Center Parcs UK & Ireland
Finance Business Partner
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Finance Business Partner x 3
Forest House | Circa £70,000 - £80,000 depending on experience plus 18% bonus scheme | PMI
We're a thriving team passionate about working together to deliver excellence, all in a natural forest environment.
Welcome to Center Parcs, the number one choice for short break holidays, employing a team of over 10,000 across Forest House and six separate villages located in the UK and Ireland.
We are looking for three Finance Business Partners to provide strategic financial leadership and commercial insight across the business. As a trusted partner, you will influence and challenge stakeholders, help shape key business decisions, identify opportunities to increase revenue and profitability, and provide data-driven recommendations that drive sustainable growth.
Working closely with senior leaders, you will lead financial planning, forecasting and analysis, evaluate investment opportunities, champion efficiency initiatives and ensure financial performance remains aligned to strategic objectives. This is a highly visible role, offering the opportunity to make a significant impact through commercial leadership, robust financial challenge and continuous improvement.
What You'll Be Doing:
Strategic Business Partnering: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing financial leadership, commercial insight and constructive challenge to support strategic decision-making. You will influence business plans, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure financial performance remains aligned with organisational objectives.
Financial Performance & Commercial Insight: Drive financial performance through robust analysis, forecasting and reporting. You will translate complex financial information into clear, actionable insights, helping stakeholders make informed decisions that improve revenue, profitability and operational outcomes.
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Planning, Investment & ROI: Lead financial planning activities, evaluate investment opportunities and develop robust business cases to support future growth. You will ensure investment decisions are commercially sound, deliver measurable returns and support long-term value creation.
Continuous Improvement & Value Optimisation: Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, maximise returns and enhance overall business performance. Through commercial challenge and performance benchmarking, you will support cost optimisation, process improvement and the delivery of sustainable financial benefits.
Financial Leadership & Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the development of the wider Finance function, sharing best practice and supporting transformation improvement initiatives.
What We're Looking For:
A recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) and experience partnering senior stakeholders to influence decision-making and drive business performance.
Experience working within a large, complex and customer / guest focused organisation, supporting significant budgets, investment decisions and commercial initiatives across multiple teams or functions.
Commercially minded, with the ability to influence stakeholders, provide constructive challenge and translate financial insight into actions that improve business performance.
What you'll get:
Center Parcs is a fantastic place to work, and the benefits are as impressive as they are unique. Here are just a few:
- Management Bonus Scheme – 18%
- Access to our enhanced pension plan, with 8% from you and 7% contributed by Center Parcs
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free parking onsite
- Discounted Center Parcs breaks
- Free use of our leisure facilities
- 20% discount in our restaurant and retail outlets
- Colleague Recognition and Reward Scheme - offering a choice of Center Parcs and High Street vouchers
- Access to Perks at Work Portal - offering a wide range of retail and leisure discounts
- An Employee Assistance Program - providing support on financial, health and legal matters
- Excellent opportunities for career development and progression with the opportunity to gain externally recognised qualifications
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Our values
Each colleague at Center Parcs is involved in building better worlds for our guests, colleagues, communities and our environment. Contributing to our purpose means living out our values: We care, we're brave, we're determined and we're naturally us.
Sound like your kind of job?
Apply online today - interviews are ongoing
Closing date: 4th October 2026 #INPLOIv2
Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.
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We recognise that we're all at our best when we're being ourselves. We are committed to building a culture that champions diversity, equity and inclusion, where everyone is treated fairly and with respect. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want them to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our business and share a sense of belonging. We place a lot of value on recruiting based on behaviours rather than prioritising qualifications or experience.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, please let us know if you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process.
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