Management Accountant (6 Month Fixed Term Contract)

at  The Football Association

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

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 WILL YOU BE DOING?

• To 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
• To provide ad hoc reporting and analysis to the business to assist with decision making (including Event P&Ls, Ticket sales updates, Third Party Settlements, Closing down historic open POs)
• To 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
• Executes additional tasks as required in order 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.
• 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.

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 wellbeing.
• 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