Job description

We are LEGOLAND California Resort - the place where FUN is built and memories are made. Across our Resort we have two fantastic LEGO themed Hotels, a Water Park, a SEA LIFE Aquarium, more than 60 rides and attractions, 20 food and beverage locations, and 14 retail stores – the opportunities here are endless!

About the Role

As a Finance Business Partner:

You will support an operational team to deliver business targets and budgets;

You will provide your business partners with solid analysis and proposed business solutions that drive conversations in leadership meetings regarding driving efficiencies and challenging the norm;

You will review internal and external factors to provide information, insight and tools to take the business forward;

Your business partners will involve you in meetings and you will be expected to provide advice and insight to support business solutions;

You recognize the need to work closely with other functions and you are working hard to build, maintain and harness these relationships;

You will be an advocate of the Merlin Way, demonstrating our key values of taking ownership, driving innovation and ensuring we do it all for the love of FUN.

Compensation:
Compensation for the opportunity is $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 and is dependent upon skills and experiences related to the opportunity.

Key responsibilities:

Responsible for providing finance business partnering for key functional stakeholders including P&L support with key business decisions on pricing, yield, margins, operating costs and profitability.

Focus of the role is to provide overall financial insights into business drivers in order to deliver and develop the site’s strategic objectives and annual budget;

Accountable for partnering with the Finance Hub to ensure the finance processes (as defined by the Process Taxonomies) reflect accurate and timely financial reporting;

Preparation of month end commentary, providing insights and suggestions for remedial activities;

Review and approve balance sheet account reconciliation prepared by the Finance Hub including deferred revenue and fixed assets;

Support the business stakeholder to ensure the correct finance processes are adopted including Capital Requests, Purchase to Pay and Order to Cash processes;

Investigates and questions reported trends in KPIs with stakeholder groups and implements mid to short term plans to maximize performance;

Aid in supporting stakeholders through providing variance analysis and overall financial modelling to drive business decisions;

Challenge unusual P&L movements, forecasts and fluctuations to ensure forecast and actual financial performance is robust;

Accountable for the financial analysis of key business drivers using a standard suite of reporting tools via the Finance Hub and data from other internal and external sources;

Assist business operations to manage Financial Governance and Risks and Controls as outlined by Group Policies and financial reporting standards;

Act as the finance ambassador to build and maintain partnerships to develop strong networks across the area of responsibility;

Able to use sound business acumen to assess new ideas, both from an operational and financial perspective and then be able to articulate the impacts with clear and meaningful recommendations;

Support the Finance Director & Senior Business Partner by producing complex/bespoke analysis that requires sound business acumen and understanding of business trends;

Partner with the business stakeholder to negotiate, deliver and drive sound financial vendor and customer terms through building the right external relationships for Merlin.

​Key competencies:

Driving Partnerships

Establishes self as a credible subject matter expert for the financial aspects of the business;

Is sought after for guidance on complex or sensitive issues and topics;

Provides insight and recommendations for aspects of the business beyond those that are finance specific;

Build strong networks and relationships across area of responsibility;

Designs and carries out sensitivities and stress tests for financial initiatives;

Analysis and Decision Making

Makes clear, meaningful recommendations for improving business performance based on the outcomes of analysis;

Quickly assimilates information and makes good decisions despite the uncertainty of the outcome;

Builds credibility to increase stakeholder confidence in own decision making;

When making decisions, balances achieving the company's objectives with associated risks;

Questioning and Challenging

Interprets reports and can provide clear narrative on the implications;

Improves efficiency by working with key stakeholders to improve design of processes;

Implements new processes to test financial initiatives;

Communicating Effectively

Is aware of stakeholder groups and communicates appropriate financial information to them (eg presenting financial information to a non-finance audience in a user friendly way);

Shares information with peer group;

Advises business on how to best manage the financial processes and reporting requirement and supports them in meeting deadlines;

Catalyst for change

Has the insight to know when change is required;

Creates clear plans and objectives for delivering benefits from change;

Translates external good practices;

Evaluates new business propositions both from an operational and financial perspective in line with group guidelines and requirements;

Assists stakeholders of the functional areas in driving performance;

Demonstrates knowledge of all the levers of finance and their impact on business performance;

Proactively uses technical and professional skills to support others at their site.

Experience & qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance. MBA is a plus!

Proven and demonstrable business partnering experience or technical role within a Shared Service environment

Good analytical ability with a good attention to detail;

Good communication skills with the ability to present plans to support business decisions to both finance and non-finance stakeholders

Ideally have experience in a consumer facing organization with a continuous improvement agenda.

What You'll Get...

Alongside company paid holidays, you can also look forward to enjoying a great benefits package, free tickets to Merlin attractions globally and 30% discount in our retail shops and restaurants.

Everyone Matters at Merlin. _
_At Merlin we welcome the world to our magical attractions and resorts every day and we want to reflect that same multicultural mix inside our business too. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where people can be themselves, have the same opportunities and thrive together. Because at Merlin, everyone matters! Together, we work to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, no matter their age, race, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Although we understand that we'll always be learning and growing, we aim to be the most inclusive and flexible employer in our industry.

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform their best at interview, so if you have additional requirements due to disability or ill health please get in contact with us.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $129,701.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Carlsbad, CA 92008: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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