Purpose of the job
Due to the significant growth and increasing complexity of the business, we are creating a new executive leadership role: Senior Vice President (SVP), Commercial Finance, Airport Dimensions (AD). The SVP, Commercial Finance will serve as a key member of the Finance Leadership Team and a strategic partner to the CEO of AD, CFO, and Executive Committee. The role will lead enterprise-wide commercial finance strategy, oversee P&L and capital allocation management for Airport Dimension, integration of mergers and acquisitions, support future equity transactions (including potential minority investment, PE events), and elevate commercial insight, performance storytelling, and finance leadership across the organisation. This leader will combine deep financial rigor with strategic influence, operational insight, and exceptional communication capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all Commercial Finance teams across regions and global functions.
- Own consolidated commercial financial performance, including revenue quality, margin expansion, and cost discipline.
- Align financial strategy to corporate and Group objectives.
- Drive capital allocation discipline and investment prioritisation across growth initiatives.
- Act as the primary finance advisor to the OpCo CEO and Executive Leadership Team.
- Translate strategy into robust financial roadmaps and measurable value creation plans.
- Provide clear, data-driven storytelling to influence decision-making at Executive and Board level.
- Shape enterprise priorities through scenario modelling and risk assessment.
- Lead the long-range planning process and global forecasting cycles.
- Elevate forecasting accuracy and forward-looking financial insight across regions.
- Deliver actionable performance reporting highlighting risks, opportunities, and strategic trade-offs.
- Ensure financial targets are cascaded with clear accountability frameworks.
- Oversee the design and delivery of strong monthly rolling forecasts for P&L, cashflow and capital investments so that the team can provide accurate forecasts in line with group-wide forecasting accuracy targets.
- Establish strong internal relationships and commercial oversight to manage financial risks and opportunities to influence outcomes and delivery of financial goals.
- Lead financial evaluation and due diligence for acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments.
- Develop integration financial governance frameworks to ensure synergy capture and performance alignment along with swift alignment to group tax and treasury compliance policies for all acquisitions.
- Partner with Group Strategy, Tax, and Corporate Development teams on inorganic growth initiatives.
- Provide financial leadership during post-merger integration and transformation phases including design and development of scalable financial planning and reporting processes leveraging group systems and increasingly AI-ready data solutions.
- Design organisational structures that span three business areas, ensuring they deliver value, support global operating models, and reflect best-practice structural design principles.
- Drive financial and enterprise performance management transformation initiatives.
- Ensure systems, processes, and governance frameworks support global scale and complexity.
- Optimise Enterprise Performance Management platforms to support enhanced analytics and AI-enabled forecasting.
- Partner with Shared Services and Controllership to ensure strong governance and operational excellence across all Airport Dimensions subsidiaries globally.
Knowledge, skills & Experience required
- Bring strong specialist experience in complex operational environments (e.g., airports or similar), with the ability to apply that expertise smartly without being limited to niche technical specialisms.
- International Finance Leadership: Extensive experience in leading finance teams across multiple regions, with a focus on global functions such as product innovation and operations.
- Proven Leadership in Multinational Organisations: Demonstrated success in managing complex financial operations and driving change in a fast-paced, international business environment.
- Commercial Acumen & Strategic Insight: Expertise in supporting commercial decision-making and financial planning across regions and business units within a large organisation. Strong interpersonal and financial communication skills to communicate financial plans and performance simply and effectively to drive high engagement and action within management teams.
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Strong track record of financial leadership in M&A, joint ventures, and other growth-related initiatives.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to partner with global teams in product, innovation, services, and operations to align financial strategies with business goals.
- Team Leadership & Development: Proven ability to lead and develop finance professionals across regions, fostering collaboration and accountability.
- Professional Qualifications: ACA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent certifications are highly desirable.
- Financial Systems & Transformation: Experience leading financial system integrations and process improvements.
- Operational & Tax Compliance Expertise: Deep knowledge of financial governance, tax compliance, and transactional processes in international markets.
Equal Opportunity Statement Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.
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