Collinson is the global, privately-owned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading airport experiences, loyalty and customer engagement, and insurance solutions for over 400 million consumers.
Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass, the world’s original and leading airport experiences programme. Travellers can access a network of 1,500+ lounges and travel experiences, including dining, retail, sleep and spa, in over 650 airports in 148 countries, helping to elevate the journey into something special. We work with the world’s leading payment networks, over 1,400 banks, 90 airlines and 20 hotel groups worldwide.
We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.
Key clients include Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.
Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.
Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 2,200 global colleagues.
Purpose of the job
The Senior Finance Business Partner is a senior finance leadership role responsible for partnering with the Global Strategic Partnerships team to drive commercial performance, support strategic decision-making and enhance financial outcomes across the business.
Working closely with the VP Commercial Finance – Partnerships and senior stakeholders across the Global Strategic Partnerships organisation, the role provides financial leadership on strategic partner relationships, investment decisions, commercial initiatives and growth opportunities, ensuring decisions are supported by robust financial analysis, commercial insight and a clear focus on value creation.
The role acts as a trusted deputy to the VP Commercial Finance – Partnerships & Overheads, supporting engagement with executive stakeholders and business leadership through the provision of meaningful financial insight, strategic challenge and performance recommendations. The role will play a key part in shaping commercial strategy for strategically important Tier 1 and Tier 1A partnerships while driving accountability for financial performance across the organisation.
Alongside business partnering responsibilities, the role is accountable for leading the ongoing evolution of the Partnerships Finance function, managing a team of 3 Finance Business Partners. This includes developing consistent ways of working across regions, improving the quality, timeliness and relevance of financial reporting, strengthening governance frameworks, driving process standardisation and implementing continuous improvements across planning, forecasting and performance management processes.
The role will work closely with FP&A, Commercial Finance, Tax, Operations, Product, Legal and Contracting teams to improve financial insight, develop meaningful performance metrics and create scalable finance processes that support both strategic decision-making and operational excellence.
Strategic Business Partnering & Commercial Leadership
Finance Leadership & Team Development
Finance Excellence, Standardisation & Continuous Improvement
Reporting, KPIs & Performance Insight
Governance, Controls & Investment Management
Cross-Functional Operational Improvement
Lead initiatives that improve contracting, reporting, forecasting inputs, information flows and operational controls.
Collaborate with Operations, Contracting, Tax, Commercial Finance and other specialist teams to deliver sustainable improvements.
Knowledge, skills and experience required
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.
We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Take Action, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.
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