Riviera Travel
Finance Business Partner
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Finance Business Partner
Finance Business Partner | Product, Transport and Guest Experience
📍 Burton upon Trent, Hybrid working 3x Office Days 💰 £55,000 to £65,000 DEO
Riviera Travel is a leader in creating exceptional travel experiences, known for its high-quality escorted tours, river cruises, and solo holidays. With a strong heritage and a passion for detail, every journey is carefully designed to deliver memorable moments from start to finish. Joining Riviera means being part of a collaborative and people focused business where your work directly contributes to bringing unforgettable experiences to life for customers across the UK and beyond.
The role
Are you a commercially driven finance professional who thrives on turning data into insight that shapes real decisions? At Riviera Travel, this is more than just a finance role. It is your opportunity to influence how we perform, grow and deliver exceptional experiences to our guests. You will partner closely with our Product, Transport and Guest Experience teams, sitting right at the heart of the business where commercial decisions are made. From shaping margins to influencing investment choices, your insight will directly impact both performance and the journeys we create. This is a role with real visibility, meaningful challenge and the chance to make a tangible difference every day. If you enjoy asking the right questions, challenging the norm and bringing clarity through numbers, this is your chance to step into a position where your work truly matters.
Key responsibilities
- Act as the commercial finance partner for Product, Transport and Guest Experience, providing clear insight on margin, cost, revenue and operational performance
- Lead margin reviews, translating variances, trends, risks and opportunities into clear actions and quantified financial benefits
- Provide financial modelling and commercial challenge for charter pricing, supplier negotiations, commercial agreements, commission schemes and sales targets
- Assess the financial impact of itinerary changes, product initiatives, guest compensation and post-sale discounts
- Challenge business cases and investment decisions using return, payback, risk and sensitivity analysis
- Work with FP&A, Core Finance and business teams to improve itinerary, country and product-level margin analysis, cost assumptions and forecast accuracy
- Lead budgeting and reforecasting for gross margin, transport, guest experience, operations, people and overhead costs
- Improve reporting quality, automate repeatable analysis and strengthen forecasting processes with Finance, Data and operational teams
- Manage, coach and develop one direct report
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Skills & Experience
- Qualified accountant, ideally ACA, ACCA or CIMA, with experience in finance business partnering, commercial finance or a similar role
- Strong financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis skills.
- Comfortable working with large data sets and able to identify the key commercial drivers behind performance
- Commercially astute, confident challenging assumptions and able to influence senior stakeholders constructively
- Clear communicator, able to explain financial information to non-finance colleagues in a practical and engaging way
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with Power BI, ERP systems or reporting automation tools would be advantageous
- Experience in travel, transport, leisure, consumer-facing businesses or a private equity-backed environment would be beneficial
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What we offer: We believe in rewarding our team with great benefits and opportunities for growth:
- Hybrid working – flexibility to work from home and the office.
- Annual bonus scheme – on-target bonus opportunity of 10%.
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays (with holiday buy and flexible bank holidays).
- Career development – access to Learnerbly and clear career pathways.
- Employee discounts – on our award-winning holidays for you, friends, and family.
- Wellbeing support – Employee Assistance Programme, virtual dentist via Toothfairy app.
- Perks & savings – BenefitHub discounts, gym membership, cycle-to-work scheme.
- Financial security – pension scheme and life assurance.
Why join Riviera Travel
At Riviera Travel, you will be part of a business that combines commercial focus with a genuine passion for delivering exceptional experiences for our customers. You will have the opportunity to influence key decisions, work with engaged stakeholders and contribute to meaningful improvements across the business.
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