Management Accountant (6 Month Fixed Term Contract)

The Football Association; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a leading sports organization, seeking a Management Accountant to join their dynamic team for a 6-month contract. This role involves supporting the month-end process, preparing management accounts, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure accurate financial reporting. With an emphasis on teamwork and proactive process improvement, you'll play a pivotal role in financial decision-making for high-profile events. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible hybrid working options, and unique perks like access to event tickets and free lunches at iconic venues. If you're ready to make an impact in a vibrant environment, this role is for you.

Benefits

Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium

Free nutritious lunches

Free private medical cover

Contributory pension scheme

Additional Thank You days leave

Volunteering days

25 days annual leave

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Part qualified or recently qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA) required.
• Extensive Excel experience and strong numeracy skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end processes and prepare management accounts.
• Conduct variance analysis and complete balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Management Accounting

Variance Analysis

Financial Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Proactive Process Improvement

Education

Part Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Proactis

Great Plains

Anaplan

Smartsheet

Job description

The FA is looking for a recently or part qualified Management Accountant to join the team on a 6 month contract to support with the increased number of events (Wembley and On The Road) for 2025.

What will you be doing?

• Support the month-end process for their divisional areas to ensure a clear and accurate financial position is reported.
• Support the wider stakeholder finance teams in financial processing and preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Work closely with Business Partners to perform variance analysis on management reports.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support the Accounts Payable team in the end-to-end payment approval process.
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis to assist with decision making (including Event P&Ls, Ticket sales updates, Third Party Settlements, Closing down historic open POs).
• Administer the Management Accounting Systems.
• Support Business Partners in the production of divisional reporting, the annual budgets and quarterly reforecasting. Actual reporting to include journal calculation and posting.
• Provide financial information to support divisions with their financial plans and decision making.
• Execute additional tasks as required to meet FA Group's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and well-being can be maintained.
• Complete a DBS check as part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

Knowledge

• Part qualified or recently qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA).

Experience

• 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

• Experience in a ‘Live Event' environment preferable.
• Experience of completing Settlements with Third Parties.

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, with unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium. We also 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. Additionally, we provide a range of exciting benefits:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season.
• 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.
• 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, FA Careers.

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.