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Merlin Midway
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Blackpool, Lancashire
Finance Business Partner
Overview
We are Merlin Entertainments Blackpool - and we’re looking for a commercially focused Finance Business Partner on an interim maternity cover basis to play a key role in driving the current and future performance of our amazing mix of attractions. Whether it’s the iconic Blackpool Tower itself, the internationally famed Ballroom, or SEA LIFE and Madame Tussauds, you’ll definitely have loads of scope to utilise your financial business partnering skills in a diverse arena. What you’ll be doing Reporting to the Finance Director for the Midway Europe division, but focused on Blackpool, you’ll play a key role as part of the Blackpool senior team, partnering with the Cluster and Attraction General Managers as well as other functional heads to provide commercially focused financial insight to help drive business success. Managing a small onsite finance team, you’ll make sure that all the necessary daily and periodic reporting, accounting and financial controls are being delivered, but beyond that, your focus will be to provide financial expertise into key business drivers to help deliver and develop the strategic objectives and annual budget for the Blackpool cluster. As well as P&L support you’ll be focusing on pricing, yield, margins, operating costs and ultimately profitability, and supporting the business through tactical plans to support the overarching financial objectives of the cluster. Utilising sound business acumen you’ll assess new ideas, both from an operational and financial perspective and then to articulate the impacts with clear and meaningful recommendations. This is a fixed term maternity cover position from May 2020 for approximately 12 months. About you You’ll be a qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA) and be able to demonstrate that your skills go beyond just robust accounting and controls and that you can add real value to business decisions through your analytical approach, commercial intellect and ability to use considered insight to drive the business forward. Ability to challenge the status quo, influence stakeholders and peers and build credibility within the business is a must. Merlin is all about fun, and we’re a busy 7 day a week operation, so you’ll also need to combine your financial prowess with an up-beat personality, passion and enthusiasm. Why join Team Blackpool? When you join us, you’ll receive a competitive salary, 33 days holiday including bank holidays, 25% discount in our retail shops and restaurants, 40% off LEGO , and benefits (Group Personal Pension Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance and Private Medical). Perhaps the biggest benefit is to be part of a unique portfolio of attractions and have the opportunity to really utilise your commercial and financial skills in a busy operational environment.