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Finance Business Partner
The FA
The Football Association is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
Job Posted- 4 Dec 2025
Status- Full Time
Location- England
Closing date- 9 Dec 2025
We are seeking a collaborative and highly numerate Finance Business Partner with strong stakeholder-management skills, to be based at The National Football Centre, St. George's Park.
In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records and delivering timely, insightful internal reporting. You will act as key liaison for the St George's Park divisions, building effective relationships across the business, while providing expert financial guidance to support informed decision-making.
What will you be doing?
Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, as part of the SGP Finance team based at St George's Park, the key responsibilities include:
- Preparation of monthly management accounts and management reporting
- Deliver accurate financial planning for St George's Park department (annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts, strategic long-range plans)
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with budget holders, being a trusted advisor who can both challenge and support
- Work with the SGP teams and third-party suppliers to ensure costs and revenues are well tracked, the numbers are clearly understood, and risks and opportunities are managed
- Ownership of the capex financial planning and tracking across all divisions based at SGP
- Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis to assist with decision making and investment
- Continuous improvement of financial controls & reporting
- To provide support to the internal and external audit processes, including funding bodies as appropriate
- Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
- As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.
What are we looking for?
Essential for the role:
Knowledge
- Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA) / by experience
Experience
- Business partnering non-financial teams and senior stakeholders within the business
- Leading on preparation on Month end managing accounting (as per Key Accountabilities)
- Working with multiple stakeholders across the business (across financial and non-financial matters)
Technical Skills
- Extensive experience of Excel (and wider Microsoft Office)
- High level of numeracy
- Ability to create presentations and present to a wide range of key stakeholders
- A collaborative team player, adept in working within a team and building relationships across different teams/divisions
- Proactive in looking for ways of improving/optimising financial processes – in terms of efficiency and quality of output
- Good communication skills
Beneficial to have:
Experience
- Working in the sports industry
Technical Skills
- Previous experience of Proactis (Purchase Order Software), Great Plains (Accounting Software), Anaplan and Smartsheet
What's in it for you?
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:
- Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
- Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
- Free private medical cover.
- A contributory pension scheme.
- An additional 'Thank You' days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract.)
- A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.
How to Apply
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