Heathrow’s retail business sits at the heart of its commercial success, generating £435 million in revenue in 2024 across 58,600 square metres of retail and food & beverage space.
As Finance Manager for Retail within the Finance Business Partnering team, you’ll lead the financial strategy for this high-performing function — partnering directly with the Retail Director and senior stakeholders to shape commercial decisions, drive performance, and unlock growth across retail and food & beverage outlets, as well as other services including advertising, VIP and fast track.
- Acting as a strategic partner to the Retail Director and senior leadership team, aligning financial planning with business strategy and operational priorities
- Providing insightful advice to support investment decisions, commercial initiatives and growth opportunities
- Driving the strategic budgeting and long-term planning process, securing buy in from stakeholders, and ensuring it reflects business realities and future ambition
- Managing financial performance by identifying risks and opportunities, and driving actions to maximise value
- Reporting financial performance and providing management insight on results and implications for the outlook
- Managing and developing 2 Finance Analysts
- Fully Qualified Accountant, or Part Qualified with extensive QBE experience
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels and build trusted relationships
- A commercial mindset, with experience in a commercially focused finance role and a track record of driving business performance
- Proven experience supporting investment appraisals and developing robust business cases
- Confidence with large data sets, advanced analytics or data science techniques to enhance strategic decision making would be advantageous
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