Role Description

The FP&A Accountant is responsible for providing high-quality financial planning, analysis and commercial insight to support strategic decision making across the Urban Playground Group supporting operations in the UK, US and KSA.

The role will lead the annual budgeting and on-going forecasting processes, develop management reporting and dashboards, produce meaningful analysis for operational leaders and help drive performance across the UK business while supporting future international growth.

This position focuses on understanding business performance, identifying opportunities and helping leaders make better decisions through data and financial insight. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Planning

• Lead the annual budgeting process with the FD and Heads of Department including commentary and business justifications.
• Coordinate and produce formal quarterly reforecasts, with monthly updates as required.
• Develop long-term financial models for both internal and external purposes. This will include the ability to conduct ‘what-if’ analysis based on changes to business conditions.
• Develop and maintain cash flow reporting on a weekly basis with long term forecasts based on business needs.
• Support the Finance Director in developing business cases, investment appraisals and financial models for new venue openings and strategic projects.
  

• Produce and distribute daily, weekly and monthly performance results at both venue and consolidated level.
• Analyse daily revenue, labour, payroll and operating costs, identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve business performance.
• Work with the FD and Head of Commercial to identify risks and opportunities within our commercial strategy.
• Provide regular benchmarking both within our industry and of our competitors to understand changes within our market, how they could impact us and how we should act.

 Reporting & Business Partnering

• Work alongside the Management Accountant to analyse monthly financial results, producing departmental reporting, KPIs, commentary and insight for the Executive Team and Board.

• Collaborate with Heads of Department to develop operational KPIs, dashboards and meaningful performance reporting.
• Support the FD in the production of the monthly management information pack and Board Pack for discussion at the Board meeting. 

 Data & Systems

• Lead from a Finance perspective on the development of automated business analytics reporting with the Tech team.
• Review business processes to identify opportunities for automation, standardisation, efficiency improvements and strengthened financial controls.
• Collaborate with Tech, FD and Heads of Function in developing dashboards and a regular cadence of reporting.
• Develop self-service reporting for departmental managers.
• Ensure data integrity across all Finance platforms.
• Support with the identification and implementation of any new Finance systems and reporting tools.

Candidate Requirements

Key Skills and Competencies

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience partnering with operational managers to improve business performance.

Qualifications and Experience

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
• Experience in both SMEs and larger organisations is beneficial including experience of working in an international organisation.
• Experience producing budgets and forecasts
• Financial modelling.
• Ideally experience within the leisure and entertainment sector.
• Experience of using and developing data analytics tools.

Role Description

The FP&A Accountant is responsible for providing high-quality financial planning, analysis and commercial insight to support strategic decision making across the Urban Playground Group supporting operations in the UK, US and KSA.

The role will lead the annual budgeting and on-going forecasting processes, develop management reporting and dashboards, produce meaningful analysis for operational leaders and help drive performance across the UK business while supporting future international growth.

This position focuses on understanding business performance, identifying opportunities and helping leaders make better decisions through data and financial insight. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Planning

• Lead the annual budgeting process with the FD and Heads of Department including commentary and business justifications.
• Coordinate and produce formal quarterly reforecasts, with monthly updates as required.
• Develop long-term financial models for both internal and external purposes. This will include the ability to conduct ‘what-if’ analysis based on changes to business conditions.
• Develop and maintain cash flow reporting on a weekly basis with long term forecasts based on business needs.
• Support the Finance Director in developing business cases, investment appraisals and financial models for new venue openings and strategic projects.
  

• Produce and distribute daily, weekly and monthly performance results at both venue and consolidated level.
• Analyse daily revenue, labour, payroll and operating costs, identifying trends, risks and opportunities to improve business performance.
• Work with the FD and Head of Commercial to identify risks and opportunities within our commercial strategy.
• Provide regular benchmarking both within our industry and of our competitors to understand changes within our market, how they could impact us and how we should act.

 Reporting & Business Partnering

• Work alongside the Management Accountant to analyse monthly financial results, producing departmental reporting, KPIs, commentary and insight for the Executive Team and Board.

• Collaborate with Heads of Department to develop operational KPIs, dashboards and meaningful performance reporting.
• Support the FD in the production of the monthly management information pack and Board Pack for discussion at the Board meeting. 

 Data & Systems

• Lead from a Finance perspective on the development of automated business analytics reporting with the Tech team.
• Review business processes to identify opportunities for automation, standardisation, efficiency improvements and strengthened financial controls.
• Collaborate with Tech, FD and Heads of Function in developing dashboards and a regular cadence of reporting.
• Develop self-service reporting for departmental managers.
• Ensure data integrity across all Finance platforms.
• Support with the identification and implementation of any new Finance systems and reporting tools.

Candidate Requirements

Key Skills and Competencies

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience partnering with operational managers to improve business performance.

Qualifications and Experience

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
• Experience in both SMEs and larger organisations is beneficial including experience of working in an international organisation.
• Experience producing budgets and forecasts
• Financial modelling.
• Ideally experience within the leisure and entertainment sector.
• Experience of using and developing data analytics tools.