Finance Project Manager - Sports

Finance Project Manager- Sport

Destination Sport

This hybrid role is based in our Manchester office, you must live within a commutable distance.

Destination Sport Group will set the global standard in sports travel, offering a uniquely holistic approach to partnerships not seen before. Our unique global sports travel business offers our partners the very best in everything they need in order to succeed. We are proud to have 7 market leading sports travel companies in our Group, helping millions of customers to enjoy sport. https://destinationsport.com/

The key purpose of this role is to ensure the finance function within the Destination Sport Group is supporting the business leaders and systems and processes are fit for purpose in line with the business objectives.

No two days are the same in this broad role but on a typical day you will

• Assist the finance function in delivery of required systems improvement, implementation and integration
• Act as a key lead in driving process improvements across the finance function
• Partnering with finance and non-finance teams and stakeholders to drive projects
• Work on a variety of project based activities, including back office system integration banking platforms, MI provision, reporting, cash flow, AP/AR based process improvements
• Support the integration of new acquisitions into the group
• To assist with business case scoping and approval requirements
• To work closely with operational teams and assist with queries
• Become key liaison between finance and wider business
• Maximise personal skills, knowledge and experience to positively impact on performance
• Adhere to the organisation’s policy and procedures on information security and take whatever actions are required to safeguard data and assets.
  

To be successful within this role, our ideal candidate will:

• Have previous finance project management experience, ideally in a fast-paced, multidivisional, operational environment with system change/integration
• Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
• Be computer literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office, and in particular Excel
• Possess outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Be proactive and able to build strong relationships with non-finance
• Be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Have working knowledge of back office systems
• Have the ability to work within a team environment to achieve team/department objectives
• Have excellent coordination skills with cross-functional teams
• Have the ability to think logically, consider all relevant aspects and carry out complex analysis on information
• Experience within the travel or sports travel industry would be highly advantageous but is not essential 

So if you have a passion for sports, and are looking for your next challenge, take a look and get in touch we'd love to hear from you!