Operations Finance - Finance Business Partner - AC

Operations Finance
- Finance Business Partner - AC9

Central Support Office
- Newcastle, Central Support, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

This highly operational, insight‑led finance role is key to improving park profitability and guest value by providing data‑driven insight to operational teams.

We are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to work closely with Regional Directors and Park Teams. You will be responsible for translating trading and financial data into clear actions and driving better decision making across cost control, operational performance and trading outcomes.

• Act as a business partner to our parks and Regional Directors, aiding them in translating financial data into actionable insight
• Input into and be a critical eye on ROI's and park level analysis when required
• Support business planning through robust financial analysis and modelling
• Analyse anomalies in accounts, working closely with central teams and parks to understand and provide updates into forecasting
• Support the monitoring of KPI's and benchmarking across parks on a monthly basis and building of dashboards around this
• Provide month end analysis on key focuses for Regional Directors, supporting them with data driven insight
• Create a rolling reforecast programme at park level for key cost areas, incorporating trading trends and operational insight to support parks in planning, for the finance forecast programme and to aid better cashflow management.
• Support the park budgeting process including engaging Regional Directors and parks with phasing and review of proposed targets and providing feedback to the commercial finance team
• Proactively support strategic decision‑making at all levels through insight, data and commercial thinking

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with several years’ post‑qualification experience
• Ideally experienced within leisure, hospitality or multi‑site operations
• Strong financial analysis capabilities
• Experience providing insight in complex businesses with multiple sites and income streams
• Experience with forecasting and budgeting
• Ability to problem solve and think critically
• Confidence to challenge constructively
• Ability to link operational drivers to financial outcomes
• Experience using PowerBI and advanced Excel skills
• Available for limited travel to support regions when required

• Chance to develop your skills and boost your career across our 65 parks – we’ve got your back when it comes to training!
• Employee Assistance Programme – confidential helpline for counselling and support - wellbeing is our top priority
• 50% discount for you and 25% discount for friends and family when booking your holiday with us
• Team member discount of 30%, available on everything from food to drinks and leisure activities
• Discounts on meal kits like Hello Fresh and on gym memberships and other local brands

Parkdean Resorts takes safeguarding seriously therefore background checks including DBS (or equivalent) will be carried out if appropriate.

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 as part of the recruitment and assessment process, please contact Roisin at Reasonable Adj