Football Finance Manager

Location:

Manchester, GB

Opening Date: 11 Jun 2025

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date of Applications – 25/06/2025

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

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.

The Football Finance Manager will play a key role in the company’s Football Finance team, covering day-today operational activities, player transactions, scenario planning, internal and external reporting relating to CFG’s football activities. They will lead on analysis relating to MCFC Football & play a role in supporting the Group’s Football Operations in a fast-paced environment. Key relationships will be within the Football Finance team, the Finance leadership team and Group Football Operations Leadership. This is a group role that will support all Football Finance elements including player transactions activity across all CFG clubs.

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 a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

1. Managing day-to-day financial operations

Taking the lead on critical financial processes to support the successful delivery of MCFC Football Operations. This includes close collaboration with Operational and Performance teams, as well as coordination with other Corporate Functions. Responsibilities cover contingent and bonus tracking, payroll support, and ad-hoc operational analysis. Outputs from financial modelling will directly inform commercial performance, budget planning, and cash flow forecasting.

2. Scenario planning and impact analysis

Modelling the impact of proposed player transactions and other major projects. Working to tight deadlines, particularly through transfer windows, and providing support in relation to the structure of commercial terms and cash profiles.

3. Internal Reporting

Providing support on player transactions for budgets, forecasts, long-term planning and Emerging Talent reporting. The role will also support financial analysis and reporting between Group functions and CFG clubs.

4. External Regulatory Reporting

Lead role in the preparation of reporting for key external regulatory submissions, including UEFA Financial Sustainability Regulations and Premier League Squad financial regulations.

5. Ad hoc support

Providing ad hoc support to appropriate members of the Football Finance team and Group Football Operations Leadership on matters that could include player financial appraisal, contract analysis, market analysis.

What we are looking for

Essential

Multi-year experience of working in a fast-paced accounting, tax, or consulting environment
Experience of working in a deadline driven environment with concurrent multiple workstreams
Positive, open mindset; driver and leader of change
Self-starter with the ability to work independently, prioritise tasks and deliver outputs
Highly-motivated individual with an interest in the workings of the Football Industry

Desirable

Qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA accountant
Tax background/experience, specifically employment taxes
Experience of working with large volumes of complex data
Advanced financial modeller; spreadsheet and database power user
Experience of working in the football industry and a thorough understanding of the process of player transactions
Knowledge of key football industry regulations (UEFA, PL, WSL, FA)

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.