FP&A Analyst at The Jockey Club
Job Description
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Job title: FP&A Analyst
Based at: Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
About the role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst to join our Finance team and manage the group forecasting processes, prepare and appraise capex and strategic investment business cases, and provide analysis and insight for various group functions.
About The Jockey Club
The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival & The Derby. Owning & operating 15 courses, millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.
As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible
At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.
The FP&A Analystwill
- Prepare Group 5 yr plan including capex/cash investment requirements, including scenario analysis.
- Prepare the Group budget consolidation including cashflow and covenant reporting. Draw out key themes, analysis and trends from consolidated budgets and forecasts in preparation for presentation to the Executive and main Board of Stewards.
- Develop existing models for long-term Group Cash forecasting and covenant reporting
- Develop and operate financial models and analyses to support strategic investment initiatives and new business development initiatives.
- Critically assess racecourse and other business investment proposals alongside the Racecourse CEO before recommendation to the Group CEO and CFO.
- Support the FP&A Director with M&A activities.
- Support FP&A Director and Group Finance Director with ad-hoc presentations to internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure the continuous improvement of the annual planning cycle working collaboratively with the wider finance team to ensure that our financial plans are drawn from the understanding of lead measures and built up from clear activity plans.
About you
- Proven expertise in complex budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes across a multi-entity organisation.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop and interpret financial models to support strategic investments and business growth.
- Demonstrated experience consolidating group-level budgets and cashflow forecasts, with the ability to identify key trends and insights.
- Skilled in preparing complex financial data.
- Experience working collaboratively across finance and operational teams to align financial plans with activity and performance drivers.
- Confident in applying benchmarking and KPI monitoring to drive performance improvements and inform strategic planning.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
What we offer in return
- All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
- An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
- A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
- 25 days annual leave
- Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
- A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.
If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is 10th August but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.
This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.