About LIV Golf
The LIV Golf League is the world’s only global golf league featuring 13 teams, a 14-tournament schedule, and many of the world’s best golfers. Launched in 2022, the League was designed to expand the sport on a global level and create new value within the golfing ecosystem while enhancing the game’s societal impact. A landmark investment by LIV Golf also launched The International Series, a set of 10 enhanced events sanctioned by the Asian Tour, with elevated prize funds in world-class destinations, offering a pathway for leading professional and amateur golfers from around the world into the LIV Golf League. Hall of Fame golfer and renowned businessman, Greg Norman, is the League’s first and founding CEO and Commissioner. Only two years into operations and with tournaments across North and Latin Americas, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe, LIV Golf remains committed to developing the sport at every level and exposing more people to the positive virtues of the game through its unique blend of intense competition and entertainment.
History
LIV Golf launched in 2022 as an eight-event ‘Invitational Series.’ 2023 saw the inaugural LIV Golf League host 14 events around the world, from Adelaide to Chicago, Andalucía to Singapore, as well as launch the game’s first Team franchises, captained by some of golf’s most decorated superstars.
The format, respecting the history and traditions of the game, has been optimized for modern day sports fans; 3-days, 54 holes, no cut, shotgun start, offering a faster pace-of play to drive engaging storylines and offer an immersive fan experience.
The events, each wholly owned and operated by LIV Golf and broadcast around the world to over 300million homes, deliver a family-friendly environment, festival-style atmosphere, evening concert entertainment and world-class competition; a combination that is unique to the world of golf.
In 2024, LIV Golf will further expand the reach of the League, splitting the schedule between some of the most iconic venues across Asia, Europe and the Middle East with decorated venues in the US. The full player pathway, created in partnership with the Asian Tour, also launches, with the game’s first ever player Promotion and Relegation, and Player Transfer Window, as the holistic integration of LIV Golf is fully delivered.
Away from the entertainment on the course, LIV Golf is dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing of the communities it visits through its ground-breaking social impact and sustainability strategy, ‘Potential, Unleashed’, reflecting the league’s commitment to giving back and improving the world through golf.
Role Objective
As Finance Business Partner your primary objective is to work with the Commercial Finance team to assist with budgeting, forecasting and analysis for multiple events throughout the 2025 season. This will cover end to end reporting for each of these events from 3 months prior to 3 months post event. You will be an integral part of the finance team, providing insight and analysis into your owned events and flagging improvement or risk areas. This role will involve a large degree of internal and external stakeholder management across multiple countries and time zones, being able to manage multi-million dollar spend in differing countries, currencies and across multiple internal budget lines. This role will include International travel to the events being covered.
Responsibilities
- Own and run regular EMC (Event Management Company) budget and forecast meetings.
- Closure and reconciliation of each event, providing accurate breakdowns of actual spend vs. budget and reasonings for variances.
- Inputting into season wide reporting – including full season status for events, travel and TV Production budgets, following the monthly actuals.
- Business Partnering across multiple different departments internally and managing multiple external stakeholders who are outsourced to build our events alongside us.
- Tracking of on-site revenue across all channels, review and confirmation of final figures and ensuring these amounts are received and allocated properly in our accounting system.
- Reconciling individual department travel for event and non-event travel against budget and reporting this back to department heads.
- Working with our internal AP team to ensure our supplier and contractors are paid when required to ensure the smooth delivery of each event.
- Assist with ad-hoc procurement projects to drive innovation and efficiencies across events.
- Support with new departmental budgets and revenue streams where required.
Experience
- proven experience in a finance-related role.
- Hold either ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualifications with at least 1 years PQE.
- Interested in a career in Sports and Finance.
- Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders across global business.
- Very strong business acumen and ability to challenge difficult stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Very good experience of Microsoft Excel .
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
- Strong commercial background having been exposed outside of the finance team.
- Strong ability to work independently whilst understanding areas of risk and concern.
- Ability to deal with multiple projects at once, many different stakeholders outside of finance and balance work around multiple time zones.
LIV Golf Investments is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, race, ethnicity, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations where we operate. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeships. LIV Golf Investments makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
