Finance Manager

Barnsley Football Club; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation seeks a Finance Manager to lead day-to-day financial management, ensuring accurate reporting and robust controls. The role will prepare monthly management accounts, cash-flow forecasts and support budgeting and reforecasting with budget holders.

You will supervise the Finance Coordinator, handle year-end and audits, and develop financial systems. Part-time 30 hours, flexible pattern, based in Middlesbrough, with DBS checks and match-day flexibility.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or management accounting role, including management accounts, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting and cash flow, including working with budget holders.
• Experience of maintaining effective financial controls and accurate financial records, including payroll processes.
• Experience of coordinating the work of others, managing priorities and reviewing work.
• Experience of providing financial information and support to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience in a charity, not-for-profit or similarly funded organisation, including restricted funds and funder reporting.
• Experience of supporting year-end accounts and external audit.
• Experience of grant claims, project reporting or funding applications.
• Experience of improving financial systems, processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts, including reconciliations, variance analysis and supporting schedules.
• Prepare monthly cash-flow forecasts.
• Support annual budgeting and reforecasting.
• Manage monthly recharge process and internal cost allocations.
• Provide financial information to budget holders.
• Oversee payroll, expenses, supplier payments, HMRC payments, treasury activities.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts.
• Coordinate and review the Finance Coordinator's work.
• Maintain financial systems and controls; improve efficiency.
• Support year-end accounts and external audit.
• Produce financial information for grant applications and reporting.
• Be deputy for Head of Finance on routine operational finance.

Skills

Management accounting

Excel skills

IT & financial systems

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Integrity & discretion

Advanced Excel & automation

Sage 50 & payroll

Financial reporting & dashboards

Charity accounting knowledge

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Progress toward qualification or equivalent

Relevant degree or higher

Literacy & numeracy

Tools

Sage 50 Accounts

Sage Business Cloud Accounting

Power Query

Power Automate

Job description

The Finance Manager plays a key role in the effective day-to-day financial management of Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation, ensuring accurate and timely financial information, robust financial controls and efficient finance processes.

Working closely with the Head of Finance and Administration, the postholder will be responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts, cash-flow forecasts and financial information to support budgeting, forecasting and decision-making across the Foundation. The role will also oversee key financial processes including payroll, payments, expenses, internal recharges and financial systems.

The Finance Manager will coordinate and review the day-to-day work of the Finance Coordinator, ensuring financial transactions are processed accurately and on time and that effective financial records and controls are maintained. The postholder will work closely with budget holders and colleagues across the Foundation, providing practical financial support and helping to promote strong financial management throughout the organisation.

The role will support the Head of Finance and Administration with year-end accounts, external audit, funder reporting and the continued development of the Foundation's financial systems and processes.

The Opportunity

Management Accounting and Financial Planning

Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including reconciliations, variance analysis and supporting schedules, for review by the Head of Finance and Administration.

Prepare and maintain monthly cash-flow forecasts, monitoring the Foundation's cash position and highlighting significant movements or emerging issues to the Head of Finance and Administration.

Support the Head of Finance and Administration with the annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting processes, working with budget holders to prepare and maintain detailed budgets and forecasts.

Manage the monthly recharge process and other internal cost allocations, ensuring expenditure and income are appropriately allocated across the Foundation.

Provide financial information and practical support to budget holders, helping them understand financial performance and manage their budgets effectively.

Financial Operations and Controls

• Oversee the effective operation of day-to-day financial processes, including payroll, expenses, supplier payments, HMRC payments, treasury activities and compliance with the Foundation's financial policies and procedures.

Ensure balance sheet accounts and other financial records are regularly reconciled and that outstanding items are investigated and resolved promptly.

Coordinate, prioritise and review the day-to-day work of the Finance Coordinator, ensuring financial transactions are processed accurately and on time and robust financial records and controls are maintained.

Work with the Finance Coordinator to ensure the effective allocation and delivery of day-to-day finance and administration activities across the wider team.

Maintain the Foundation's financial systems and associated processes, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, reporting and internal controls and reviewing proposed improvements with the Head of Finance and Administration.

Year End, Audit and Funding

Support the year-end accounts and external audit process by preparing reconciliations, schedules, supporting documentation and financial information requested by the Head of Finance and Administration and external auditors.

