Senior Manager Business Support & Financial Control

About This Role

General Information

Ref # 232125 Location Qatar-Doha Job family Corporate & Commercial

• Closing Date: 2026-04-07

Description

About Your Role

You will create added value for the Qatar Airways Group by building strong, trusted partnerships with finance and operational stakeholders through strategic analysis, financial leadership, and insightful reporting. Acting as the primary business partner for senior and executive management, you will bridge Finance (Business Finance, AP, AR, Centres of Expertise) with key business units, ensuring the delivery of robust financial guidance and long‑term planning. In this role, you will specifically support Qatar Airways MRO operations—including Engine operations, Workshops, Heavy Maintenance and Line Maintenance—ensuring that financial plans accurately support operational readiness, capital allocation, and resource availability to maintain airworthiness across the fleet.

You will lead a high caliber team, providing direction, mentorship and motivation to ever evolving missions and will report directly to the VP Business Finance. You will contribute to the Qatar Airways Group’s strategic goals by ensuring optimal resource planning, developing long‑term financial frameworks, and enabling informed decision‑making for future growth, including the MRO 2030 and 2040 vision. We are looking for a leader who can remodel financial processes, drive efficiency, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and support major long‑range strategic MRO projects.

Your Responsibilities

Strategic & Financial Leadership

• Develop strategic multi‑year (5–10 years) financial plans that support long‑term MRO objectives.
• Provide expert financial advisory to the CFO, senior leadership, and CMROO management team.
• Lead business case development for major MRO investments (engine shops, heavy maintenance facilities, tooling, capability development), including cost modelling, revenue scenarios, capital planning, and financial impact assessments.
• Deliver accurate and timely monthly/quarterly performance reporting, KPIs, variance analysis, Economic Value Add (EVA) metrics (Internal Rate of Return, Net Present Value, Payback Period), and sensitivity analysis.
• Identify risks and opportunities across MRO cost centres, ensuring appropriate mitigation measures with line departments.

MRO & Engineering Focus

• Partner closely with MRO operations to support Engine operations, Heavy Checks, C‑Checks, and Line Maintenance planning.
• Ensure financial plans align with operational requirements related to fleet airworthiness, capability development, and capacity expansion.
• Participate in long‑range planning for MRO 2030 and 2040 growth models.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of Analysts and Managers, fostering capability, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and mentor team members, offering guidance, structure, and clear direction.
• Build a collaborative, high‑performance culture within Business Finance.

Stakeholder & Process Excellence

• Strengthen relationships with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and other key stakeholders.
• Drive process optimization, financial model restructuring, and efficiency improvements.
• Support key Engineering and Group Finance initiatives with a solutions‑focused, customer‑centric approach.

Be part of an extraordinary story

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.

Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. Together, everything is possible

Qualification

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 10 years of business finance experience.
• Airline industry experience is mandatory, with strong preference for Engineering/CAMO/MRO‑related finance experience.
• Proven experience in:
  • Business Finance partnering
  • Business case development
  • Multi‑year budget planning (5–10 years)
  • Accounting and financial reporting
  • Project management
• Strong analytical capabilities with ability to explain variances, understand operational cycles, and assess P&L impacts.
• Experience working within tight reporting timelines with a high degree of accuracy.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English.

Preferred

• Experience in Technical Accounting.
• Experience in Engineering or MRO finance modelling.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team‑building capabilities, especially with developing teams.

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community

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