Senior Accounting Manager, US GAAP
Pure Storage
ERP
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
WRU - Welsh Rugby Union
full-time
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Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £70,000 - £85,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across all WRU departments
- Develop and maintain management reporting tools and dashboards to track KPIs, variances, and performance trends
- Monitor profitability of stadium revenue streams including all rugby and non-rugby events
- Partner with commercial and operational teams to support key initiatives (e.g., matchday operations, sponsorships, grassroots programmes)
- Prepare executive-level presentations for the COO, CEO, and Boards, including monthly performance packs and scenario analysis
- Provide financial modelling and business case support for strategic investments, capital projects, and new ventures
- Continuously improve processes around planning and analysis, including system automation and reporting accuracy
- Provide leadership and coaching to Finance Business Partners and the wider Finance team
- Ensure reporting to banks and other finance organisations is timely and accurate
- Evaluate, implement, and optimise tools and systems to improve financial analytics and reporting
- Support the Finance Director in engaging and communicating with banks and other lending organisations
- Responsibility for the Finance Business Partnering team
Requirements
- Experience in a leadership role within a Finance team, managing a team and coaching colleagues
- Strong FP&A experience or a similar role, ideally in a fast-paced environment
- Hold a professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or able to demonstrate equivalent level of experience
- Strong financial modelling skills; experience with planning systems
- Excellent IT skills, specifically Microsoft and Finance & Accounting packages (e.g., Sage)
- Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proactive, results-driven with a focus on meeting deadlines and continuous improvement
- Strong understanding of income/revenue streams in sport, entertainment, or not-for-profit sectors
- Desirable: Experience in the sports, media, or events industry
- Desirable: Passion for rugby or experience in a membership or national governing body environment
- Desirable: Ability to communicate and work through the medium of Welsh
- Desirable: Valid UK Driver's License
- This role is subject to a basic/enhanced DBS check
