Finance Business Partner

ASM Global - Europe; Texas; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a cutting-edge events complex, where you'll play a pivotal role in financial management and analysis. This innovative venue is looking for a finance professional to partner with management, providing insights and supporting decision-making processes. You'll be responsible for preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, ensuring accuracy and integrity in financial data. With a commitment to inclusivity and innovation, this role offers a chance to make a significant impact while enjoying a range of perks, including discounted event tickets and generous annual leave. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to excellence in the entertainment industry.

Benefits

Discounted Tickets

25 Days Annual Leave

Life Assurance

Pension Contribution

Healthshield Support

Employee Assistance Programme

Eye Care Vouchers

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA with relevant post qualification experience.
• Advanced Excel skills including formulas and ideally macros.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality MI and detailed commercial financial analysis.
• Prepare monthly reforecasts and monthly Business Review packs.
• Act as point of contact for audit of venue and prepare audit files.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Process Improvement

Management Skills

Advanced Excel

Change Management

Education

Qualified ACA

CIMA or ACCA

Tools

Finance Systems

EPOS Systems

Job description

Who We Are

We are ASM Global, and we host breath-taking live events at our venues around the globe. Our impressive network of over 350 Stadiums, Arenas, Conference Centres and Theatres have welcomed some of the World’s most exciting Music Artists and Sporting Events. Our vision is to connect the world through inspiration, innovation and imagination to realise the potential of the spaces and places that bring people together.

The Venue

Becketwell Live is a cutting-edge events complex with a capacity of up to 3,500 people. It is designed to host a variety of events, including large corporate conferences, exhibitions, trade shows, major touring concerts, stand-up comedy, family performances, and sporting events. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a brand-new venue.

About the Role

To act as business partner to the venue GM and management team providing quality MI and supporting the team with commercial finance and analytical input and advice, and to work with the central transactional finance team to produce management accounts from journal stage to monthly packs and detailed forecasting and budgeting.

What we can offer

Hosting events is what we do best, and we want our People to experience that too- enjoy access to discounted tickets to unleash your superfan for all your favourites. You will work hard at ASM, but you will be rewarded with lots of time to relax and rest with 25 days annual leave. We understand that you have a life outside of work and want to ensure that your loved ones will always be taken care of whilst you’re contributing to our success with our Life Assurance policy.

A healthy contribution of % Pension so that your golden years are spent ticking off the items on your bucket list. Got a dental bill? Need to book a counselling session? Or even help with Physio costs? With the support of Healthshield; ASM will support with these unexpected costs. For you and any children. We understand that from time to time you might need a bit of support to get you back to feeling your best, so we have teamed up with AXA Health to provide our people with an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support mental health in the workplace. We are visionaries: both physically and metaphorically! When you join ASM you will be entitled to eye care vouchers and a contribution towards any glasses you require.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high quality MI and detailed commercial financial analysis of the operations to support decision making.
• Identify and implement improvements in processes and systems, with the objective of improving controls and efficiencies.
• Attend and actively contribute to venue SMT meetings led by venue General Manager.
• Hold monthly meetings with Department Heads to discuss financial results and forecasts.
• Prepare annual departmental budgets and challenge department heads to achieve targets.
• Prepare monthly reforecasts and prepare monthly forecast pack.
• Prepare monthly packs for monthly Business Review and attend meeting.
• Input into annual business planning process and value up financial impact of initiatives.
• Provide ongoing Finance support on the financial impact of initiatives implemented, especially around the impact of premium and hospitality products.
• Prepare month end journals and process in Finance System.
• Prepare event settlements for all events.
• Prepare show night reports and a weekly performance tracker for all events.
• Where relevant prepare ROI analysis for capex projects that are income generating.
• Act as point of contact for audit of venue and prepare all audit files.
• Responsible for and have control over integrity and accuracy of MI from EPOS and other business systems.
• Provide commercial insight into working capital management through a stronger control framework or improvement in processes.
• Prepare all balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ad hoc project work as directed by UK Finance Director and GM.

We are looking for someone with:

• Qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA, including relevant post qualification experience.
• Experience of management of people.
• Have the gravitas to act as the face of Finance as a ‘stand-alone’ Finance representative.
• Track record of implementation of processes and change management experience.
• Good knowledge of processes, systems and control frameworks.
• Advanced Excel skills including formulas and ideally macros.

Recruitment Process Outlined:

• 1^st Stage- Intro Call with Talent Team
• 2^nd Stage- F2F Meeting with GM and Finance Director

Inclusive Workplace

At ASM Global, we are committed to leading the entertainment industry towards a greener, faster, and more innovative digital future. There’s never been a better time to join our team. We aim to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. Join us and make a significant impact from day one.

We are committed to active inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunities. This commitment begins with our recruitment and selection process. We welcome discussions about flexible working arrangements.

If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know in your application. We are dedicated to providing a fair and transparent assessment process and will do our utmost to accommodate your needs.

If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered. We will continue to review applications on a rolling basis and may close the advert before the closing date.