Waterside Holiday Group is a family-run collection of holiday parks located in the scenic Southwest of England. Renowned for its welcoming atmosphere and commitment to exceptional guest experiences, Waterside offers a variety of accommodation options tailored to families, couples, and groups seeking both relaxation and adventure. Each park boasts a range of modern amenities, beautiful surroundings, and access to local attractions, making it an ideal choice for memorable holidays by the coast.
Join us during a period of significant investment and strategic expansion across multiple parks. Waterside is currently building a Data warehouse to house a significant part of its business data. The right candidate will help Waterside build its Business Analytic tools to transform its business reporting and build relationships with key stakeholders to make better informed decisions.
Overview
Job Title: Finance Business Partner
Reporting To: Finance Director
Purpose: To work closely with department heads across the business to help inform and drive commercial decision making. You will drive results by supporting the Commercial team, including Finance Director and CEO in looking at commercial opportunities across the business.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Finance Manager with the compilation of the monthly management accounts to the required deadline.
- Review monthly accruals with the Finance Manager.
- Provide monthly/Weekly reports to Heads of Departments.
- Join weekly commercial meets for different revenue streams and offer insight where needed.
- You’ll act as the financial voice in cross‑functional leadership meetings.
- Support in Capital Business cases
- Lead monthly financial performance reviews with the Leadership Teams.
- Work closely with the Finance Director in all aspects of budgeting, forecasting and 5YP plans.
- Build reports/dashboards in MS Excel and Power BI to create impactful reporting.
- Help shape key KPI’s and monitoring across the business.
- Help feed into complex models such as Pitch Economics and acquisition models.
Health & Safety
Comply with all relevant health and safety guidelines and company policies, use protective equipment (PPE) as required, and maintain a clean, safe work environment.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Equality of Opportunity
All staff are expected to support and implement Waterside’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Equality of Opportunity Policy.
Note
This job description is not exhaustive and highlights the main responsibilities of the role but is not intended to cover every detail. From time to time, the post holder may be asked to take on additional duties that are in line with the role and adapt to changes in legislation, regulations, or company practices.
Hours of work may include weekend work from time to time. This helps the role understand the businesses peak times of trade.
Qualifications
- Skilled at analysing complex financial data and identifying key patterns.
- Adept at explaining financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
- Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable in fast-paced settings.
- Strategic thinker, aligning financial plans with business priorities.
- Demonstrates professional leadership and influence.
- Excellent communicator with credibility among senior management.
- Strong collaborator across functions.
- Proficient in MS Excel and analytical tools.
- Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with at least (0–2 years PQE) with commercial finance experience.
- SAP B1 experience is highly desirable.
- Experience working in the Holiday Park Industry
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