Head of New Stadium Finance

Everton; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a prestigious football club as the Head of New Stadium Finance, where you will play a pivotal role in managing the financial aspects of a groundbreaking new stadium. This permanent position offers the opportunity to lead financial planning, budgeting, and reporting while collaborating closely with senior leadership. As the club transitions to its new home, your expertise will help shape its future, ensuring financial alignment with ambitious goals. This is a unique chance to contribute to a historic chapter in the club's legacy, working in a dynamic environment that values innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in financial management within football clubs.
• Strong analytical skills and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning for the new stadium project.
• Manage capital expenditure and budget reporting.

Skills

Financial Management

Budgeting

Treasury Management

Analytical Skills

Strategic Thinking

Education

ACA Qualification

CIMA Qualification

Job description

We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.

Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable.

Head of New Stadium Finance

Who we are: Everton Football Club is one of world sport's most respected and revered names - a by-word for innovation, professionalism and community.

During the course of a glittering history spanning three centuries, the Club has been shaped and guided by its aspirational motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum - nothing but the best is good enough.

One of only three clubs to have been a founder member of both the Football League and Premier League, Everton has played more games in English football's topflight than any other club.

While rightly proud of our rich past, and Goodison Park, our home of more than 130 years, we are now setting our sights on an exciting future at a state-of-the-art new stadium opening in summer 2025.

In doing so, we remain committed to developing and supporting teams across our Men’s, Women’s and Academy set-ups that inspire and continue to compete at the highest level of the game.

About the opportunity: At Everton Football Club, we are currently embarking on one of the most significant and exciting chapters in our history.

As we prepare for the imminent move from Goodison Park, our home of 133 years, to a world-class new stadium on the banks of the iconic River Mersey, we have a unique and exciting opportunity to join us as Head of New Stadium Finance.

As Head of New Stadium Finance you will play a critical role in the management of the day to day running of the New Stadium finance function.

Working closely with senior leadership, you will oversee all financial aspects, including day to day transactional accounting, treasury management, budgeting, forecasting and ownership of all relevant management information to assist with the monitoring of business performance.

Some key responsibilities as part of this role will include:

• Leading the development and implementation of comprehensive financial plans for the new stadium project, including budgeting, cost control, and revenue projections
• Collaborating with key stakeholders, to develop appropriate financial models
• Managing the stadium’s capital expenditure program, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and long-term financial goals
• Developing and maintaining detailed budgets and regularly reporting on performance against these metrics.
• Providing regular updates on the stadium’s progress and finances to senior management and the board of directors

Who we are looking for: Essentially, we are looking for someone who is ACA or CIMA qualified, who has proven experience/strong knowledge of the financial environment relating to the operation of Football Clubs.

You must have extensive knowledge, experience and practical application of accountancy within a football environment and be comfortable working with a wide variety of demands and be flexible enough to meet and exceed challenging objectives and targets that contribute significantly to organisational performance.

We need someone who is a strategic thinker with strong analytical skills to ensure the success of our ambitious stadium plans.

The role is permanent and will be based at our Head Quarters in the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool; working 35 hours per week, the closing date of this advert is Wednesday 21st May 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substantial amount of applications.

Everton Family Safer Recruitment Practices
The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require a Basic DBS check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service.

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications, including proof of eligibility to work in the UK, which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.

Equity & Inclusion
Everton Football Club is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, and underrepresented communities. We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team via email - [e-mail]

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the Football Association’s, Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.