Job Description

We are looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to business partner with our Retail, Licensing and Stadium Tours business areas. You'll be working across a wide remit, which ranges from monthly reporting to the business through to budgeting, long-term strategic planning, regulatory and tax compliance, and ad-hoc projects.

You'll have one direct report to assist in preparing financial reports across these business areas, as well as assisting with wider analysis and project work.

• Business partner with the Retail management team, including Buying & Merchandising, Store Operations, E-commerce, Wholesale, Licensing and Stadium Tours.
• Understand and document all Retail financial processes and refine these where possible.
• Complete monthly financial reports for the Head of Retail with commentary and analysis.
• Prepare in-flight forecasts and annual re-forecast, monitoring variances where necessary.
• Prepare budgets and 3-year plans in partnership with the Retail management team, ensuring assumptions are properly challenged and best practice is followed.
• Report cash flow actuals to budget on a monthly basis and manage re-forecasting of Retail, Licensing & Stadium Tours cash flow.
• Monitor the implementation of new payment systems to ensure smooth and reconciled settlement of funds.
• Ensure that processes are fit for purpose and future growth, and that adequate financial reporting is in place.

Benefits

• An exciting reward and recognition scheme
• Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
• Great internal learning and development programmes
• A flexible hybrid working model
• A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
• A leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Great discounts with some of our Partners

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Preferably a qualified Accountant but will consider ‘Qualified by experience’. 
• Some experience working in Retail Finance.
• Good people and performance management skills.
• Someone proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Someone who will take action to improve processes and fix problems they come across in the pursuit of progress.
• A collaborative mindset and a strong team player.
• Someone who is courageous and has a desire to move Arsenal Football Club forward.