Iconic Resourcing is delighted to partner with Goals Football who are seeking a Finance Business Partner to play a vital role within their Finance Department. This is a newly created role to assist the Finance Director with day to day performance analysis and production of finance outputs including budgets and elements of the management accounts pack.
The Organisation
Goals is a successful and established operator of small sided football clubs (5-a-side) with 44 clubs across the UK offering state of the art facilities. The organisation employ over 600 employees with the head office located in East Kilbride’s Peel Park.
The Role:
Budgeting and reforecasting
- Working with individual clubs to set annual product volume targets (game count, kids parties, functions)
- Review and challenge of club budget submissions
- Consolidation of club budget submissions into group model
Weekly business performance reporting of actuals vs budget
- Preparing and issuing group reporting packs to senior management team
- Preparing and issuing individual club performance review with appropriate variance analysis
Property costs across the estate (rent, rates and utilities)
- Liaising with landlords and ensuring rent reviews are completed in line with contractual terms
- Liaising with local authorities to ensure correct rateable values are applied to each site
- Utility cost/consumption reporting and working with facilities team to implement efficiencies
Responsibility for specific areas of month end management accounts including property costs and stock.
Finance lead on commercial partnership deals
- Liaising with commercial partners to ensure contractual terms and conditions are met
- Ensuring partnership income billing is completed accurately and in a timely manner
Build close working relationships with operational teams:
- Educate club management on effective P&L management, with a view to improving profitability
- Support with ongoing improvement of internal procedures
The Ideal Candidate:
The successful candidate for this role must have a desire to work collaboratively in a team, engaging with other colleagues across the organisation. Energy, good people skills and focus on performance delivery will be essential. This role will also support the Finance Director with project work and will support with year-end and audit process.
Key skills, knowledge and experience required include:
- A qualified or PQ Accountant (CA, CIMA, ACCA)
- High levels of proficiency in excel to advanced level
- Critical thinking and strong analytical skills
- Have a strong attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines
- Come with a strong commercial acumen and an understanding of key business drivers
- Be a confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Strong organisational skills
For a confidential discussion please contact Goals Football Recruitment Partner, Iconic Resourcing Ltd.
Email: hannah@iconicesourcing.com
Mobile: 07759 646 232
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