Independent Football Regulator - Finance Business Partne

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental body in charge of sports and culture is looking for a Finance Manager to provide high-quality financial advice and manage reporting for the Independent Football Regulator. The ideal candidate will have a CCAB or CIMA qualification and experience in financial advisory roles, particularly in regulated environments. This position includes excellent benefits like a 12% pension contribution and flexible working conditions.

Benefits

12% pension contribution

Flexible and hybrid working

31.5 days annual leave

Occupational sick pay

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of providing financial advice on complex issues.
• Able to work effectively with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders.
• Experience working in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality financial advice and timely financial management data.
• Develop monthly reporting tools for productive discussions.
• Build and manage effective relationships within the IFR.

Skills

Highly numerate and literate

Collaborative work

Self-starter

Solutions-oriented

Education

Full CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification or equivalent

Job description

Location

Manchester, North West England

About the job

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve.

The IFR’s objectives are:

• to protect and promote the financial soundness of regulated clubs;
• to protect and promote the financial resilience of English football;
• to safeguard the heritage of English football.

On a day to day basis, we will supervise clubs against a licensing regime; set standards for clubs; and monitor, protect and promote financial resilience. The IFR has significant powers under the Football Governance Act and, if necessary, will use powers to enforce compliance on financial regulation, club owners and directors, fan engagement and heritage protection.

Job description

The Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Provide high quality financial advice and timely financial management data, information and analysis to stakeholders to support good decision making.
• Develop monthly reporting tools to facilitate productive discussions with budget holders.
• Provide advice and guidance on all financial matters as necessary, from accounting to budgeting, across IFR teams.
• Support Budget Holders through the budgeting process for IFR, and in-year budget review / re-prioritisation exercises.
• Support procurement in development and scrutiny of business cases, providing expert advice and challenge.
• Build and manage effective relationships within the IFR to provide a trusted, single point of contact between Finance and the wider IFR.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the business to support delivery of IFR’s priorities and drive value-for-money thinking in all of our work.
• Deliver a customer-focused service that balances policy priorities with the broader financial needs of the IFR.

Person specification

Essential Requirements

• Highly numerate and literate with full CCAB or CIMA accountancy qualification or equivalent
• Experience of providing financial advice on complex issues
• Collaborative and able to work effectively with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders
• Able to work well on your own initiative (a self-starter)
• Solutions-oriented and able to complete work in a timely manner without prompting

Desirable Skills

• Previous Business Partnering experience
• Working knowledge of Managing Public Money and with central government (or non-departmental public body) accounting and budgeting rules
• Previous experience of working in a regulated environment and/or football environment

Behaviours

We\'ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

Please note that this role is due to start when the Independent Football Regulator is fully operational, not before October 2025; all pre-employment checks must be carried out in advance of a start date being agreed upon.

If successful you will join a Non Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant.

If you are an existing Civil Servant or a DCMS employee you will no longer have access to Civil Service benefits including the Civil Service pension.

The terms and conditions of employment include:

• Pension 12% An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%.
• Flexible Benefit 8%Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension, or take as cash (post tax)
• Reward we will have a performance based reward programme.
• 31.5 days annual leave
• Flexible and hybrid working, 40% in office attendance
• Occupational sick pay
• 9 months paid Maternity Leave+ generous paternity and adoption leave.
• A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees
• Cycle-to-work scheme and much more!

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