Job Description
Vista provides worldwide business flight services and integrates a unique portfolio of companies offering asset-free services. Vista covers all key aspects of business aviation from guaranteed and On Demand global flight coverage to aircraft leasing and finance using cutting-edge aviation technology.
Reporting to the Group Maintenance Finance Business Partner, we are now on the lookout for an experienced Strategic Cost Controller who will be responsible for managing and monitoring the Group’s financial operations.
You will be maintaining financial stability to achieve the Group’s financial objectives by analyzing costs, preparing budgets, and ensuring that financial systems and procedures are adhered to.
Your Responsibilities
- Gain a detailed understanding of the Group’s business with particular emphasis on the assigned areas of responsibility, financial reporting, timeframes, processes, and systems.
- Take ownership of the monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting tasks for the assigned entities or areas of responsibility, including but not limited to completeness of accruals and prepayments, ensuring proper cost allocation and capitalization, review of financial data, and preparation of budgets.
- Analyze the numbers and challenge the data, seeking and offering explanations when necessary.
- Present to management explanations and analysis to support the costs and variances from budget on a regular basis, as well as other ad hoc analyses required from time to time.
- When required support Financial Accounting to provide external auditors with documentation, explanations, and analysis as necessary to assist with the smooth execution of annual audits or quarterly reviews.
- Analyze contracts and present feasibility analysis where required.
- Identify and document cost-cutting opportunities and present all related information to management.
- Assist in documenting and updating of internal processes and procedures as necessary and contribute to the overall development and continuous improvement of such processes through feedback and active participation. Setting up of quality check points and controls as necessary.
- Understand the overall finance teams within the global group and assist team members in the wider interest of the team and its overall goals.
Required Skills, Qualifications, and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
- 5 years minimum experience in finance analyses and reporting preferably within an international organization.
- High level of presentation and communication skills.
- Advanced user of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience within the Aviation sector or Manufacturing Industry is considered desirable but not required.
- Experience working with vast ERP systems such as SAP would be considered an asset.
