Job Description
At Parkdean Resorts, we’re on a mission to create amazing holiday memories for our guests - and strong financial performance underpins everything we do. We’re looking for a commercially driven Commercial Finance Lead to partner with our operational and commercial teams, helping us maximise income, drive profitability, and support exciting growth across our business.
This is a high impact, highly visible role - perfect for a forward thinking finance professional who thrives in a fast paced environment and loves turning data into insight that shapes real business decisions.
What you will be doing...
• Act as a strategic partner to Income Stream Commercial and Operational teams, driving financial performance and identifying commercial opportunities.
• Lead the financial input for key initiatives - connecting data, insight, and strategy to support informed decision making.
• Deliver robust commercial analysis across income performance, initiatives, margin drivers, and efficiency opportunities.
• Build business cases for capital investments, new products, and commercial projects - challenging assumptions to ensure rigour and accuracy.
• Own weekly and monthly reporting, KPIs, and variance analysis, ensuring the business has clear visibility of performance.
• Lead initiatives to improve margin, enhance cost control, and drive operational efficiency.
• Line manage and develop a Finance Business Partner, fostering a culture of curiosity, rigour, and commercial thinking.
About you...
• Commercially curious, proactive, and eager to understand what drives performance.
• Comfortable navigating a fast paced, evolving environment.
• Skilled at balancing detail with big picture thinking.
• Collaborative, approachable, and great at influencing without authority.
• Operating with high integrity and a genuine commitment to delivering value.
• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with significant post qualification experience.
• Strong background in Commercial Finance or FP&A, ideally within multi site, hospitality, leisure, travel, or retail.
• Proven ability in budgeting, forecasting, and business planning.
• Excellent business partnering skills—credible, influential, and comfortable challenging assumptions.
• Advanced analytical capability with strong financial modelling skills.
• Natural communicator who can translate complex data into simple, engaging insights.
• Experience in hospitality/retail environments is desirable.
• Experience with IBM Planning Analytics is a bonus.
So, why Parkdean Resorts?
Well, besides the one-of-a-kind team culture, stunning locations across the UK, and the chance to work with the UK's largest holiday park organisation, we can offer:
• The chance to develop your skills and boost your career across our 65 parks – we’ve got your back when it comes to training!
• You’re never on your own with our Employee Assistance Programme! It comes with a 24/7 confidential helpline for counselling and support - because your wellbeing is our top priority.
• A 50% discount for you and a 25% discount for friends and family when booking your holiday with us.
• A team member discount of 30%, available on everything from fabulous food to delicious drinks and even our fun leisure activities.
• Score awesome discounts! From tasty meal kits like Hello Fresh to your favourite local gyms, we’ve got deals on lots of brands just for you.
We want to be a force for good and caring for our parks, people, and planet is a natural component of the way we do business. We celebrate our people, communities and natural environment, enabling us to enhance the amazing memories we create for many years to come.
Are we the right fit for you?
At Parkdean Resorts we don’t leave unforgettable moments to chance.
We pitch in, we have fun, and we grow, inspiring each other to make great things happen every, single, day. We’re Parkdean people, and we do everything we can to ensure our guests and owners create amazing memories.
Parkdean Resorts takes safeguarding seriously therefore background checks including DBS (or equivalent) will be carried out if appropriate.
We want to do all we can to create an environment and recruitment process where people feel safe and comfortable to talk about disability. For any reasonable adjustment requests as part of the recruitment and assessment process, please contact Holly at Holly.Baldwin@parkdean-resorts.com.
