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Job title: Group Financial Controller

Based at: Sandown Park Racecourse

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Group Financial Controller position with oversight of group controllership functions as well as partnering leaders of national functions. This is a senior role in the organisation and sits on the Finance Leadership Team to drive the business to achieve its strategic objectives.

About The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival & The Derby. Owning & operating 15 courses, millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.

As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible

At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.

The Group Financial Controller will

• Lead Group financial control, reporting, risk and governance, ensuring robust controls and complete confidence in financial performance.
• Lead all statutory, tax and regulatory compliance activities, managing key relationships with HMRC, auditors, banks and advisors.
• Own the group balance sheet, cash flow, liquidity, working capital and covenant management, driving strong financial discipline and performance.
• Provide commercial leadership on key contracts, partnerships and loyalty programmes, ensuring maximum value creation.
• Drive operational excellence across the Finance centre and Procurement, delivering efficient processes, strong controls and an outstanding service culture.
• Champion finance transformation, leading systems, process improvements and continuous enhancement across the function.
• Build and maintain a best-in-class risk and governance framework, protecting the business while enabling growth.
• Develop, inspire and lead high-performing finance teams, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous development.

About you

• Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with 7+ years’ post-qualified experience in a senior finance leadership role.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, with deep knowledge of FRS 102, statutory reporting and financial controls in a complex, multi-entity environment.
• Proven track record of leading external audits, managing auditor relationships and delivering high standards of governance, compliance and reporting.
• An accomplished people leader with experience building, developing and motivating high-performing finance teams.
• Commercially minded and solutions-focused, able to translate financial insight into clear actions that drive business performance.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic thinking with a hands-on approach when required.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the credibility to influence senior leaders, external partners and operational teams.
• Experienced in working collaboratively across finance and operational functions to align financial plans with business activity and performance drivers.

What we offer in return

• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.

If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is 10th August but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.

This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.