Financial Controller

Birmingham City Football Club is on the rise.

With an incredible history dating back to 1875, Birmingham City Football Club is part of an exciting period of accelerated growth and modernisation and is playing its part in once-in-a-generation opportunity to support the transformation of England’s second city as part of the Sports Quarter project.

With significant investment across our football, commercial, and community operations, we are rebuilding the Club for long-term success — on and off the pitch. The journey we’re on involves strengthening our structures, elevating our performance environments, growing our teams, and investing heavily in the people, processes and culture that will define the next chapter of Birmingham City FC.

The Financial Controller is responsible for leading the Club's financial control environment, statutory reporting, month-end close process, cash management and finance operations. The role will ensure the integrity of financial information, support strategic decision making and provide robust financial governance across the Club and will report directly to the CFO
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The Financial Controller will also play a key leadership role in driving finance systems, process improvement and digital transformation initiatives, ensuring the finance function operates efficiently and is scalable to support the Club's continued growth and ambitions.

• Lead the monthly and annual financial close process
• Ensure accurate and timely production of management accounts, with insight
• Maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
• Support budgeting, forecasting and cash flow reporting processes
• Manage statutory reporting and support the annual audit process
• Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting standards and regulatory requirements
• Support the preparation of Board, shareholder and executive reporting

• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable and treasury activities
• Manage working capital and cash flow requirements
• Review and improve financial policies, controls and governance procedures
• Ensure appropriate approval processes and delegated authorities are maintained
• Support commercial, operational and football departments with financial guidance and challenge

• Support compliance with EFL, Premier League, FA and IFR financial reporting obligations
• Support VAT, Corporation Tax, PAYE and other statutory returns
• Maintain strong internal controls and risk management processes
• Support insurance, regulatory and compliance activities across the Club
• Manage, mentor and develop members of the finance team
• Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and customer service
• Support succession planning and talent development within finance
• Establish clear objectives and performance standards for team members

• Lead finance systems development, enhancement and optimisation activities
• Act as Finance Lead for ERP implementations, upgrades and business transformation projects
• Drive the transition from manual and spreadsheet-based processes to automated, scalable solutions
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, controls and reporting through technology
• Develop and maintain finance process documentation, procedures and workflows
• Champion data quality, governance and reporting standards across the organisation
• Work with IT and business stakeholders to integrate finance systems with operational platforms
• Deliver automation initiatives that reduce manual processing and improve control
• Establish KPI dashboards and management reporting tools that provide real-time business insight
• Promote a continuous improvement culture across finance and wider business functions
• Ensure compliance with all the Policies and…