to progress towards a Finance Business Partner role.

What you’ll do:

• Partner with budget holders to translate financial performance into clear actions that create value, agreeing next steps and tracking results.
• Take end-to-end ownership of defined financial areas and metrics, while supporting Finance Business Partners and Senior Finance Business Partners across larger portfolios.
• Build and constructively challenge budgets and forecasts, ensuring they reflect business requirements and changes in the economic environment.
• Provide strategic decision support and practical recommendations, balancing opportunities to create value with financial risk.
• Deliver accurate and timely financial and management accounts, explaining variances and the underlying business drivers.
• Maintain strong financial management through journals, balance-sheet reconciliations and effective controls.
• Manage Finance operations within your remit, including goods received not invoiced, invoices on hold and paid-on-time performance.
• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement, creating more capacity for analysis and business partnering.

What you’ll bring to BA Euroflyer:

• You’ll look beyond the numbers and take the time to understand what drives Euroflyer’s performance.
• Commercially curious and confident asking constructive questions, you’ll build trusted relationships that bring financial and operational perspectives together.
• You’ll be motivated to find smarter ways of working, unlock value and improve performance.
• You’ll also be comfortable balancing independent ownership with collaboration, helping colleagues make stronger decisions and deliver shared results.

Your experience:

• Current registration as a CIMA, ACCA or ACA student, with the motivation to progress towards chartered status.
• Strong accounting experience, including preparing journals and completing balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Advanced Excel skills, including the use of complex formulas.
• Strong numerical ability, accuracy and attention to detail.
• The ability to turn financial information into clear insight, constructive challenge and practical recommendations.
• Commercial curiosity and an interest in understanding business performance and identifying opportunities to add value.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the confidence to partner with and constructively challenge stakeholders.
• The ability to manage competing deadlines and priorities, working effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in financial modelling, forecasting, variance analysis or Finance automation would be beneficial.
• Exposure to Power Query, Power BI, SAP S/4HANA or Anaplan would also be valuable, as would experience in an airline, an operationally complex organisation or a commercial, business-facing Finance environment.

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. You will also receive many other perks such as Voluntary Private Healthcare, Cycle to Work, Electric Car Scheme, BA Euroflyer Pension Scheme, Free Eye Test, Access to Perks at Work, Travel Industry discounts and many more!

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.