Inmarsat Hiring for Finance Analyst – Maritime Job at London, England Full Time

Company Description
Inmarsat has been at the forefront of global mobile satellite communications for over forty years, and is the market leading provider of voice and high-speed data communications for users on land, at sea and in the air through its constellation of 14 geostationary satellites. Inmarsat is a privately owned company with a profitable track record and significant growth aspirations. This is represented by more than 55 nationalities in the workforce, reflecting the global and dynamic nature of the business. With an investment of over $3 billion in its latest network infrastructure, Inmarsat is at the forefront of global mobile communications innovation.
Chief Finance Office
Inmarsat’s Chief Finance Office (CFO) processes millions of transactions a month that enable us to interact efficiently with our suppliers, customers, trading partners and regulators. We make sure that the Company is properly funded and well controlled, that our taxes are paid and that shareholders and banks continue to support our plans. Our commercial teams help ensure that the business takes sound decisions through robust planning, careful pricing, sound contracts, skilled procurement and rigorous evaluation of every major business decision.

Job Description*
Primary role purpose: *
Provide robust and efficient analysis to the VP Finance, Maritime. Support the VP Finance, Maritime to provide a comprehensive, responsive, commercially focused, high quality, and financial management function both directly and by drawing on the shared services provided elsewhere within the Finance organisation.

Qualifications*
Key Responsibilities: *

• Support the Maritime Finance team to ensure that the actual financial and operational results of the BU are provided to the BU management team on an accurate and timely basis together with a concise, action orientated, business focused commentary.
• Support MBU with preparation of business cases for new and ongoing products.
• Support the Maritime Finance team in developing and implementing BI requirements for the Maritime BU working closely with the Insights, Analytics &Reporting team (IAR) and other Group finance functions.
• Support the Maritime Finance team to proactively and reactively provide ad hoc financial and operational analysis and advice that will help the BU President and his Leadership Team (LT) to deliver optimal operational performance through high quality strategic and tactical business decisions.
• Support the Maritime Finance team to deliver a high quality Annual Business Plan and Budget to help ensure that the BU has in place a high quality full year forecast that reflects all material issues.
• Take a lead role in various cost management activities for the BU, including: reporting, analysis and control of headcount and Opex spend; facilitation of payments and billing (including PO management); maintenance of reporting structure (cost centres, material codes etc.); and management of dealer commission costs.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Graduate with professional accounting qualification or equivalent.
• Progressive experience in accounting, financial modelling and analysis within quality companies.
• Strong analytical skills coupled with good strategic business understanding leading to key business insight.
• Creative problem solver and decision maker.
• Ability to draw high quality analysis out of the results that drive decisions in the BU.
• Strong people skills, confident and comfortable at engaging collaboratively in an intellectual and multinational environment at all levels. Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• A commercially astute Financial Analyst, the candidate must be technically strong, and influential with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with passion for excellence and innovation.
• Proactive individual with the ability to effectively manage various projects while adhering to deadlines.
• Have a good appreciation of core best practice financial accounting standards, policies, processes and systems.
• Ability to travel and work across cultures and time zones.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:
Relevant industry experience including a working knowledge of Satellite communications market dynamics.

Additional Information
You must be eligible to work in this location advertised.
Inmarsat Values:
Our values define Inmarsat’s culture and represent what we believe in. Inmarsat employees aspire to certain behaviours which support our corporate values, they create a stronger working environment and lie at the heart of our continued success as an organisation.

• Accountability – taking ownership, getting results and keeping our promises
• Respect – collaborating, embracing diversity and valuing differences
• Excellence – creating bold solutions for our customers and putting quality at the heart of everything we do

Location: 99 City Road, London

Job Type: Full-time