Finance Manager- Entertainment

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

At City Football Group we are looking for a Finance Manager- Entertainment to join us in our Manchester office.

The role

We have a new exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager – Entertainment to play a pivotal role in supporting the financial performance and strategic direction of Manchester City’s expanding entertainment portfolio.

This role will provide strategic financial partnership across a diverse range of businesses, including our exciting entertainment ventures . You will ensure strong governance, robust planning, and clear commercial insight as we continue to grow our world-class entertainment offering.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Finance and Corporate Services, you will lead financial planning, forecasting, analysis, and reporting across the entertainment portfolio. You will own the monthly reporting cycle, ensuring accurate and timely insights that support decision-making and drive the achievement of EBITDA targets, while maintaining strong financial controls and supporting effective performance management.

You will bring proven experience operating in commercially driven environments, ideally within hospitality, entertainment, or visitor attraction industries. A strong understanding of financial performance management, stakeholder engagement, and multi-site or multi-entity operations will be key. Your ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insight will support confident decision-making and enable continuous improvement across the portfolio.

You will act as a key finance partner to multiple business areas, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. In addition, you will lead budgeting and forecasting processes, support corrective action planning.

Created as part of a strategic evolution of the Finance team during a period of growth, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape the financial management of a dynamic and expanding entertainment portfolio within one of the world’s most innovative and ambitious sports organisations. Whilst combining strategic oversight with hands-on leadership, you will be a proven leader.

What we are looking for

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, commercially driven environments such as hospitality, entertainment, sport, or related sectors.
• Proven experience delivering financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting to support business performance.
• Strong analytical and financial modelling capability, with advanced Excel skills and the ability to present insights clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of building trusted relationships across functions and partners.
• Proactive and collaborative leader, able to drive change, prioritise effectively, and deliver high-quality outputs in an evolving environment.

To apply

If you are an experienced Finance Manager who is excited by the opportunity to support major infrastructure expansion in a global sports and entertainment sector, we would love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV via our careers portal by 29 March 2026.

This is Your City 

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and dental cover, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts. 

Equal opportunities 

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. 

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.