Commercial Financial Director

Director of Commercial Finance

OAG is a leading global travel data provider, that has been powering the growth and innovation of the air travel ecosystem since 1929. Supporting millions of journeys across the globe, enabling a simpler, seamless and more enjoyable travel experience.

With the world’s largest network of schedules and status data, and leading-edge analytics tools, OAG enable customers to make smarter decisions, better adapt to change, and create exceptional customer experiences. Partnering with some of the biggest global brands, airports, airlines, travel operators, and fast-growing start-ups to design the best services available today, and the finest innovations of tomorrow.

The Company is headquartered in the Luton (UK), and has an established global network, with offices in Kaunas and Vilnius (Lithuania), Chicago, Singapore, Copenhagen, Berlin, Nice, Beijing and Tokyo.

Investigo are excited to be working as an exclusive partner to OAG as they begin the process of hiring this exciting leadership role. This is an outstanding opportunity to influence across all areas within the front end of the business to support growth, minimise risk and continue the success story.

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the CFO, the Director of Commercial Finance is a key leadership role providing commercial and operational direction to the business while acting as a key influencer in strategic and planning decisions to support OAG’s growth strategy.

Overall purpose:

• Acting as a strong business partner, supporting commercial and operational value creation and decision-making across the organisation
• Play a significant role in business conversations to help drive the growth agenda, providing a key contribution to the ongoing development of the strategic plan
• Managing and overseeing all financial controlling, commercial management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning processes, providing full analysis and insight of key business drivers, risk and opportunities
• Leading role across M&A activity including financial management of the full cycle (pre-acquisition due diligence, investment case, post-acquisition integration and reporting)
• Delivering improved management information and insight to the business including developing new reports and analysis as appropriate

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with Senior Management to develop business plans and analysis relating to the assessment and viability of potential organic and inorganic opportunities (i.e. NPD and M&A activities)
• Analysing new and existing business initiatives, challenging assumptions and highlighting any risks and opportunities
• Leading the planning and rolling forecasting activities globally, including the annual budget and three year plans with clear outputs that articulate principal drivers and assumptions
• Developing and optimising business critical metrics, optimising core SaaS metrics, and improving the consistency and depth of sales and financial reporting and performance analysis
• Defining, communicating and tracking key performance indicators and producing management dashboards which support all areas of the business inputting into pricing analysis regarding all pricing decisions relating to both existing and new product launces
• Managing monthly financial, cash flow and capex forecasting routines and reporting
• Preparing and presentation of the monthly reporting pack and performance reporting on a comprehensive set of financial and KPI metrics providing key business insight and analytics
• Working in collaboration with the Regional Controllers to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Consolidating performance measures at the group level with sub analysis to show performance by product type and key drivers
• Providing appropriate challenge across all operational forecast assumptions, including volumes, churn, pricing and base movements
• Supporting and influencing the business to make optimal investment and trade-off decisions to maximise revenue growth by providing insightful analysis and recommendations
• Challenging and supporting capital investment requests including the monitoring, tracking and reporting of software capitalisation and R&D qualifying activities

The Successful Applicant

Professional qualifications

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or international equivalent) with a Bachelor's Degree

Strong accounting experience necessary, with a detailed knowledge of P&L, Cash Flow and Capex reporting and metrics, in addition to excellent operational and commercial expertise.

Proven track record of leading, managing and coordinating FP&A activities across a complex international group, ideally including experience of fast paced technology / data businesses

Strong leadership skills required and ability to interface, collaborate and influence senior executive management

Ability to multitask, manage competing priorities, be proactive and able to deliver within agreed deadlines

Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Personal qualifications

Teamplayer attitude, with hands on approach and willingness to roll-up sleeves

Leads by example, and inspire colleagues and business to continuously lift the bar

Resilient can-do attitude, seeing the growth opportunity in any challenge

Empathetic and sensitive to the cultural differences within a global organisation

Confident in decision making and delegation, driving process improvement and accountability

Ability to behave with a high level of integrity, honesty and respect

Positive mindset, smiling at obstacles making them easier to overcome

Ambitious, always setting new goals and lifting the business to new heights

Appreciate and able to communicate the bigger picture

Package and rewards

On offer is a competitive salary, Bonus, Hybrid working, Pension and other benefits.

Investigo are proud to be working exclusively with OAG