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Job description / Role
Lead Finance Officer - Aircraft Financing - Qatar Airways - Doha
In the role of Lead Finance Officer - Aircraft Financing you will be responsible for coordinating and assisting the team in the execution and management of the aircraft financing & leasing business process and support the back office operations related to this activity for Qatar Airways Group and Qatar Aviation Leasing Company (QALC).
You will be accountable for the following:
- Coordinate with the Finance Manager in the critical evaluation and analysis of financing proposals including, but not limited to, finance leases, ECA-backed structure, capital market issuances, operating leases, sale and lease backs, and refinancing transactions.
- Assist the Finance Manager in all aspects of execution for financing deals including co-ordinating between various internal and external parties as required.
- Follow-up to ensure that all payments for interest, principal, and leasing-related payments are executed accurately and in a timely manner as and when they are due.
- Assist to ensure that all aircraft financing and leasing-related documentation and executed agreements are filed in an organised manner.
- Coordinating the month-end and year-end accounting processes related to all aspects of the aircraft financing and leasing business.
- Facilitating the planning, development, management, and implementation of aircraft financing and leasing strategies.
- Compiling the production of weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc analysis and reports to senior management.
- Assist with management of interaction with internal and external entities to ensure targets are met.
- Submit budgets and variance analysis against the annual budget and long-term business plan for management to facilitate decision making.
- Prepare reports to Ministry of Finance (MOF) to ensure that funding from the MOF is secured for each aircraft.
- Ensure preparation of yearend financial statements and supporting audit file to ensure that audit memorandum are unqualified and require minimum and only standard representation from Management.
- Organise and manage all financial transactions in books of accounts with an eye on accuracy, timeliness & completeness.
- Verify / prepare payment analysis for all major expenses to ensure Creditors are properly paid as per agreed terms of payment
Requirements
Candidates should have a Bachelors Degree (or equivalent).
Candidates will have a minimum of 5 years of job-related experience with good knowledge of book keeping/accounting, ability to work independently with minimum supervision and be focused on deadlines, attention to details.
About the Company
Qatar Airways is proud to be one of the youngest global airlines to serve all six continents, and thanks to our customers’ response to our offerings, we are also the world’s fastest-growing airline. We connect more than 150 destinations on the map every day, with a fleet of the latest-generation aircraft, and an unrivalled level of service from our home and hub, the Five-star airport, Hamad International Airport in Doha, the State of Qatar.
Travel today involves a mix of short, medium and long-haul segments, with more people travelling than ever before. With the breadth of network coverage today, virtually no destination is unreachable. This is why the commitment to service is paramount; as our guests are travelling farther and more frequently than ever before, the experience on board is an important part of the journey itself.
Since our launch in 1997, Qatar Airways has earned many awards and accolades, becoming one of an elite group of airlines worldwide to have earned a 5-star rating by Skytrax. Voted Airline of the Year by Skytrax in 2011, 2012, 2015 and most recently in 2017, Qatar Airways has won the confidence of the travelling public. We have accomplished these goals by focusing on the details – how we run the business, and how you experience our airline.