Job PurposeAt Emirates Group, we connect the world through our global hub in Dubai, ensuring our customers always Fly Better. As one of the most recognised and admired brands globally, we are driven by innovation, excellence, and disciplined growth into new spanets.
What will our next Finance & Admin Manager (FAM) be responsible for? The FAM will play a critical role in the establishment and ongoing management of Emirates’ operations in Finland, with specific responsibility for setting up, leading, and embedding all finance and administrative activities in Helsinki in accordance with local legislation and Group policies.
The role provides strategic financial leadership and operational support to the Country Manager, supplying robust financial insight and analysis to support key business decisions during both the spanet entry phase and steady‑state operations. The role also ensures transparent, accurate, and timely reporting to Head Office, enabling effective governance and control throughout the start‑up and beyond.
Country set‑up and spanet entry
- Lead and coordinate the financial and administrative set‑up of a new country operation, including support for entity establishment (where applicable), statutory registrations, banking arrangements, payroll and tax registrations, and implementation of reporting schedules.
- Work closely with Group Legal, Tax, Treasury, IT, HR, and external advisors to ensure the country is fully operational, compliant, and audit‑ready from day one.
- Establish local finance and administration processes from first principles, ensuring alignment with Group policies while addressing local regulatory, operational, and commercial requirements.
- Provide critical financial appraisals, business case analysis, and commercial input to support route launches, vendor selection, contract negotiations, and go‑live readiness.
- Ensure an appropriate level of local oversight, including scheduling operational location visits, attending regional finance meetings, managing KPIs in the country and implementing best practices. Provide adequate support to business partners in the country concerning day-to-day responsibilities, guidance, and assistance in resolving issues and stakeholder management.
- Responsible for, manage and maintain the local set of books, considering the relevant accounting rules as set at the group headquarters and local requirements. This includes working with the group financial services and/or RFO teams, if relevant.
- Partner with the business to help shape the business strategy, define priorities, prepare, and review business cases, review contracts and review relevant financial performance. This includes improving financial awareness in the station to drive financially sound business management and decision-making.
- Partner with cost centre holders to prepare, review, analyse and submit realistic annual budgets. Review and analyse cost centre financial performance against budget ensuring relevant costs and operational metrics are appropriately controlled and managed including the monitoring and reporting of start‑up and launch costs against approved business cases. Provide recommendations and feedback to the respective country management and HO by analysing costs and productivity factors so that country costs are within budget and productivity is enhanced.
- Lead the implementation and maintenance of an appropriate control environment in the country through the application of relevant control frameworks and closing all relevant AIMS outstation points within the given timelines. Where weaknesses in controls require process changes, work with Group Financial Governance to have the processes improved and risks mitigated.
- Ensure compliance with the relevant local tax, regulatory and statutory rules, regulations and internal processes (like station emergency response planning) by working with local consultants and group headquarters-based teams. Managing credit risk through the update and application of the local credit risk management policy along with regular analysis of relevant reports and dashboards.
- Prepare and review weekly and monthly cash forecasts as well as perform regular reviews of local economic forecasts to maximise repatriations to group headquarters. Manage local cash balances in line with the Group treasury and risk management policy. Ensure appropriate controls are established to safeguard cash on the premises.
- Ensure that all relevant delegated human resource management activities are appropriately managed locally, working with the relevant group headquarters teams. Manage the local administrative function by providing direction and guidance to ensure that the country has the infrastructure that enables it to work effectively.
- Oversee, lead, and manage the relationship with external parties such as legal advisors, tax advisors, payroll service providers, IT service providers, banks, local governmental authorities, works council, IATA, and other industry forums for the country and/or region. Perform and manage any ad hoc tasks as allocated.
- Knowledge of rules and procedures under the local laws to take care of statutory requirements as necessary.
- Proven experience in working in a large multinational and dealing with stakeholders from different countries and cultures. Have operated at Finance Manager level with significant revenue responsibility, including exposure to new spanet entry, business set‑up, or early‑stage operations.
- Be fluent in Finnish and English.
- Have the unrestricted right to live and work in Finland.
- Ability to function independently within an established framework and to be practical and innovative, as this is a stand-alone position.
- Ability to interact and influence at all levels and functions of an organisation with a high degree of confidentiality
- Comprehensive knowledge of airline accounting procedures and familiarity with IATA regulations regarding Passenger/Cargo/Excess Baggage sales is advantageous.
Why this is an exciting opportunity for you
Working for Emirates in Finland presents a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting phase of expansion, supporting the launch and development of a new station in a strategically important European spanet. This role offers the chance to make a tangible impact from the outset, shaping operations, building strong local partnerships, and driving commercial success.
Alongside a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package—including attractive travel perks—you’ll benefit from world-class training, career development opportunities, and the experience of working within a diverse, high-performing global team.
