Finance Business Partner

The Football Association; Wembley; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier sports organization in Wembley is seeking a detail-oriented finance professional to manage financial records and provide internal reporting. This role supports decision-making for digital investments and ensures budget compliance while collaborating with stakeholders. Candidates should be qualified accountants with solid experience in business partnering, proficient in Excel, and have a commitment to quality financial processes. The position follows a hybrid working model with access to unique office spaces and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium

Free nutritious lunches

Free private medical cover

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave plus additional leave

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Experience in business partnering with non-financial teams.
• Leading on preparation of month-end management accounting.
• Ability to create presentations for key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the cost and revenue model for the digital programme.
• Support financial processing and preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Challenge the business to ensure value for money.

Skills

Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA) / by experience

Business partnering with non-financial teams

Extensive experience with Excel

High level of numeracy

Good communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

Proactis

Great Plains

Anaplan

Smartsheet

Job description

Set the bar for greatness...

We are seeking a detail-oriented finance professional to maintain accurate financial records and provide accurate, timely internal reporting. This role will support the organisation in decision‑making relating to Digital investment and act as a key business liaison contact for the Digital organisation. The successful candidate will also support the Digital programme team in delivering on time and on budget while maximising return on investment.

What will you be doing?

• Own, update and maintain the cost and revenue model for the digital programme and technology function.
• Support the wider stakeholder finance teams in financial processing and preparation of monthly management accounts for Digital Technology costs.
• Feed into programme co on spend vs budget.
• Meet regularly with the business and provide ad‑hoc reporting and analysis to assist with decision‑making on the programme.
• Challenge the business in ensuring value for money and be the finance lead in several vendor selection processes.
• Model out business cases for investment and work with third parties to benchmark and validate assumptions behind business cases.
• Set up clear reporting and KPI metrics to report on the status of the delivery of the digital programme.
• Work with the Technology team in ensuring costs are well tracked, spending is regularly challenged, business cases are supported with financial analysis and modelling.
• Own the production of divisional reporting, the annual budgets and quarterly reforecasting for business areas.
• Provide financial information to support divisions with their financial plans and decision‑making.
• Execute 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 with non‑financial teams and senior stakeholders within the business.
• Leading on preparation of 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 with 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 at 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 with digital teams / some level of understanding of IT infrastructure and cost drivers.

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.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page.

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

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.