Finance Business Partner - Lyons Recruitment : Job Details

The Business & Opportunity:

Unique opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to play a key role in supporting two of Yorkshire's state-of-the-art entertainment venues which hosts conferences, exhibitions, music concerts, comedy and sporting events. The business is also part of a Global venue powerhouse spanning 5 continents and owning more than 300 of the world’s most prestigious arenas.

Reporting to the Venues General Manager & UK Finance Director, you will provide quality Management Information and support the team with commercial finance and analytical input and advice. You will also work with the central transactional finance team to produce management accounts from journal stage to monthly packs and detailed forecasting and budgeting. You will mentor and coach an Assistant Management Accountant.

This will best suit someone who is passionate about Business Partnering. Ideally based at their Hull venue, there is also the option and flexibility of you basing yourself in York, together with some hybrid working up to 2 days per week.

Your Remit:

You will carry out an all-encompassing role which will include:

• Provide high quality MI and detailed commercial financial analysis of the operations to support decision making.
• Manage, mentor, develop and facilitate working structure of an Assistant Management Accountant.
• Identify and implement improvements in processes and systems, with the objective of improving controls and efficiencies.
• Attend and actively contribute to venue SMT meetings led by venue General Manger.
• Hold monthly meetings with Department Heads to discuss financial results and forecasts.
• Prepare annual departmental budgets and challenge department heads to achieve targets.
• Prepare monthly reforecasts and prepare monthly forecast pack.
• Prepare monthly packs for monthly Business Review and attend meeting.
• Input into annual business planning process and value up financial impact of initiatives.
• Provide ongoing Finance support on the financial impact of initiatives implemented, especially around the impact of premium and hospitality products.
• Prepare month end journals and process in Finance System.
• Prepare event settlements for all events.
• Prepare show night reports and a weekly performance tracker for all events.
• Where relevant prepare ROI analysis for capex projects that are income generating.
• Act as point of contact for audit of venue and prepare all audit files.
• Responsible for and have control over integrity and accuracy of MI from EPOS and other business systems.
• Provide commercial insight into working capital management through a stronger control framework or improvement in processes.
• Prepare all balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ad hoc project work as directed by UK Finance Director and General Manager.

Skills and competencies required:

• Qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA, or Qualified By Experience.
• Experience of management of people.
• Have the gravitas to act as the face of Finance.
• Track record of implementation of processes and change management experience.
• Good knowledge of processes, systems and control frameworks.
• Advanced Excel skills including formulas.
• Thrive in a fast paced, commercial environment.
• Excellent planning, organisational and time management skills.
• Resilient, able to work well under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.
• A passion for the events and music industry would prove advantageous.

What’s on Offer:

• A salary of up to £50,000 dependent on experience.
• Although predominantly office based in Hull (or York), there is also the option for some hybrid working.
• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays.
• 5% Pension and other benefits.
• Free on-site parking on non-event days. Also, easily accessible on public transport.

Interviews are being conducted asap; hence you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

N.B. Lyons Recruitment are exclusively retained on this recruitment campaign, hence any CV’s submitted from other sources will automatically be redirected.