Produce financial information to support grant applications, project monitoring, funder claims and other reporting requirements.

Support the production of financial information for the Foundation's Annual Financial Impact Report and other organisational reporting.

Systems and Organisational Support

Support the Head of Finance and Administration in maintaining and improving financial policies, procedures, systems and controls, identifying opportunities to improve financial performance, efficiency and financial management.

Use financial systems, Excel and other digital tools effectively to improve the efficiency and quality of financial processes and reporting.

Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Foundation, providing financial information and support in a clear and accessible way.

Deputise for the Head of Finance and Administration on routine operational finance matters during periods of absence, ensuring continuity of the Foundation's day-to-day finance function.

Working Pattern

Part-time, 30 hours a week. Monday to Friday between 9.00 am-5.30 pm to be agreed with the successful applicant.

About The Candidate

Experience

• Experience in a finance or management accounting role, including management accounts, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting and cash flow, including working with budget holders.
• Experience of maintaining effective financial controls and accurate financial records, including payroll processes.
• Experience of coordinating the work of others, managing priorities and reviewing work.
• Experience of providing financial information and support to non-finance colleagues.
• Experience in a charity, not-for-profit or similarly funded organisation, including restricted funds and funder reporting.
• Experience of supporting year-end accounts and external audit.
• Experience of grant claims, project reporting or funding applications.
• Experience of improving financial systems, processes and controls.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education, including literacy and numeracy.
• A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), progress towards qualification, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA accountant.
• Relevant degree or other higher-level.

Specific Skills and Knowledge

• Strong management accounting, analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data analysis and financial modelling.
• Strong IT and financial systems skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• High levels of integrity and discretion when handling confidential information.
• Advanced Excel and automation skills, including Power Query and Power Automate.
• Experience of Sage 50 Accounts, Sage Business Cloud Accounting or a comparable accounting system.
• Experience of Sage 50 Payroll or a comparable payroll system.
• Experience of financial reporting, dashboards or process automation.
• Knowledge of charity accounting and Charity Commission reporting requirements.

Additional Requirements

• Be eligible to work in the UK
• A satisfactory basic DBS check will need to be completed
• Ability and willingness to work flexibly where required to meet key financial deadlines.
• Commitment to the Foundation's values and to creating a positive and inclusive working environment.
• Commitment to working occasional evening and weekends including match days for Middlesbrough FC Men and Women’s teams

About The Club

Application Process

Please find below the detailsof the application process.

For further information,please contact [e-mail]

Closing Date: Friday 18th September 2026 12pm.

Interview: Week beginning 21st September2026.

Shortlisted candidates willbe invited for an interview. Due to high application volumes, we regret that wecannot provide feedback to those who are not shortlisted.

For an informal discussionabout the role, please contact: Ken Hunter-Smith, [e-mail]

Assessment

Applications are assessedagainst the ‘essential’ and ‘desirable’ criteria for the role, as set out onthe person specification. Please ensure, therefore, that your application fullyreflects how you meet these criteria. Middlesbrough Football Club Foundationwelcomes applications from all sections of the community. We welcomeapplications from disabled candidates. We are also seeking to diversify ourworkforce, particularly by gender and ethnicity.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Alongside Middlesbrough Football Club, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion as highlighted by our RiversideBySide initiative. The Foundation is a place where inclusion is a core value and where everyone can be themselves in an environment where they feel safe and included, including being a Disability Confident Leader.

Safeguarding

Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation and Middlesbrough Football Club are fully committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children, young people, young players, and Adults at Risk.

Promoting safeguarding and welfare of participants and staff is everyone’s responsibility and staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.

As part of the Foundation’s commitment to safeguarding, any successful applicant, who will be working in regulated activity, will be required to undergo a DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check or an enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will not be able to start working for the Foundation until the DBS check has been completed.

The Foundation will also seek the successful candidate's consent for obtaining two written references and to ask for documentary proof of qualifications and right to work in the UK. Any offer of employment will be conditional on these being satisfactory.

Once in post, all new staff will receive a comprehensive safeguarding induction from our Designated Safeguarding Officer, as well as ongoing safeguarding training.