Big Bus Tours

About Big Bus Tours

Big Bus Tours is the world’s largest operator of open-top sightseeing tours, fueling the spirit of adventure in 23 world-famous cities across four continents. Beginning its journey 28 years’ ago, with a fleet of only three buses, Big Bus Tours has swiftly expanded to a global fleet of over 400 hundred open-top buses, turning 5 million tourists into explorers, every year. Big Bus Tours operates in London, Dubai, Hong Kong, New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, Abu Dhabi, Budapest, Istanbul, Miami, Muscat, Rome, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Darwin, Sydney, Vienna, Washington DC, Dublin, Singapore, Los Angeles and Berlin with a sightseeing concept designed to provide a flexible approach to city discovery. Each open-top bus tour provides a hop-on, hop-off facility at a variety of interesting locations, with complimentary additions to enhance the visitor sightseeing experience. In February 2015, private equity firm Exponent purchased Big Bus Tours, with a shared vision to make Big Bus Tours the number 1 thing to do in each world-famous city. In 2016, Merlin Entertainments PLC became a shareholder, offering a natural synergy with Big Bus Tours and Merlin attractions and experiences around the world. With entertaining guides and commentary and knowledge of the latest events in each city, the Big Bus City Crew leaves every passenger with a story to tell. Position: Overall Purpose The position is accountable for supporting the Global Finance department by improving the quality of data analysis and level of commercial insight into the regular forecasting and budgeting processes within Big Bus internationally. Key Areas of Accountability and Responsibility Budgeting and Forecasting Working alongside the Head of FP&A to deliver the annual Budget, Strategic Plans and other rolling forecasts the business may require to achieve its strategic plan. Conducting variance analysis which will show how the budget and forecast compares against actual performance. Analytics and Decision Support Business partnering with Senior Leaders of sales channels to formulate growth plans, designing appropriate reporting tools to track performance and suggest corrective action where necessary. Providing Senior Leaders with all relevant tools which will enable them to optimise performance or meet certain goals. E.g. analysis of historical financials, variance explanations, updated forecasts with risks and opportunities to current plan, KPIs. Conducting cost efficiency and benchmarking reviews to ensure that business performance is optimised. Analysing monthly performance results to report on key variance drivers Supporting City General Managers in analysing and recommending actions to improve profitability / cost efficiencies. Reporting on Group operational metrics to key stakeholders. Special Projects Assisting the Head of FP&A with conducting business cases and feasibility studies for new business initiatives, including post-implementation reviews Assisting with due diligence for M&A. Requirements: Knowledge: Knowledge of P&L, cash flow (general Management accounting) Skills: Strong relationship and communication skills Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills. Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organized. Ability to think creatively, analytical, highly-driven and self-motivated Education/Experience: Qualified accountant with a strong academic record. Proven experience, preferably within a similar FP&A role Competencies: Communicate and maintain relationships with internal and external clients Information Analysis and Decision Making Strong quantitative and analytical competency Working as a team and making contributions Self- Awareness Ability to drive results Personal learning

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Company Type: Private

Company Size: 1001 - 5000

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