Job Description
About The Role
Role Purpose
To lead on the financial planning for the club and hotel and ensure that the club optimises its financial resources to achieve strategic goals. The role will be a key contributor to Board and Senior Leadership Team reporting, evaluation of projects, data modelling, management of the long-range plan and driving accurate financial forecasting.
The role will suit an individual with a commercial mindset, keen to drive best practice and influence decision making at a senior level of the club.
Main Areas of Responsibility
- Owning the long-range plan, ensuring understanding of key assumptions and keeping the SLT informed of strategic movements in line with wider business performance.
- Leading on the annual budget process, re-forecasts and rolling latest views.
- Performing analysis to ensure business assumptions are credible, questioning inputs where required and evaluating risks and opportunities.
- Preparation of high quality, timely board information with supporting analysis.
- Clear and concise communication and presentation of the budget and forecast to the Board and the wider stakeholder group for approval.
- Drive continuous improvements to the current budget and forecast process through automation and process efficiencies.
- Work collaboratively with the business to determine and develop appropriate operational KPI's to ensure business-wide engagement.
- Provide insight in respect of financial performance to support executive decision making and articulation of performance, in particular to year-on-year trend analysis and sensitivities to assumptions, for use by Group the Club Leadership Teams.
- Ownership, management, and continual development of reporting solutions and data reporting tools.
- Ensure all policies are adhered to.
General Responsibilities
- Be an ambassador of the Group, providing excellent customer service at all times whilst portraying a professional image.
- Perform other duties as required, which are considered relevant to the post and to the objectives of the Group as identified by the CFO.
- Treat all colleagues as customers ensuring respectful, positive outcomes across all communications.
- Adhere to and abide by all BWFC policies, procedures and guidelines, especially remembering responsibilities to others under Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity.
About The Candidate
Essential Requirements
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent); and/or MBA,
Experience
- Experience in an FP&A or reporting role.
- Experience in with budgeting and re-forecasting exercises.
Knowledge, Skills and Qualities
- Strong commercial awareness.
- Ability to use advanced Excel modelling techniques.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Develop and maintain strong senior stakeholder relationships.
Desirable Requirements
Experience
- Experience in a football finance role.
- Experience of M&A/Due Diligence.
About The Club
As a founder member of the Football League (EFL), Bolton Wanderers is a football club that is internationally renowned, having played in all four professional leagues of English football, as well as winning the FA Cup on four occasions.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Bolton Wanderers following the acquisition of the club in 2019, Football Ventures (Whites) Ltd, under the chairmanship of Sharon Brittan. The club is undergoing a period of transformation with inspiring ambitions and clear plans for the future that will elevate the club back to its former prominence.
As we continue our journey towards achieving greater success, we are looking for a dynamic and strategic Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager to join our team. This role is critical in ensuring the club's long-term financial health and key to the achievement of the club's business strategy.
As as equal opportunities employer, Bolton Wanderers Football Club is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
BWFC seek to ensure that all children and young people are protected and kept safe from harm while they are with staff and volunteers within Bolton Wanderers activities. Everyone at Bolton Wanderers has a safeguarding responsibility to all work colleagues, fans and any vulnerable adults and children.
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