Finance Business Partner

Desired Skills: Forecasting,Budgeting,Variance Analysis,Costing

We are assisting a reputable Sporting organisation in Kildare to recruit a Finance Business Partner on a permanent basis. This is a progressive role that offer a very competitive salary (DOE), benefits, a hybrid working opportunity and is working with a highly competent Head of Finance.

The Role:

• Work closely with and influence senior management to help drive business performance, helping to ensure high-quality financial decisions.
• Provide objective financial advice and opinions that positively impact the future choices of the business.
• Identify and drive financial efficiency with the racecourse leadership teams – ensuring that resources are allocated effectively with rigorous pressure on costs and a commitment to a value-for-money approach.
• Provide objective challenge regarding spend plans and take a proactive role in looking for opportunities to deliver services more efficiently and effectively.
• Investigate opportunities as well as high-risk and material financial issues, or problem areas, with the business.
• Effective financial performance monitoring to secure the achievement of financial objectives.
• Detailed cost benchmarking and propose measures to increase cost efficiency across the Group.
• Smooth annual financial planning processes for forecasts, budgets, and multiyear strategic plans.
• Responsible for leading the monthly Financial Planning & Reporting processes for racecourses, encompassing KPIs, Profit and Loss, on a timely and accurate basis for Senior Leadership and CFO review.
• Annual Budget process and preparation of materials for CEO sign-off. Largest financial exercise of the year requiring communication with relevant stakeholder groups, focus on numerical precision, and detailed understanding of commercial drivers.
• Support the business with capital spend proposals and capital grant applications to the company.
• Management of balance sheet reporting, and trial balance reconciliation.
• Key point-of-contact and responsibility for legal entity audit file preparation, internal and external audit requests, statutory disclosures, code of governance and tax requirements.
• Become proficient in SUN finance package and in usage of the racecourse ticketing system application.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and support finance shared service operations with process improvements and finance system implementation.
• Proactively manage relationships with multiple stakeholders. 

Requirements:

• Professional Accounting Qualification – ACCA, ACA, CPA or CIMA 
• 3 Years PQE with previous FBP experience 
• Strong systems and Excel experience 
• People Management an advantage 
• Advanced financial modelling, numerical and analysis skills
• Commercially aware and enjoy interacting with cross functional teams
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage several priorities at once

Please click the link below to apply, call Ray Brennan on 0830528677 or alternatively send an up to date CV to ray.brennan@peglobal.net

***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland***