Finance Business Partner

7 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Travelopia Full time

We are currently looking for a Finance Business Partner - Group Technology to join our Team for the Group Business Unit. This is an exciting time to join a growing organization. If you are passionate about this opportunity and know the value you can bring to this role and our organization, we would love to hear from you

Travelopia ‐ the largest multi‐brand specialist travel portfolio in the world. With a global reach, it has revenue over £1 Billion. It has leading positions in the Tailor‐made, Expeditions, Marine, Education, and Events segments of experiential travel. Operating across the world including Europe, Australia, and North America, Travelopia is passionate about being the best and prides itself on the outstanding and diverse range of holiday experiences we offer our customers. Our combined businesses are the world’s largest provider of specialist and experiential travel with a range of outstanding experiences, from private jets to polar expeditions, sailing, ski holidays, and more.

This a key role, business partnering with the CTO, Technology Director, and Brand Technology Partners, and the wider Group Technology function, providing finance leadership on Technology spending across the Group. The role will ensure Technology spending both centrally and within the Business Divisions is understood, controlled, and supervised. It will need to develop a full understanding of spend and services. The role will ensure Technology investments are in line with Group and Technology strategy, and support cases from inception to the end of the project cycle to ensure benefits are delivered.

**What You'll Be Doing**:

- Analyze and supervise Technology project spending across the group. Develop the monthly reporting suite to provide information on annual, committed, and project spending. Support the Technology leadership teams to track and monitor the delivery of projects, supervising delivery costs and project benefits.
- Work alongside accounting teams to manage the month-end reporting cycle for Group Technology to ensure spending is supervised and controlled in line with expectations. Develop an efficient process across the group to enable timely and insightful review of Technology spend.
- Lead the forecasting and budgeting cycles for Group Technology spend, understanding the key drivers and initiatives. Track and monitor Technology risks and opportunities. Present budgets, analysis, and commentary to key partners including Technology leadership teams and Groups.
- Business Partner for the Technology leadership team - communicating with senior leaders across Tech and the wider business (e.g. Finance Directors) - so experience of working across the matrix, global teams is critical.
- Support the development of Technology case throughout the approval process in line with the group's approval limits. Work with the Technology and Finance teams to drive a step change in the quality and assessment of cases, obtaining a full understanding of delivery costs and benefits in partnership with the Brand Technology Partners.
- Become a center of expertise on the Technology capitalization policy to ensure that the accounts reflect the correct treatment of CAPEX and OPEX. Be able to advise the Technology and Finance communities and ensure they adhere to policy.
- Support and handle the Technology recharging process, to promote clear and relevant spend analysis by business unit.
- Work with the Technology Leadership team to provide insight into spend profile, challenge and see opportunities for cost savings and optimization.
- Support the Head of Procurement and the Technology leadership team to continuously review and handle supplier contracts, and feed into the procurement process.
- Regular review of reporting and accounting processes and procedures to optimize reporting.

**What We're Looking For**:

- Qualified finance professional, preferably CA qualified in industry/commerce
- Ability to build strong working relationships and connect with people at all levels across the business.
- Project Management experience is a must-have. Experience in IT/Technology/Group projects.
- Proven experience in Excel and analysis skills. Experience delivering reports from a Business Intelligence tool would be advantageous.
- Previous experience in business partnering within a portfolio of international companies
- Able to work independently across Group business divisions and functions.
- Hands-on with good attention to detail and desire for accuracy, and to deal with ambiguity.

**What We Have to Offer**:

- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model
- Wider scope for learning, working with teams
- Career progression opportunities

We believe people are happier and perform best when they can be their true selves, and that diverse teams deliver better results.

Together we will cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, where everyone can thrive. We are committed to motivating cha

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