Business Analyst - F1 Experiences

Quint; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Who We Are

Quint is the industry-leading provider of official tickets and hospitality packages to many of the world's most prominent sports and entertainment events. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in six countries, Quint's global footprint and proprietary technology platform continue to be the foundation of their exponential growth. Quint's innovative programs enable partnership properties to expand fan experiences and corporate client entertainment opportunities in a way that reflects the quality and prestige of those brands. Quint has a portfolio of 15+ official property partnerships servicing over 90 events.

Who You Are

In this role, you will immediately become a key member of our F1 Experiences Team working closely with F1 race promoters and the Formula One race promotions team. You will also work alongside our partner managers, product developers, event operations team and many others along the way in the world of Formula 1.

Initially you will have responsibly for preparing event budgets and forecasts for each F1 race in the EMEA Region, leveraging the participation and input of many across the business - in time you will develop deep engagement across our company and our partnerships with all F1 race promoters. As you develop expertise across our Formula 1 operations, you'll bring your analytical acumen to the table in a way that will see you provide timely and actionable information and insights that will make a real contribution to what we do and how we do it.

The role will be based in London, UK and will report to Director, Promoter Relations EMEA: F1 Experiences.

What You'll Do

• Lead the preparation and presentation of budgets and forecasts for a portfolio of global Formula 1 Experiences events in partnership with amazing colleagues across departments and around the world.
• Be the subject matter expert for the commercial and financial elements of your events (revenue and expenses), learn them inside and out and be comfortable discussing them with several different audiences, including external partners.
• Participate in new product opportunity assessment and reviews to add new packages that create incremental revenue for race promoters and F1 Experiences.
• Proactively track trending results as compared to budgets, communicating with leaders across the organization with respect to the pacing of revenue and costs - using that information to offer recommendations for actions well in advance of the event date.
• As part of the budget stewardship process, ensure that any required updates are communicated to relevant stakeholders on a regular basis, including working closely with our FP&A team to track potential impacts to consolidated company models.
• Prepare and deliver post-event summaries both internally with our senior management team and externally with the leaders of our league and team partners; focus on both the numbers themselves and the story behind the numbers and insights into our business, highlighting areas of over/under performance and key learnings.
• Collaborate with our corporate accounting team to ensure that actualized event results are captured in our financial accounting system accurately and on time as well as our financial reporting team to make sure event results can be explained with insightful context as part of company presentations.
• Review new business opportunities and prepare profitability assessments for new products and commercial ventures across our F1 Experiences race promoter ecosystem.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting/Finance or Business, or equivalent work experience
• 3-5 years business experience ideally in event management, operations and/or finance
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills, with the ability build positive working relationships with all levels within the organization while balancing conflicting priorities
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with high standards for quality; ability to keep accurate and detailed records
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel (pivots, lookups, other advanced functions)
• Experience in the sports, entertainment and hospitality industries would be relevant for the role, but is not required

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus potential for year-end individual and company bonuses
• Flexible holiday structure
• Opportunities to travel to major global sports and entertainment events to help onsite execution and see your work in action

Requirements

• Work will be based in London with frequent travel across the region.
• Willing and eligible to travel internationally, as needed.
• Must be eligible to work and reside in the UK