Expansion Business & Investment Planning Team

About Heathrow Expansion

When it comes to pioneering ambition, there’s no place like Heathrow. Our Heathrow Expansion programme offers a unique and exciting opportunity to play a defining role in one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects.

You’ll help shape a national legacy that millions will experience for decades to come, as we deliver the third runway, improve passenger experience, stimulate jobs and opportunities across the UK, and strengthen the global connectivity that powers trade and travel.

Modernising and expanding the UK’s only hub airport and critical national infrastructure whilst keeping it fully operational and safe, creates a pace and complexity unlike other major programmes. It demands collaboration, resilience, problem solving and a desire to take on challenges that genuinely matter.

From securing planning consents to designing a new runway, modernising terminals and improving public transport access, and delivering on environmental and community commitments - the scale is unmatched. You’ll be part of a diverse team of talented colleagues, built on mutual respect and where excellence thrives. It’s an inspiring place to work, with unlimited opportunities to make a difference as you help to shape the future of our world-class airport.

Job Description

This is a new and exciting opportunity supporting Heathrow’s multi-billion-pound capital investment programme. The Expansion Business & Investment Planning Team works across the Expanding Heathrow programme, including securing planning consent through the DCO, developing the future operating model for Heathrow, designing, procuring and constructing infrastructure for an expanded airport, and working with critical stakeholders such as communities and airlines to deliver key commitments.

The Expansion Business & Investment Planning Team is responsible for developing and refining the investment case for an expanded Heathrow, including financial models, and supporting strategic choices through robust financial evaluation. The team also supports financial target setting, reporting and delivery for Expansion, provides financial partnering and advice to inform decision-making and performance, and ensures strong integration across the wider business through effective governance, processes, and transparency. The role sits within the wider Investment & Planning team and works closely with colleagues across Finance and the broader Heathrow organisation.

Your role will involve

The role will be focused on (i) long term business planning for expanded Heathrow, (ii) the overall investment case, (iii) individual investment appraisals, (iv) preparing external disclosures, and (v) providing other ad-hoc support.

(1) Investment Case

• Support with project activities and deliverables to develop the expansion business case.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis to test and/or support the development of assumptions.
• Manage integrity of financial models used for the investment case.
• Support the development of the investment case: base forecasts, scenarios and sensitivities.
• Support with robust and high integrity recording of all information.

(2) Investment Appraisal

• Support the evaluation of the overall expansion and individual business cases, risks and opportunities, quantified impacts.
• Help manage robust governance processes and disciplined record keeping, controls and management.

(3) Internal and External information disclosures

• Support financial disclosures and reporting for external stakeholders.

These skills are essential

• Financial modelling: ability to operate and interrogate excel based models.
• Project Management: attention to detail, be proactive, anticipate the next move.
• Analytical: eye for detail, diligent, solve problems, monitor compliance.
• Interpersonal skills: ability to engage, network, influence key stakeholders.
• Strong Communication: interact with senior internal/external audiences.

Ideally, you will also have

• Financial Modelling awareness: design, build models.
• Finance Qualification: Part-Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CFA).

About us

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

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