Analyst – Financial Planning – Controls

As a Finance Analyst, you will gain exposure across a wide range of Financial Planning activities, supporting financial appraisals and delivering insightful analysis powered by data and analytics.

You will play a key role in improving the business’ understanding of performance, acting as a trusted advisor and facilitator of productive financial conversations. With responsibility for performance analysis, forecasting and controls, you will support the delivery of business strategy and contribute to the development of budgets and long-term plans. Using data and visualisation tools, you will help create a clear, consolidated financial picture to support informed decision-making across the business.

• Produce regular reporting and analysis, translating past performance into clear insights
• Provide detailed forecast analysis, identifying risks and opportunities
• Enhance existing reporting and develop new tools to improve financial visibility
• Support teams in understanding their P&L responsibilities and provide practical tools to aid ownership
• Use data visualisation tools to create dynamic and effective financial reporting
• Contribute to the forecast cycle and support the Long-Term Plan for strategic decisions
• Partner with the business to provide financial support and strengthen internal controls
• Collaborate with the wider Finance team to improve processes and drive efficiency
• Interpret results and communicate clearly to ensure controls are embedded and understood

• You are an effective communicator with strong financial modelling capability and a genuine interest in using data to influence decisions.
• We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to build structured, high-quality financial models integrating financial and non-financial data
• Strong analytical capability, using formulas and tools to interpret and summarise complex datasets into clear messages
• Confidence presenting insights through PowerPoint and other reporting tools, highlighting key findings, actions and recommendations
• Experience partnering with finance and business stakeholders, building strong working relationships across teams
• Ability to operate at pace, managing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Desirable: experience with data visualisation tools
• Experience with budget creation and risk / opp management
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team (recruitment@fly.virgin.com), feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.