Business Analyst (FAR) in Farnborough

At Gulfstream, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in inspiring and empowering every individual to reach their fullest potential. From workforce development and meaningful connections to a culture of trust, respect, and integrity, we invest in our employees so they can do their best work and achieve success together. Creating and delivering the world’s finest aviation experience starts with our people and when our people thrive, so does our mission.

Unique Skills:

• Financial Analysis & Modelling
• Budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Building and maintaining financial models
• Understanding P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow drivers
• Scenario analysis and sensitivity testing
• Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
• Root-cause analysis of variances or performance issues
• Evaluating alternatives and recommending solutions

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
• Increasing financial responsibility.
• Working understanding of GAAP.
• Advanced degree or certification desirable.

Position Purpose:

Coordinates with accounting on actual results, ensuring accuracy of financial statements and compliance with SARBOX reporting requirements. Provides in-depth ongoing analysis and reporting of operational performance, actual performance versus budgets and forecasts, and analysis as required in support of assigned business areas, as well as understanding of and recommendations to resolve risks and opportunities. Provides leadership in supporting and advising operational business units and corresponding financial management on business area financial matters.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

• Facilitates annual budget development to include underlying assumptions, development of staffing and revenue/margin/expense plans to meet business targets.
• Monitors actual expenditures against budgets and evaluates variances; generates comparative and trend analysis reports, including identification of root causes and corrective actions.
• Performs analysis as required to ensure accuracy of financial statements in assigned product lines.
• Develops appropriate reporting mechanisms to communicate results in a meaningful manner to operational and financial management.
• Continually evaluates financial processes to identify and implement continuous process improvements, both in support of operations and with financial processes.
• Captures and reports savings as appropriate.
• Analyzes financial performance versus budget/business plan, including identification of root causes and corrective actions.
• Prepares reports related to operational or strategic initiatives; analyzes significant variances from planned or forecasted results and provides interpretative comments and recommendations to management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

• Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices and standards.
• May contribute to the development of new concepts, techniques and standards.
• Full knowledge of industry practices.
• A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer.

Additional Information:

• Requisition Number: 233560
• Category: Finance
• Percentage of Travel: None
• Shift: UK Shift: Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:15 and Friday 08:00 – 16:00
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Posting End Date: 07/07/2026

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans. Gulfstream does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position, unless the applicant is a currently sponsored Gulfstream employee.