Senior Business Planning Analyst

Summary

Based at Manchester Airport  

Permanent role 

Flexible/Hybrid working for a better work/life balance 

We are proud to be a diverse employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds 

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities.  Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You’ll also have access to some great benefits including: 

Bonus scheme 

11% company contribution pension 

25 days holiday plus bank holidays 

Free parking 

Subsidised public transport 

Huge range of company discounts 

2 volunteering days per year 

Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 

Care Concierge service 

The role

You’ll provide high quality financial modelling and commercial support, working with the Group Planning model.  Your focus will be partnering key business decision makers, bringing critical financial and modelling expertise to help drive, influence and shape financial performance, advise on future direction and, support investment choices in order to improve decision making across the Group. You’ll also manually create models to suit business requirements and provide solutions to constantly changing business needs. You’ll own, run and constantly improve the MAG group business planning financial model (including financing) to include scenario analysis and stress testing of business cases. You’ll work with the Head of Business Planning & Projects to produce the annual 25 year business plan, and support the production of Board reports, management information and ad-hoc reporting requirements ensuring consistency with model data. You’ll also work with the Head of Business Planning & Projects on business cases and strategy development as required. 

What will make you successful in the role?

You’ll have 2-3 year post qualified experience of working in a business modelling team or equivalent function together with general business analysis and partnering, with advanced Excel skills and knowledge of other MS Office programmes (especially PowerPoint). You’ll have a strong track record of financial modelling, both business planning and transactional models, with the ability to successfully lead improvements to existing financial processes, procedures and outputs. You’ll have a good understanding of financial valuation techniques, e.g. NPV, DCF and IRR as well as experience of utilising and effectively interfacing ERP systems into planning models, preferably SAP, in order to streamline business processes and obtain required information in the most efficient way. You’ll also be an effective communicator with the ability to manage a busy workload.