Job Description

In this role you'll lead a team of people who are responsible for order to cash, purchase to pay, tangible fixed assets, stock, intercompany processes, VAT and expenses, and processing our payroll. You'll also be working closely with the Group Financial Controller to deliver a seamless finance service to the wider business and to support the CFO.

Who we are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

• Lead the Payroll and Accounts Transactional team, ensuring day-to-day workload is completed to an exceptional standard and deadlines are adhered to.
• Full line management responsibility for the team members of the Accounting Transactional team and the Payroll team.
• Ensure timely, accurate and efficient completion of all month end routines, financial processing, reports and reconciliations.
• Ensure the integrity of information input into key financial systems and their related integrations.
• Review of Group VAT returns and preparation of 6 monthly ‘Duty to Report Payment Practices’.
• Ownership of process and control documentation.
• Investigate control issues beyond the Finance department to the extent that these have an impact on the integrity of financial control or reporting.

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
• Discounted Arsenal season tickets
• 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’.
• Good experience of leading and managing all aspects of a mid-size team of a similar nature.
• Excellent 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.