Applications close: Tuesday 12th August 09:00

We’re pleased to share an internal opportunity to join the UK Finance team as Finance Business Partner – Admissions Revenue.

This role plays a key part in supporting business performance through insightful financial analysis and strategic collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders—including attraction teams, marketing, and revenue management. You’ll work across both central and regional teams to help shape admissions revenue strategy and provide clarity on business performance and future planning.

It’s a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to step into a commercial business partnering role with broad exposure across the organisation.

This role can be based at any UK attraction or office.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Strategic Financial Support: Support the execution of a finance strategy that aligns with Merlin’s wider goals—driving value, improving forecasting, and enabling better decision-making.
• Analysis & Planning: Deliver budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and scenario modelling to inform revenue performance and strategic plans.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with revenue management, marketing and attraction teams to guide pricing, investment decisions, and financial planning.
• Operational Rhythm: Lead operational planning activities and financial reviews to optimise trading performance and help shape future strategies.
• Insight & Reporting: Provide high-quality reporting and analysis on key performance drivers, identifying opportunities and supporting decision-makers with actionable insights.
• Process Improvement: Seek out opportunities to enhance efficiency, automate processes, and improve the quality and consistency of financial reporting.

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) is desirable.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis, ideally with exposure to admissions, marketing, or revenue management.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills, with knowledge of systems such as SAP, Oracle or Workday desirable.
• A proactive, commercially minded individual with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

We’re growing fast and alongside a fun and friendly environment, we offer a fabulous package and amazing prospects – ideal if you’re already fantastic and want to become even better (our magic can help here). Benefits include Pension, Life Assurance, discretionary company bonus, 33 days’ holiday including bank holidays, a Merlin Magic Pass which gives you and your friends and family free admission to all of our attractions worldwide, an Enjoy the Ride pass which entitles you and 5 loved ones unlimited entry into your regional attractions, 25% discount in our retail shops and restaurants and 40% discount on LEGO, plus lots more!

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