Manager Business Finance

Role Overview

This position leads business finance support for a corporate and commercial environment in Doha. The role centers on preparing financial and strategic reporting, tracking budget variances, assessing risks and opportunities, and driving cost-control actions. It also supports middle management with financial business cases, dashboards, analysis, and other decision-support material. The role requires close coordination of team members, prioritization of senior finance requests, and strong adherence to company accounting policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and improve internal accounting policies and standard operating procedures for the business unit, with an emphasis on stronger controls and better processes.
• Support risk management by analyzing trends and modeling the impact of risks on operations, projects, strategic goals, and business initiatives.
• Set up and maintain accounting practices, and supervise month-end and year-end closing activities.
• Build advanced financial models and use quantitative methods such as trend review, root-cause analysis, profitability analysis, scenario modelling, and unit-cost benchmarking.
• Take part in annual strategic planning, including market and industry analysis, SWOT review, scenario planning, budgeting, forecasting, strawman development, and sensitivity analysis.
• Develop strong working relationships with leaders in the assigned business area.
• Promote a decision-making approach where proposed projects are first assessed for value, risk, and priority before submission.
• Prepare and present monthly KPI performance reports to budget owners, including revenue and expense variance analysis, ensuring submissions are timely for both the user department and Finance.
• Prepare and present quarterly rolling forecasts to business and financial stakeholders.
• Review actual results, forecasts, and budgets, and prepare performance analysis for senior management against benchmarks.
• Evaluate commercial contracts and business proposals for compliance with policies and procedures.
• Provide objective financial insight and recommendations to support efficient resource allocation and business objectives.
• Deliver continuing financial analysis and guidance through regular review, cost-reduction initiatives, and target tracking.
• Lead the budgeting cycle on time and in line with CFO direction on cost efficiency for direct operating costs, manpower, and overheads; challenge budget holders to ensure resources are used optimally.
• Improve presentations and analysis submitted to the Cost Management Committee, and complete post-CMC analysis for major capital projects and spend.
• Carry out detailed analysis of complex business and strategic issues, extract and interpret data, present findings, and recommend actions to the business.
• Monitor expenditure variances continuously, ensure spending stays within plan or budget, and initiate investigations and corrective controls when variances are material.
• Review and update financial forecasts, highlighting associated risks and opportunities.
• Oversee inventory controls and ensure stock levels remain within approved order and reorder limits.

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent qualification, along with at least 8 years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a management position.
• Background in the passenger airline sector with solid understanding of operational costs and cost-unit measurement.
• Proven ability to work to strict internal reporting deadlines while handling competing priorities and interruptions.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data and communicate insights effectively.
• Good understanding of internal finance systems.
• Knowledge of cost center accounting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Strong analytical capability, including variance review, business cycle understanding, and impact analysis on profit and loss.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, MS Access, and PowerPoint, plus proficiency in Oracle Financials.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, including delegation, workflow control, mentoring, coaching, training, development, and teamwork building.

Additional Information

Job reference: 233422. Location: Qatar, Doha. Job family: Corporate & Commercial. Closing date: 2026-07-21.

About Qatar Airways Group

Qatar Airways Group describes itself as a fast-growing global organization with multiple businesses working together as one. The company emphasizes ambition, innovation, and the opportunity to contribute to a large international community while taking on challenging and high-impact work.

Application Information

Interested candidates are asked to submit an application form and upload a CV for review and consideration.