Finance Business Partner

Come and join Absolute Taste, an innovative, international and exciting company which is expanding very quickly and looking for the right person to come and join our dynamic and event passionate team. We strive in developing individuals to be the best they can and fulfil their full potential.

We have the fantastic opportunity for an experienced** Finance Business Partner **to join Absolute Taste to support us on our **LIV Golf **events.

**Previous event experience is essential. **This role does require international travel to all LIV Golf events. All international travel is paid for by Absolute Taste.**

**Please note this role is both a financial and operational one so having experience in Food and Beverage operations will be an advantage.**

**General**
- Full commercial reasonability and accountability for all LIV Golf events Absolute Taste cater for
- Key clients contact for all LIV Golf events
- Perform an event leadership role across all event functions. Providing direction and motivation to all teams
- To ensure the overall financial delivery and reporting of all catering aspects for LIV Golf is to the required standards
- Manage and setup processes and policies ensuring project remains on target
- Be able develop clear reports and communicate clearly, accurately and transparently to key internal and external stakeholders
- Form part of the strategic team, ensuring the overarching goals of the project are achieved
- Help with sourcing, managing and controlling third-party suppliers for EPOS purchasing and hire as well as manage Absolute Taste assets
- Help to actively seek efficiencies in operational deliveries with regards to COS, supplier networks and resourcing for both hospitality and retail
- Manage the team and the client with regular financial updates.
- Support the development reporting processes and spend capturing of all operational aspects of the event and to work to strict budgets whilst striving for great customer service
- Strict contract management, reviewing all contractual obligations for both Absolute taste and LIV Golf to make sure revenues, targets and budgets are adhered to

**Budget & Finance**
- To work alongside Finance department and Project Lead for ongoing management of the budget, including forecasting and future budget development.
- Tracking all associated spends
- Adhere to all local tax systems
- Facilitate invoicing, tracking payments onto systems the correct codes and providing reconciliations for each key event.
- Ensuring the event follows company finance processes; raising PO’s, good receipts, submitting supplier invoices to finance
- Review and prepare budget reports for senior management and LIV Golf
- Develop the day to day retail reports for LIV Golf as well as reconciliation
- Maintain a good knowledge of seasonal ingredients and food costs and ensure cost pressures across all areas are regularly reviewed and adapted in order to mitigate these increases

**Strategy**
- Act as an ambassador for Absolute Taste towards our client and guests
- Monitoring and maintaining overall morale of the Absolute Taste LIV Golf team, paying close attention to the mental well-being of each individual team member and ensuring that they’re needs are always taken into consideration and acting accordingly
- Responsible for working with internal departments, external suppliers and other 3rd parties stakeholders to implement the department strategy

**Onsite**
- Attendance of all LIV Golf events
- Act as key member of the event delivery team as required
- Responsible for Absolute Taste EPOS systems across all events
- Develop and provide report packs and briefings to all all senior managers and LIV Golf ensuring all key information is provided.
- Calm and decisive in challenging, stressful situations
- Identify and implement ways to further enhance profitability for both Absolute Taste and LIV Golf
- Ensure the retail reporting to LIV Golf finance teams is completed daily.
- Ensure all records and reports are fully completed, up-to-date

**Other**
- Excellent client relationship building and management
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with all LIV Golf stakeholders and internal teams
- Design and continuously improve and implement processes to ensure the smooth running of the event
- Enforce adherence to regulations, quality and safety standards in accordance with local laws
- Develop and communicate standard operating procedures to all staff
- Attend the post-event debrief with the client
- Large international event and/or big projects experience
- Organised, punctual, motivational, and with varied communication skills, (formal, informal, international)
- To be conversant with all company codes of conduct

**Benefits**

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) per annum*

Contributory Pension Scheme*

Life Insurance Cover*

24/7 telephone health & well-being support & counselling service*

Paid Sick Leave (up to 10 days) *This job description is intended to