Role Purpose

The Finance Manager will provide strategic financial leadership and commercial insight across the Group, partnering with Directors and senior management to support sustainable growth, improve profitability, and strengthen overall business performance.

The successful candidate will identify opportunities to increase revenue, improve margins, optimise costs, enhance cashflow management, and maximise tax efficiencies across the Group’s operations and jurisdictions, while ensuring appropriate financial controls, governance standards, and regulatory compliance are maintained.

The role will support the Group’s continued expansion by providing robust financial analysis, business planning, investment appraisal, and commercial decision support for new markets, entities, partnerships, and growth initiatives.

The Finance Manager will also lead continuous improvement initiatives, including finance transformation, automation, reporting enhancements, and process development, ensuring the finance function remains scalable, efficient, and aligned with the Group’s evolving needs.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Act as the principal financial advisor to Directors and senior management.
• Provide financial analysis and commercial insight to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop financial models, business cases, and investment appraisals for new initiatives and opportunities.
• Produce meaningful management reports, KPIs, and dashboards that support business performance monitoring.
• Present clear financial recommendations and insights to non-financial stakeholders.
• Support Directors in evaluating new markets, legal entities, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and international expansion opportunities through robust financial and commercial analysis.

Business Performance & Growth

• Analyse profitability across business units, customers, projects, and service lines.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, operational efficiency, and business performance.
• Support pricing strategies and commercial decision-making.
• Evaluate opportunities for growth, expansion, and diversification.
• Monitor financial and operational trends, recommending corrective actions where required.
• Partner with operational managers to improve financial awareness, accountability, and commercial decision-making across the Group.

Cost Optimisation & Tax Efficiency

• Conduct regular reviews of operating expenditure and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Assess supplier contracts and procurement arrangements to maximise value and efficiency.
• Work closely with external tax advisors to identify available tax efficiencies, incentives, grants, credits, and other fiscal opportunities.
• Support effective cash flow management and working capital optimisation.
• Ensure resources are utilised efficiently across the Group.

Financial Planning & Governance

• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Prepare rolling forecasts and cash flow projections to support business planning.
• Monitor performance against budgets and forecasts and provide variance analysis.
• Oversee management accounts, statutory reporting, indirect tax submissions, and compliance obligations across all Group entities and jurisdictions.
• Maintain robust financial controls, policies, and governance standards across all Group companies, ensuring consistency while recognising local statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Liaise and coordinate with auditors, banks, tax, accounting, payroll, and legal advisors, as well as regulatory authorities, to ensure compliance with statutory obligations across all Group entities and jurisdictions.

Systems, Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Drive finance process improvements and efficiencies across the Group.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting, analysis, and financial workflows.
• Enhance management reporting capabilities through the use of technology and data analytics.
• Ensure finance systems and processes remain scalable and fit for purpose as the Group grows.
• Promote best-practice financial management and data-driven decision-making.

Team Leadership

• Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to the Senior Finance Executive.
• Ensure the finance function operates efficiently and effectively.
• Support the development of finance processes, capabilities, and future team growth as required.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent). Holding a Malta Accountancy Board warrant will be considered a strong advantage.
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a senior finance role, preferably within a multi-company, international, or regulated business environment.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering experience.
• Strong understanding of corporate finance, taxation, cross-border VAT regulations, and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting multiple entities or jurisdictions will be considered an advantage.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong financial modelling capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluency in both English and Maltese.

Desirable

• Experience within a multi-company or group structure.
• Exposure to aviation, engineering, training, or regulated industries.
• Experience implementing finance systems, automation, or business improvement initiatives.
• Experience with group reporting, IFRS-based financial reporting, and international business operations will be considered an advantage.
• Familiarity with Austrian corporate, tax, or reporting environments would be considered an advantage.
• Experience managing financial reporting, forecasting, tax compliance, and advisor relationships across multiple entities, jurisdictions, and currencies.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary package of €50,000 to €60,000 gross per annum, depending on experience, qualifications, and demonstrated commercial finance expertise.
• Opportunity to play a key strategic role within a growing international aviation group.
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and business decision-making.
• A position where your recommendations can directly influence profitability and growth.
• Support for professional development and continuous learning.
• Opportunity to help shape the future direction of the Group’s finance function.
• A dynamic and collaborative working environment with significant scope for professional growth.

Success in This Role

Within the first 12 months, the successful candidate will have:

• Improved financial visibility and management reporting across the Group.
• Identified and delivered measurable cost-saving and efficiency initiatives.
• Strengthened budgeting, forecasting, and cashflow planning processes.
• Recommended revenue and profitability improvements supported by data and analysis.
• Enhanced financial governance, controls, and reporting standards.
• Introduced practical automation and process improvements that support future growth.