Senior Partner Finance

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Job description Summary

Lead finance partnering for major travel partners within a B2B credit environment, acting as the key link between Sales, Commercial Finance, Accounting, and Treasury. Own a complex portfolio with large, multi-currency exposures (often €50M+), strengthening financial governance while enabling commercial growth.

Role Overview

This Senior Partner Finance role sits within the B2B Finance & Credit team, acting as a key interface between Sales, Commercial Finance, Accounting and Group Treasury. You will support some of our largest global travel partners and play a central role in strengthening the financial governance of our growing credit program.

This position will suit a candidate with strong analytical capability, excellent communication and negotiation skills, and proven experience managing large and complex partner portfolios (50M+ credit exposure) as long as small travel businesses. You will be a trusted business partner who can influence senior stakeholders internally and externally, while confidently assessing financial risk and resolving complex issues.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and manage a portfolio of high-value partners, including complex credit arrangements, significant credit limits and large multi-currency exposures.

• Assess and recommend credit limits through detailed financial analysis, including interpretation of balance sheets, cash flow statements and group structures.

• Build strong, trust-based relationships with major travel partners—acting as their core finance point of contact for risk, payment performance, and commercial discussions.

• Collaborate closely with Sales, Product & Tech and Commercial Finance to support strategic growth while ensuring governance and risk mitigation.

• Resolve complex finance issues involving unallocated cash, disputes, reconciliation gaps, or operational blockers impacting receivables.

• Drive negotiations on collateral, payment terms, and risk-based decisions with large partners, balancing commercial opportunity with financial protection.

• Support our credit insurance programme, with an effective management of coverage gaps.

• Strengthen collections processes and identify opportunities to reduce ageing, improve forecasting accuracy, and optimise partner payment behaviour.

• Evaluate and store partner financial information, ensuring completeness, accuracy and compliance with internal controls.

• Support the Credit Risk Director in developing and updating Credit Management Policies, ensuring they reflect evolving business strategy and risk appetite.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in credit risk or corporate finance, with a focus on large B2B portfolios or high-risk accounts.

• Proven ability to interpret financial statements, assess business models and form clear risk opinions.

• Experience setting or reviewing credit limits of high amounts is highly desirable.

• Advanced Excel skills and strong system adaptability (experience with AI, Power BI, Power Query is a plus).

• Experience in business partnering roles or environments where finance must collaborate closely with commercial teams.

• English speaker.

• Knowledge of B2B business models, credit insurance, securitisation or collateral management is advantageous.

• Travel experience desirable

Personal Attributes & Leadership Competencies

Strategic & Analytical

• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving capabilities. Comfortable challenging assumptions and providing alternative viewpoints.

• Ability to simplify complexity and connect financial insights to risk decision.

Influence & Communication

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence senior internal stakeholders and external partners.

• Strong relationship-building skills across functions and cultures.

Ownership & Drive

• Proactive, self-starter mentality with strong sense of accountability. Bias for action and ability to operate with limited direction.

• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex issues, and dispute, think critically, and manage escalations with a calm, solutions-driven approach.

• High attention to detail and ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Collaboration & Business Partnering

• Builds trust quickly and collaborates effectively across diverse teams.

• Thrives in environments requiring diplomacy, cross-functional coordination and stakeholder alignment.

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