At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead investigations into football governance breaches and develop enforcement strategies.
- Company: Join a dedicated organisation protecting English football's sustainability and heritage.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible benefits, generous leave, and hybrid working options.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for professional development and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the football industry while ensuring compliance and financial integrity.
- Qualifications: Experience in regulatory investigations and strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 74210 - 91915 £ per year.
- Enforcement and Illicit Finance Senior Manager
- Position Type: Permanent
Salary: £74,210 – £91,915 plus an 8% flexible benefit that can be taken as cash or invested into pension
Our client has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve.
They will help improve financial sustainability of clubs, ensure resilience across the leagues, and safeguard the heritage of English football.
It will operate a licensing regime; set corporate governance standards and monitor, protect, and promote financial resilience.
It will also enforce compliance with requirements on financial regulation, club ownership and directors, fan engagement, and heritage protection.
They also have powers to prohibit clubs from joining competitions that are not fair or meritocratic, or that threaten the heritage or sustainability of English football.
Responsibilities
The Enforcement and Illicit Finance Senior Manager will lead enforcement investigations into breaches of the Football Governance Act and its rules.
The Senior Manager will work with the Head of Department to oversee enforcement activity including developing the enforcement strategy, portfolio, policies and procedures.
They will also oversee investigations and lead on high‑profile case work.
They will play a leading role in establishing an anti‑illicit finance strategy, working with supervisors and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
They will ensure close working with data, policy, legal and supervision teams so that the enforcement portfolio is effective and coherent and that the board is supported to take robust regulatory decisions.
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience in overseeing regulatory, civil or criminal enforcement investigations.
- Experience or knowledge of illicit finance / financial crime supervision frameworks.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, supported by the ability to communicate to a wide range of technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Demonstrating sound judgment and ability to reach evidence‑based decisions, balancing a range of considerations and complex sources of information to ensure legally defensible outcomes.
- Strong delivery capability, successfully delivering at pace in a complex and high‑risk project / programme environment.
- Ability to provide strong direction and persuasive future vision for the function, setting it up for future success.
- A collaborative approach and ability to think creatively about new and issues.
Desirable Skills
- Understanding of the football industry, including financial regulation and familiarity with the English football pyramid.
- Expertise in financial crime supervision / policy.
- Terms and Conditions of Employment
If successful, you will join a Non‑Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant.
If you are an existing Civil Servant or an employee, you will no longer have access to Civil Service benefits including the Civil Service pension.
- Pension 12% – An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%.
- Flexible Benefit 8% – Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension or take as cash (post tax).
- Reward – Our client will have a performance‑based reward programme.
- 31.5 days annual leave.
- Flexible and hybrid working – 40% in office attendance.
- Occupational sick pay.
- 9 months paid Maternity Leave and generous paternity and adoption leave.
- A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
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