Financial Planning and Analysis Business Partner

Hotelplan UK is part of Hotelplan Group, a well-established and diverse family of specialist tour operators, with a strong tradition of excellence and high standards of quality and service. We are passionate about the holidays we offer, and we always aim to meet or exceed the expectations of our customers.

The family comprises ski, walking and Lapland holidays with Inghams and Santa’s Lapland; adventure travel with Explore Worldwide; and self-guided experts, Inntravel. Join us on our journey, creating extraordinary travel experiences for all.

Sustainability and responsible tourism is at the core of everything we do, and should be a passion for everyone employed by the group. Our vision is to be the most loved travel company in our markets, famous for customer experience and sustainable travel.

We put people at the heart of everything we do and are proud of the extensive benefits we offer.

This role is based in either of our office locations (Farnborough, Hampshire or North Yorkshire) with 2 days per week in the office. Our Farnborough office is within walking distance of the train station and has free parking. Due to the beautiful remote location of our Whitwell-on-the-Hill office, access to your own transport is essential.

This is a full-time position, however work life balance is important to us and so we are open to discussion on flexible working patterns (minimum 4 days per week).

**Salary**: £45,000 - £50,000 + bonus

About the role:
You will assist the Group Head of Financial Planning and Analysis in the delivery of high quality budgeting, forecasting and analysis to support decision making. Along with playing a key role in the reporting of Hotelplan UK’s financial performance and providing business partnering support to stakeholders, assisting them in the delivery of functional targets and long-term strategic objectives.
- Production of the weekly trading reports for UK and Group.
- Supporting the production of UK Board Pack and Group Executive Board slides.
- Business partnering with selected shared service functions, supporting them to deliver against targets and build accurate budgets and forecasts for overheads and capex spend.
- Working with management accounting teams on month end close activities, including specific ownership of shared services accruals, prepayments and recharges.
- Maintenance and development of performance reporting tools, including the reporting of overheads, capital expenditure and project status reports via Power BI.
- Management and development of shared services allocation and recharge models.
- Supporting Group Head of FP&A and/or Heads of Finance with financial modelling for business cases.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives through the delivery of automated solutions, simplification of processes and delivery of training where necessary.
- Supporting the collation, analysis and reporting of competitor performance data.
- Preparation of ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support decision making.
- Highly numerate with strong analytical skills and an ability to understand data.
- Experience of building budgets and forecasts, working with key stakeholders to establish realistic but stretching targets.
- An inquisitive mindset that continuously challenges and seeks process improvements.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - confident, energetic and driven to exceed expectations.
- Sound understanding and knowledge of accounting principles.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Ability to multitask and work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Deadline driven and self-motivated.
- Good knowledge of Power BI or similar visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau) is desirable.
- Qualified accountant CIMA/ACCA/ACA is desirable.
- Experience of the travel industry or similar B2C/B2B2C sector would be advantageous.

Sustainability and responsible tourism is at our core and our values will be close to your heart.

Diversity is to be celebrated. Life would be dreary, and change would be slow, if we all thought the same way. We challenge our ideas, each other, and our business partners - always with respect and kindness.