Assistant Finance Business Partner

The Welsh Rugby Union; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A national sports organization in Cardiff is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support budgeting, reporting, and financial analysis across departments. The successful candidate will have experience in finance and excellent IT skills, specifically with Microsoft Office. This is a full-time, permanent position with a salary of £30,000 per annum and various employee perks including pension contributions and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Salary Sacrifice Pension (5% employee contribution, matched by WRU)

Life assurance scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free stadium parking and gym

Team Tactics - hybrid working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience working in a similar role within a Finance team.
• Working towards a professional accounting qualification.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Finance Business Partners with day-to-day financial tasks.
• Contribute to the annual budgeting process and provide forecasting.
• Deliver proactive business partnering and financial analysis.

Skills

Experience in finance

Professional accounting qualification

Excellent IT skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Welsh language communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Life assurance scheme

Working in the Business Partnering team within the Finance function, the role is responsible for tasks such as reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, while providing business partnering and financial analysis support to various departments.

Closing Date: 6th August 2025

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Location: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Hours of work: 35 hours per week. Monday to Friday.

Responsible to: Finance Business Partner

Contractual status: Permanent, full time
Subject to 6-month probationary period

The Person

• Experience working in a similar role within a Finance team.
• Working towards a professional accounting qualification.
• Experience working with Accounting and Finance systems.
• Excellent IT skills, specifically Microsoft package
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance
• Ability to communicate and work through the medium of Welsh is desirable

The Role

• Support Finance Business Partners with day-to-day financial tasks and the preparation of regular reporting.
• Contribute to the annual budgeting process by gathering data, performing analysis, and providing in-year forecasting support.
• Deliver proactive business partnering and financial analysis to a variety of departments, helping them make informed decisions.
• Prepare and maintain cost centre reports, collaborating with cost owners to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely follow-up.
• Monitor and update event forecasts in partnership with operational teams, investigating variances and ensuring timely, accurate reporting.
• Manage and update third-party promoter reconciliations before and after events.
• Actively contribute to the delivery of the WRU Group's strategic mission, purpose, and values in all financial activities

Key Relationships

• Finance team
• Department Leads and the Senior Leadership Team

WRU Requirements

The WRU require that individuals are proficient in IT skills, specifically Microsoft packages. Excellent written and verbal communications are essential, along with the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh and a Valid UK Driver's License is desirable.

The Perks

As a permanent member of the WRU Group, you will have access to our full range of employee benefits, including:

• Salary Sacrifice Pension (5% employee contribution, matched by WRU)
• Life assurance scheme
• WRU Group Ticket Allocation
• Employee assistance programme
• Team Tactics - hybrid working arrangements
• Free stadium parking and gym
• WRU Group store and tour discounts
• WRU Group partnership offers
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Our Values

The WRU Group are committed to developing a culture whereby all employees are equally valued and respected. Our aims, together with our vision and mission, are underpinned by our core values and beliefs which embrace: Integrity, Excellence, Success, Courage, Family & Humour.

Inclusion At The WRU

The WRU Group are committed to building diverse, high-performing and engaged teams across Welsh Rugby. We are ambitious about providing a people first culture where everyone can belong, be heard and respected. We are happy to talk to you about our Crys I Bawb EDI Strategy (2024-2029) and you can also read more about our commitment in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

Diversity monitoring

We know that we deliver better services when our workforce reflects the full range of backgrounds and experiences in the society we serve.

To continue to do this we need your help in filling out a short monitoring form.

None of the information you provide will be visible as part of your application. It will only be used anonymously to monitor the inclusivity of our selection processes.

You can select 'prefer not to say' if you would rather not answer any question.

Partner Busnes Cynorthwyol Cyllid

Gan weithio yn y tîm Partneru Busnes o fewn y swyddogaeth Gyllid, mae'r rôl yn gyfrifol am dasgau fel adrodd, cyllidebu a rhagweld, wrth ddarparu cefnogaeth partneru busnes a dadansoddi ariannol i wahanol adrannau.

Dyddiad Cau: 6th Awst 2025

Cyflog: £30,000 y flwyddyn

Lleoliad: Stadiwm Principality, Caerdydd

Oriau gwaith: 35 awr yr wythnos. Dydd Llun i ddydd Gwener.

Yn gyfrifol i: Partner Busnes Cyllid

Statws cytundebol: Parhaol, llawn amser
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