Are you a finance whiz who loves making a real impact? Parkdean Resorts is seeking an exceptional Finance Business Partner to collaborate with our Property, Procurement, and IT teams. Reporting directly to the Head of Investment Finance, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering strategic insights, driving efficiency, and supporting our leaders to make data-driven decisions that power our growth and success.
In this role you’ll be at the heart of critical business operations, helping to shape the future of our resorts. Join us and be part of a team that’s not just about numbers but driving meaningful change.
So, why Parkdean Resorts?
Well, besides the one-of-a-kind team culture, stunning locations across the UK, and the security that comes with being a part of the UK’s largest holiday park operator, we can offer:
- Extensive training and development opportunities
- Hybrid working
- Flexible hours
- Up to 50% off holidays with us
- 25% off holidays for friends and family
- 30% off park activities, food and drink.
We want to be a force for good for our parks, people, and planet. Our passion is to secure the sustainability of our business, create positive change, and leave a green footprint for future generations to enjoy.
What you will be doing...
- Act as a first line of finance support for the Heads of Department (Property, Procurement & IT).
- Supporting key business decision making by Property Director and related stakeholders, providing insight, information and challenge on plans, spend and planning.
- Evaluating financial returns on both historic and proposed growth capital investments.
- Provide challenge to business stakeholders, whilst maintaining strong working relationships
- Carry out business planning, budgeting and forecasting exercises alongside cost leads/capex budget holders. Work collaboratively with the wider finance team to ensure an efficient and thorough approach is carried out
- Report on variances for both capex and opex spend levels, updating robust forecasts and understanding cash flow implications for the remainder of the financial year.
- Provide reliable input into the short-term and long-term cash flow forecasting process aligning with the FS&R and Accounts Payable teams in terms of supplier payment terms and sundry debt receipts, with explanation of variances to forecast.
- Work with all stakeholders to drive a culture of cash flow awareness.
- Providing financial expertise to key IT stakeholders from both a capex planning and opex control perspective. Providing financial control over all one-off IT projects/investment.
- Partner with the Procurement function, evaluating significant procurement plans and providing periodic reporting.
- Leading on all month end procedures/reporting
- Ability to effect change, identify and drive process and reporting improvements. Develop and champion more effective use of data by colleagues across the business to support better understanding and commerciality.
- Collaborate with colleagues in Financial Strategy and Reporting to support the continued development and use of the business’s capex/opex forecasting and budgeting models currently within TM1.
What we’re looking for...
- Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with several years PQE.
- Outstanding financial analysis skills, with the ability to gather, manipulate and present large quantities of data effectively.
- Experience with business partnering across various levels of management.
- The ability to influence timings and co-ordination of deliverables from the parks.
- Well-organized and able to develop and monitor plans to meet agreed deadlines unsupervised.
- Ideally regionally based in the Southwest or Newcastle based with the ability for regular travel.
- Regular travel to holiday park locations, mainly across Cornwall and Devon, the South Coast and Isle of Wight will be expected including some overnight stays.
Whatever you do, please don’t filter yourself out! We are often flexible when considering an applicant’s skills and experience for a role. So, don’t be put off if you don’t tick all the boxes.
Are we the right fit for you?
At Parkdean Resorts we don’t leave unforgettable moments to chance.
We pitch in, we have fun, and we grow, challenging and inspiring each other to make great things happen every, single, day. We’re the people people, Parkdean people - we’re family, ensuring holiday happy is never far away.
We’re an ACCA accredited employer and are committed to ensuring ACCA students, affiliates and members have the right skills, ethics, and competences to add value and drive the business forward.
We want to do all we can to create an environment and recruitment process where people feel safe and comfortable to talk about disability. For any reasonable adjustment requests, please contact the team at stephanie.wood@parkdean-resorts.com.
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