About The Role
Take the next step in your finance career with Burton Albion FC. We're looking for an ambitious Management Accountant to join our growing finance team at the heart of a professional football club. This is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your commercial impact, working closely with senior leadership and influencing decision‑making across the organisation. More than just a management accounting role, this position offers a clear and supported pathway to Financial Controller within 2‑3 years for the right individual. Working alongside the CFO, you'll play a key role in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, while helping to strengthen controls and drive performance in a fast‑paced, high‑profile environment.
Qualifications / Experience / Knowledge
* Part‑qualified or qualified accountant (e.g., CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
* Demonstrated experience in a management accountancy role supporting a fast‑growing organisation, ideally in football but other sports considered
Person Specification – Skills / Abilities
* Excellent Excel, analytical and technical skills (e.g., Xero, Fathom, etc.)
* Proven ability in relationship building and collaboration across functions
* Good communicator, planner, and organiser
* Ability to assess and mitigate risks
* Ability to work without supervision when needed, to deadlines and with a proactive desire to improve efficiencies, processes, working practices
Equality, Inclusion & Diversity
Burton Albion are committed to ensuring equality, inclusion and diversity of opportunity is at the very heart of everything we do. The policy states that no person, whether player, job applicant, employee, volunteer or customer, shall be discriminated against. The Club opposes all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination, including on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Breach of this policy can result in disciplinary action.
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