Job Details
Job Title: Commercial Finance Manager
Location: Ascot Racecourse, Ascot High Street, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7JX
£Competive Salary + Bonus and Flexible benefit Funds
40hrs / Monday to Friday, You will be required to work some Saturdays
At Sodexo Live!, we’re proud to deliver exceptional experiences in some of the world’s most prestigious venues. We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Finance Manager to join our team at the iconic Ascot Racecourse.
Responsibilities
- Commercial Partnering & Decision Support
- Partner with Retail, Hospitality, Sponsorship and Events teams to drive commercial performance
- Provide financial insight and challenge on pricing, promotions, and product mix
- Support data-driven decision making and attend commercial planning meetings
- Lead pricing strategy across hospitality, boxes and event offerings
- Financial Reporting & Insight
- Produce accurate and timely management accounts, including variance analysis
- Deliver weekly flash reports and monthly commercial dashboards
- Analyse customer behaviour, channel performance, and product trends
- Produce raceday and post-event reports, highlighting key insights and opportunities
- Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead commercial revenue forecasting across all P&Ls
- Support annual budgeting and reforecasting processes
- Ensure robust financial data integrity and provide clear, actionable insight
- Operational Performance & Cost Control
- Support operational teams in managing costs and delivering P&L performance
- Analyse staffing models, cost of sales, and product mix
- Identify risks, inefficiencies, and revenue leakages, recommending corrective actions
- Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Work closely with operational and finance teams to ensure accurate reporting
- Support capital expenditure proposals and operational planning
- Drive best practice financial controls and continuous process improvements
- Leadership
- Manage and develop a small finance team, fostering a high-performance culture
- Support the Senior Finance Manager in delivering timely, accurate financial reporting
Qualifications
- Part Qualified accountant, towards the end of finishing their studies
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills with experience in management accounts and reporting developments
- Desirable to have good working knowledge of SAP or other primary accounting systems
- Experience in operational and financial controls and continuous improvement
- Desirable to have knowledge of a high-volume hospitality / restaurant / F&B environment
- Strong people skills and leadership of team members
- Clearly identifiable influencing skills
Benefits
- Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement
- Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services
- The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card
- Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
- A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
- Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
- Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
- Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities
- Flexible and dynamic work environment
- Competitive compensation
- Full training and full protective uniform supplied
We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities.
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