Prorate Agent

at  International Air Transport Association IATA

Employment Type: Permanent
Contract Duration:
At IATA, we speak for the airlines of the world, serving and supporting over 300 of them across all continents. We are passionate and knowledgeable about the aviation industry, and we strive to make it safer, smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we respect and value the different backgrounds, perspectives and skills of our employees. We also care about our employees’ wellbeing, and we provide flexible work arrangements, travel benefits, family-friendly policies, equal pay and a day off on your birthday. We believe in giving back to the community and encourage our staff to participate in volunteering activities that support causes they care about. We encourage you to join our global community of aviation enthusiasts, and we will do our best to make you feel comfortable during the interview process. IATA is more than a trade association; it is a vision of a better future for air travel.
About the team you are joining
Prorate is the mechanism that allocates revenues for interline transportation and the IATA Prorate Agency co-ordinates airlines agreements and facilitates settlement in respect of these revenues.
Reporting to the Head, Passenger Standards as required, the Prorate Agent is responsible for all activities of the IATA Prorate Agency with special emphasis on, but not limited to, all publications, research & development with making proposals for improving efficiencies, technical and administrative matters, and accounting for both pertaining to the Prorate Agency activities and interline settlement.
What your day would be like
The Prorate Agent will handle all matters relating to the general management of the Prorate Agency. This involves the following:
Maintaining Multilateral Prorate Agreements Cargo and Passenger.
Presiding as Chairman of General and Special Prorate Meetings, developing and circulating the agenda for such meetings, coordinating with the Interline Prorate Advisory Committee (IPAC) on matters relating to the Prorate Agency and working groups.
Acting as the prime interface between the Agency and the Interline Prorate Advisory Committee, Financial Steering Committee, and Prorate Manual Review Group.
Managing all contracts with data providers.
Handling daily prorate factor calculations and ensure timely publication of prorate manuals passenger and cargo.
Resolution of carrier disputes.
Managing all matters relating to the budget for the Agency.
Maintaining the accounts for expenses and income of the Prorate Agency.
We would love to hear from you if
University degree desirable or equivalent experience;
Minimum of 5 years experience, preferably with airline commercial and/or accounting procedures experience;
Ability to work independently, under pressure and to tight deadlines;
Ability to interact effectively with people from different levels and cultures within and outside the organization;
Well organized with excellent English communication skills; additional languages would be an asset:
Excellent data processing skills (MS Office, database queries)
Flexible to travel occasionally.
Travel Required: 20%
Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/. We are looking forward to hearing from you

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