Senior Commercial Finance Manager – SCO & Value Assurance

About Us

We are part of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s leading airline groups and owner of some of the biggest brands in the sky.

IAG Transform provides creative and innovative solutions to drive sustainable transformation by delivering procurement and airline services, as well as group-wide systems across IAG. Each operating company benefits from the Transform centralised model, driving efficiencies, automation, and economies of scale.

 

 

Role purpose
This is a high-profile Finance leadership opportunity to lead financial performance, Value Assurance and commercial decision support across Procurement. Working at the centre of one of IAG Transform's largest value-delivery portfolios, the role helps ensure Procurement investment, expenditure and savings performance are supported by robust financial insight, disciplined governance and transparent reporting.
Partnering closely with Procurement leadership, Operating Company Finance teams and senior stakeholders across the Group, the role combines commercial finance leadership, Procurement performance management, Value Assurance oversight and strategic challenge. The successful candidate will influence investment decisions, shape delivery priorities and ensure Procurement resources remain focused on the highest-value opportunities.
The role requires strong commercial judgement, leadership capability and the ability to balance financial performance, value delivery, stakeholder priorities and governance requirements. It provides significant visibility across Procurement, Finance and Transformation leadership teams.

 

 

Your responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Procurement financial performance

·       Lead budgets, forecasts and long-range plans across Airports and Group Procurement.

·       Provide consolidated visibility of expenditure, workforce, investment requirements, risks and opportunities.

·       Challenge spending assumptions, organisational changes, resource plans and investment proposals.

·       Ensure effective stewardship of the total Procurement functional cost base.

·       Improve forecast accuracy, transparency and financial discipline across Procurement.

·       Support leadership decision-making through timely financial insight and commercial analysis.

Value Assurance leadership

·       Own day-to-day operation of the Procurement Value Assurance Framework.

·       Ensure assurance remains proportionate, risk-based and focused on material, novel or judgemental initiatives.

·       Identify recurring methodology, evidence and reporting issues and drive corrective action.

·       Support alignment between Procurement Value Assurance activities and enterprise standards.

·       Maintain confidence in the credibility and transparency of reported Procurement value.

Commercial business partnering

·       Act as the senior Finance adviser to Procurement leadership.

·       Support strategic sourcing decisions, organisational changes, investment choices and resource allocation.

·       Evaluate opportunities, risks and delivery confidence across the Procurement portfolio.

·       Influence prioritisation decisions through objective financial and commercial challenge.

·       Translate complex performance and savings information into clear recommendations for leadership teams.

·       Support leadership in directing resources towards the highest-value opportunities.

OpCo Finance & stakeholder leadership

·       Own senior Procurement-related relationships with Operating Company Finance teams.

·       Build confidence in Procurement reporting, methodologies and value recognition.

·       Resolve material methodology and interpretation matters where possible.

·       Escalate significant disputes, risks or exceptions through agreed governance routes.

·       Act as the primary senior Finance contact for Procurement performance and Value Assurance matters.

·       Influence stakeholders across Procurement, Finance and Transformation without relying solely on formal authority.

Team leadership & capability

·       Lead and develop the Senior Commercial Finance Partners and Finance Value Partner.

·       Set priorities using strategic importance, materiality and risk.

·       Build capability across Procurement finance and Value Assurance activities.

·       Create a culture of accountability, challenge, continuous improvement and high performance.

·       Support succession planning and long-term capability development.

 

 

Essential skills & experience

·       Qualified accountant, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent. 10+ years’ PQE

·       Significant experience in commercial finance, procurement finance, finance business partnering or performance management.

·       Strong experience leading budgeting, forecasting and financial-planning activities.

·       Demonstrable leadership of professional finance teams.

·       Experience operating in a complex matrix environment.

·       Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge strategic decisions.

·       Strong commercial judgement and analytical capability.

Desirable experience

·       Procurement, Supplier Cost Optimisation or strategic sourcing experience.

·       Value Assurance, benefits realisation or governance experience.

·       SpendHQ, Power BI or advanced reporting and analytics capability.

·       Transformation, shared services or airline industry experience.

Personal Attributes

• Highly credible and commercially minded.
• Strong leadership presence and stakeholder influence.
• Able to balance governance requirements with business enablement.
• Data-driven and analytically rigorous.
• Comfortable operating in complex, matrix organisations.
• Proactive, resilient and outcome-focused.
• Passionate about continuous improvement and simplification.

 

 

What we offer