ABOUT SPORTS TRAVEL HOSPITALITY GROUP (STH GROUP)

STH Group is a Sodexo Live! company, with offices currently across London, Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney enabling a truly global reach and service offering for major sports events around the world. They partner with event owners to make the biggest sporting events in the world - even better. From the Olympic Games, Cricket World Cups, Australian Opens to Rugby World Cups, their award-winning team cover the globe to create travel and hospitality programmes with one simple ambition – to leave sports fans knowing they have just been part of an experience of a lifetime.

STH and World Rugby have recently signed an exclusive agreement to redefine the premium fan experience for the next three men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups. As part of this agreement, STH Group has recently opened a new office in Sydney to provide hospitality and premium fan experiences for Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia.

ROLE SUMMARY:

With just over two years until the start of Rugby World Cup 2027, we are looking for an experienced finance professional to join the Sydney team. You will be a strategic finance leader and trusted advisor to both financial and non-financial teams - particularly sales and operations. You’ll help implement the commercial finance strategy, ensuring strong revenue performance, healthy product margins, and robust project profitability through real-time insights and proactive guidance.

You will be a commercially savvy and qualified finance professional with a strong technical foundation, ideally shaped by experience in Big 4 firms or equivalent roles and looking for an opportunity to transition into a commercial finance setting.

ABOUT YOU:

• Finance Qualification / background - formal finance/accounting qualifications (e.g., University degree with CA, CPA, CIMA accreditation).

• Commercial & Strategic Acumen - Possesses a sharp, commercially astute mindset—capable of influencing business decisions around revenue and profitability.

• Strategic – Ability to link financial planning to long-term business goals, performing scenario analyses, and anticipating potential challenges.

• Agile and solution-focused - comfortable thinking outside the box, adapting quickly to change, and thriving under ambiguous conditions .

• Communication & Influence - exceptional communicator who can simplify complex financial data into actionable insights, influencing commercial stakeholders.

• Team player - collaborative, responsive & anticipatory in terms of what changes can be made in order to maximise revenue and profit.

• Sports and Events: A passion for sport would be beneficial but is not essential.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a proven finance professional to be a trusted advisor to the finance and non-finance teams whilst working on one of the world’s biggest sporting events!

APPLICATIONS CLOSE – Monday 28th July 2025

TO APPLY

Please send your resume & cover letter to: [email protected]

Global Elite Sports (www.globalelitesports.com) have been contracted on behalf of STH Group to manage the recruitment for this important position.