Financial Planning Manager

Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone, everywhere, while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 8,000 employees from more than 110 nationalities, who share our values of inclusivity, positivity, dedication, integrity, and sustainability.

As a rapidly expanding airline, we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions, from flight operations to engineering, customer experience, finance, and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation, dedicated to excellence, and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry, we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story.

Financial Planning Manager
Based in Budapest

Purpose of the role
This role is to maintain and enhance the accuracy, scalability and integrity of Wizz Air's complex financial planning models. The role is critical to the timely delivery of reliable financial forecasts and supporting strategic decision-making in a dynamic high growth environment.

Responsibilities
Responsibilities:

• One area of responsibility is to maintain Wizz Air's financial planning and forecasting system. This includes:
• Responsibility for consolidating all financial plans and deliver financial statement plans for the organization, especially to Senior Financial Planning Manager, Head of Financial Planning and CFO.
• Be the main point of contact for all operational and financial KPIs and play a mediator role between the Commercial and Finance departments in case of route and revenue plans.
• Scenario analysis to evaluate the impact of business decisions, participate in the elucidation of variances (actual vs. budget, forecast vs. pre-forecast etc.).
• Contributing to month close activities: financial reporting and analysis.

Other areas of responsibility:

• Digitisation, by continuously focusing on process improvement and automated solutions.
• Contributing to the improvement of the financial planning and forecasting system through digitisation projects or system implementations.
• Serve as FP&A system champion/subject matter expert with regards to model building and coaching teammates.

Experience
4–6+ years overall experience with 3+ years of experience in an equivalent FP&A role, financial modelling, or data analysis

Hard Skills

• Solid understanding of IFRS Accounting Principles
• Advanced expertise in Excel is essential and proven ability to analyse complex datasets and financial models.
• Experience of working with Power BI, SAP Analytics, SQL or Python is a plus.
• Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks in financial processes.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Finance, IT, and other business units to drive improvements.

Education

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Accounting, finance, economics, or related fields.
• Chartered Accounting qualification or equivalent is a plus

Language

• Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

Skills And Competencies
Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.

When applying, please only provide valid information regarding your educational background and certificates, as the original documents will be requested during the hiring process.

We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your skills and experience. Join the Wizz Air team and discover the world of opportunities.