Overview:
Job Title: UK&I Finance Manager - Transformation (PMO)
Location: Runcorn, United Kingdom, with travel across the UK & Ireland region as required
Reporting to: Director of FP&A – UKI
Key stakeholders: UK&I CEO and Executive Leadership Team; Group Transformation PMO; Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer (CSTO) Office
Role Type: Regional / UK & Ireland
Contract: 12-24 month
Job Summary
The UK&I Finance Manager - Transformation (PMO) will support the UK&I leadership team in driving and delivering the region's transformation agenda. The role will personally build and run a disciplined regional PMO cadence across Fit for Growth, Direct Labour Excellence, operational improvement, commercial, technology, and other priority transformation initiatives.
This is a hands-on delivery role; the individual needs a strong finance background and will need to self-serve, sourcing performance KPIs and financial data directly rather than relying on others to provide it. The person will provide visibility, structure, and follow-through across the portfolio; work directly with initiative owners to validate and quantify measurable outcomes; and ensure that UK&I reporting and governance remain aligned with the Group PMO and CSTO Office. The role will combine constructive challenge with hands-on analytical support, helping the leadership team identify risks early, make decisions quickly, and sustain benefits through to P&L impact.
Responsibilities:
- Chair the UK&I transformation review and performance sessions, aligned with Group PMO standards and the requirements of the CSTO Office.
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Maintain a single, integrated view of the UK&I transformation portfolio, including initiatives, milestones, accountabilities, risks, dependencies, and decisions required.
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Work hands-on with initiative owners to build and stress-test clear plans, business cases, milestones, KPIs, and action plans, with a pragmatic, analytically grounded focus on delivery.
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Directly track benefits realisation, including baseline validation, run-rate confirmation, and P&L impact, sourcing the underlying data independently.
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Prepare clear, fact-based reporting for the UK&I CFO, UK&I CEO, and regional leadership team, and consolidate inputs required by the Group PMO and CSTO Office.
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Proactively identify delivery risks and roadblocks through direct analysis, drive corrective actions, and escalate issues requiring leadership intervention.
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Embed simple, consistent PMO tools and ways of working that improve accountability without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
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Personally operate the core regional transformation rhythm, including weekly workstream reviews, monthly UK&I performance forums, and regular inputs into Group governance.
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Maintain a clear action, risk, issue, and decision log, with ownership and due dates visible to the leadership team.
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Apply Group PMO standards proportionately across the UK&I portfolio, including business cases, initiative charters, milestone plans, and escalation protocols.
Portfolio
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Establish and maintain consistent baselines, measurement rules, and evidence standards, sourced and validated directly.
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Monitor delivery through to validated run-rate and P&L impact, using hands-on analysis to highlight risks of delay or benefit leakage.
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Produce concise performance insights, grounded in direct analysis, that focus leadership attention on areas requiring decisions or intervention.
Stakeholder Support & Group Coordination
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Act as a trusted delivery partner to the UK&I leadership team and initiative owners, providing hands-on analytical support while holding teams to account for agreed commitments.
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Coordinate closely with the Group Transformation Governance & Value Creation PMO and CSTO Office to ensure alignment of standards, reporting, and escalation.
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Build effective working relationships across functions, countries, and operational teams within the region.
Qualifications:
- University degree in business administration, finance, economics, engineering, or a related field; equivalent practical experience will also be considered.
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Accounting qualification preferred – CIMA / ACCA / ACA.
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Approximately 6-10 years of total work experience, a strong financial analysis / accounting background, and hands-on experience directly delivering financial analysis within project or transformation environments.
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Demonstrated ability to independently source, analyse, and coordinate multiple initiatives, maintain clear plans, and follow through on actions in a fast-moving environment.
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Strong analytical and financial capability, with the ability to connect delivery progress to measurable benefits and P&L impact through direct analysis.
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Comfort working with senior stakeholders and supporting leadership discussions with clear, concise, fact-based materials developed through hands-on analysis.
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Strong working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; experience with project management or reporting tools is desirable.
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Experience in a complex, labour-intensive, operational, aviation, logistics, or services environment is desirable but not essential.
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Exposure to cost transformation, operational improvement, or value creation programs is desirable; private-equity experience is helpful but not required.
Personal
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Structured, proactive, resilient, collaborative, and low ego; able to challenge constructively through direct analysis and maintain pace without creating bureaucracy.
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Fluent written and verbal command of English.
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Willingness to travel across the UK & Ireland region as required.
Swissport values: Show You Care | Do the Right Things | Win as a Team
