Finance Business Partner / Finance Manager

This is a key role within the small Finance Team that focuses on supporting the effective management and ongoing growth of the company's UK attractions.

The Finance Manager works closely with venue operations teams and other head office staff to ensure that suitable finance controls and systems are in place, accurately reflecting all income and expenditure within the accounts.

They proactively create and interpreting financial reports for the benefit of operational and strategic management teams, highlighting risks and helping to identify opportunities that will impact the combined aims of increasing revenue, maximising profitability and ensuring a premium customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

The following section is intended to list the key competencies and responsibilities of the role, but is not intended to be exhaustive. It is anticipated that additional responsibilities will develop over time, and that the scope of the role may be expanded by agreement with the Financial Controller.

• Business partnering with the Venue Director, key heads of department in head office and at all UK attractions, building and maintaining strong, professional relationships.



• Accurate and timely reporting on the financial performance of all UK attractions, including but not limited to weekly flash reports, monthly P&Ls and creating ad hoc reports for meetings and stakeholders as and when needed.



• Creating annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for all UK attractions.



• Maintaining and improving financial procedures and governance within all UK attractions to provide ongoing visibility to the business' profitability and to ensure robust financial controls are in place, for a secure financial future.



• Taking an active role in representing the finance department at meetings relating to attraction operations and new projects.



• Ongoing analysis of the performance of UK attractions, including identifying the reasons behind changes in performance and offering insights into how to maximise revenue and minimise costs.



• Weekly reconciliation of revenue systems, e.g., Ticketing system and venue EPoS.



• Monthly reconciliation of third-party suppliers, including but not limited to; photography sales, gift voucher sales and ticketing partners.



• Ensuring the accurate and timely production of any intra group or external invoice from the UK attractions and subsequent debt management.



• Managing the month end process for all UK attractions, ensuring that balance sheet reconciliations are completed, pre-payment and accrual codes well managed and cost of sales accounts reflect the expected margins.



• Working with Heads of Departments to understand the financial impact of contracts with third parties and help them negotiate the most suitable deal.



• Working alongside the Venue Director to ensure the maintenance of the asset registers for all UK attractions



• Proactively investigating and resolving any mis-postings or imbalances within the accounts for UK attractions



• Ensuring that all finance processes within the remit of the Finance Manager are documented, reviewed and updated regularly.



• Producing reports for Meetings and Stakeholders as and when needed



• Completing VAT returns for all UK attractions



• Providing ad hoc cover for other members of the finance team as necessary, including, but not limited to, the management of the accounts Inbox, purchase ledger, sales ledger and payment runs.
  
  The Path Entertainment Group is dedicated to creating world-class experiences. Our vision is to bring first class live experiences together with world class renowned brands and IPs to create dynamic and enthralling location-based entertainment.


The Path Entertainment Group has a strong desire to disrupt and find a strong audience base for popular culture led experiences. We are a company with people rich with skills in producing, creative development, venue and space management and design, marketing, press and comms all under one roof.

UK made and internationally focused, catering for the worldwide market, we are not an immersive production house, nor tied to the linear rules of promenade or walk-through theatre. The primary aspect of our experiences that bands them together is that they are always participatory, based on existing characters or trademarks and have gameplay built into the fabric of the experience, materially affecting the narrative and conclusion for the participant.

We have currently developed three experiences;

Monopoly Lifesized was our debut attraction and marked the beginning of the strategic relationship between Hasbro and The Path Entertainment Group developing and debuting this new attraction based around the beloved board game in London in 2021. The experience also includes a Monopoly themed restaurant, The Top Hat. International versions are already in development.

Saw The Experience, in partnership with Lionsgate Entertainment, was the second strategic IP relationship. This immersive attraction based around the film franchise that incorporated live theatrical storytelling with the interactivity of an escape room opened in 2022 and ran for one year, and is now also being considered for international release.

The Paddington Bear Experience is a major family brand experience planned to launch in Spring of 2024 at County Hall London which will enable kids of all ages to embark on a mission to help Paddington & The Brown family prepare for a very special day.