ABOUT THE JOB:

• Group Purchasing Overheads is a complex area with more than 20 overseas employing entities because we have employees based around the globe.  You will be:
• Partnering with the: Purchasing HR team to manage our headcount and spend; Senior Leadership Team on their costs; and Group Overheads team on timely and accurate reporting
• Embedding our consolidated Overheads model, looking for process improvements to make it as efficient as possible and improve control
• Implementing monthly Overheads reporting for each of the Directors
•  Lead the planning, budgeting and forecasting requirements; identify/manage risks and opportunities on hitting our budget
•  In addition to managing the division’s Overheads, you will lead on specific areas of the Commercial Finance function’s deliverables with a focus on financial control.  This may include but not limited to:
• Guarantee shortfall reporting and forecasting
• Become our department expert on IFRS 16 and track implications for hotel contracts
• Developing reporting on hotel contributions
• Supporting our change project(s)
• Produce insightful reports/presentations for senior managers such as weekly/monthly status updates, monthly and half-yearly review packs with commentary and analysis to aid business decisions.  
• You will manage ad-hoc projects for the Head of Commercial Finance or the Group Purchasing function as required.  

ABOUT YOU:

• A qualified accountant with proven years of PQE and specifically experience of supporting/partnering senior commercial teams 
• Confidence to ask questions and challenge numbers
• Ability to influence and build relationships at senior manager/director level
• Experience of leading teams (especially through periods of change) is highly advantageous
• Strong ability in numerical reasoning / analysis with good knowledge of Excel, Powerpoint and SAP an advantage
• Experience of liaising and negotiating internally with various Source Markets and Musement entities
• Networking and relationship building in an international environment
• Role will require some international travel from time to time

ABOUT OUR OFFER: 

Being a valuable team member of TUI, the No.1 global and socially aware travel company
Competitive salary and benefits
Develop yourself by working as part of an international team and through our free global learning and development programmes and various Management Development Programmes
 

TUI Group is the world’s number one integrated tourism business. As we continue to build our Global Purchasing function, we will move from operating as a set of largely independent source markets with common management of procurement towards a more global, integrated function, which will accelerate the delivery of our ambitious growth plans.