Finance Business Partner

Job title: Finance Business Partner - Haydock Park & Carlisle
Based at: Haydock Park
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
About the role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team Business Partnering the Haydock Park & Carlisle Racecourse General Managers, producing reliable and accurate management accounts, information and analysis to assist in the management of the business.
About The Jockey Club
The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival and The Derby. Millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.
As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible
At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.
The Finance Business Partner will
• Act as a Business Partner and strong influencer to racecourse General Managers and budget holders to ensure budgets are achieved/exceeded, providing insightful analysis on a regular basis.
• Provide insightful analysis on a regular basis to drive action which will either address issues or identify opportunities for both income growth and cost reduction.
• Hold regular budget holder meetings with budget holders to review spend to date and forecast future spend.
• Contribute to the preparation of business cases for investment in racecourse infrastructure improvements as necessary, and act as advisor to the budget holders and managers. Conduct pre and post investment analysis.
• Constantly look for areas where we can improve analysis, processes, and reporting
• Lead performance reviews to ensure understanding of the drivers of business performance and KPIs.
• Develop an area of expertise related to a key area of the business on behalf of the wider Racecourse Finance team.
• Complete the monthly management accounts for 2 racecourses
• Produce detailed reconciliations between accounts and booking systems.
• Prepare racecourse annual budgets and regular forecasts
• Oversee PO and recording processes to encourage adherence to group policies.
• Produce Balance sheet Reconciliations for 2 racecourses.
• Prepare year-end audit and tax packs
About you
• Qualified accountant with 2+ years PQE
• Confident in Business Partnering with Commercial and/or operational teams to deliver business objectives
• Able to discuss drivers of business performance and use KPIs
• Experienced in preparation of budgets and forecasts, producing accurate monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations and in using management information systems
• Collaborative, with ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders cross functionally
• Self-driven and confident of prioritising own workload to deliver results.
• Commercially savvy and analytical with a passion for problem solving.
What we offer in return
• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge - along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.
If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is 27 th May but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have a high volume of applications.
This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.