Senior finance business partner - alton towers resort

What you'll bring to the team

Senior Finance Business Partner – Alton Towers Resort

Location: Alton Towers Resort, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4DB

Contract Type: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract (immediate start)

We are recruiting for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our AWESOME onsite Finance Team at Alton Towers for an exciting 6-month contract!

Join us in a critical leadership role where you will shape financial strategy, drive performance, and support the continued success of one of the UK’s leading entertainment destinations. As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you’ll work at the heart of the business, partnering with senior stakeholders to influence decision‑making and deliver meaningful commercial impact.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing expert financial insight to inform strategic decisions, optimise performance, and support long‑term business growth. Working closely with cross‑functional teams, you will ensure financial plans align with wider organisational goals and priorities.

You will lead financial planning cycles, including annual budgets and regular forecasting, while delivering high‑quality analysis to support revenue growth and cost efficiency initiatives. Your ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights will be key in driving informed decision‑making across the resort.

Partnering with commercial, operational, and functional teams, you will provide guidance on pricing, investment decisions, and profitability. You’ll play a pivotal role in identifying opportunities for improvement, enhancing processes, and driving operational efficiency across the finance function.

In addition, you will oversee performance reporting, deliver insightful presentations, and support key projects across the business, helping to ensure resources are used effectively and maximum value is achieved.

Qualifications & Experience

• Must be immediately available
• Comfortable with the fixed term nature of this contract (6 months)
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong post‑qualification experience
• Proven experience in a finance business partnering role, ideally within a large or complex organisation
• Strong background in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge at a senior level
• Advanced analytical capability, including financial modelling and interpretation of key metrics
• Demonstrated leadership experience, with the ability to drive projects and financial initiatives
• Strong commercial acumen, with a proactive and solutions‑focused mindset
• Proficiency in Excel and financial systems, including ERP tools
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear insights

Benefits

• 40% discount off LEGO sets and products on the online LEGO Store!
• Merlin Magic Pass: 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world!
• 25% discount in Merlin retail shops and restaurants (a brilliant extra treat when you’re using your Magic Pass to visit!)
• Staff discount codes for Merlin Annual Passes to gift to loved ones!
• Private pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to Perks at Work which 30,000+ national & local employee discounts
• Ongoing training & development

About Merlin

A job with Merlin isn’t like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don’t trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine‑tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic. Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests’ experiences are the best they can be.

If you have any questions or if you require any reasonable adjustments, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at recruitment@merlinentertainments.biz and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Pay Range

Competitive