Finance Business Partner

Organisation: Millwall Football Club
Salary: Competitive
Location: The Den, John Berylson Way, London, SE16 3LN
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 8 November 2026
Job Description: Location The Den
Contract Type Perm, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
Salary Competitive

ROLE OVERVIEW

Millwall Football Club are looking to recruit a commercially minded, proactive and self-motivated Finance Business Partner to take ownership of financial planning and analysis across their designated budget areas. The role reports to the Head of Finance and will put finance at the heart of commercial decision-making.

The successful candidate will hold an ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent professional accounting qualification, or be at finalist stage. They will partner with Heads of Department, building robust budgets and forecasts, explaining performance, and identifying opportunities to grow income and deliver cost savings. The role also owns the month-end processes for their budget areas, including accruals and prepayments.

The role sits within a restructured finance team, in which a dedicated Finance Operations team owns transactional processing, cash and controls. The Finance Business Partner will work with the data produced by the Finance Operations team to provide analysis, insight and commercial challenge to the wider business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The role includes, but is not limited to:
Business partnering and FP&A
▸ Act as a Finance Business Partner to budget holders and senior stakeholders, providing clear financial insight, commercial challenge and practical support to non-finance colleagues to inform decision-making.
▸ Lead the budget and forecast process for the relevant budget areas, securing input and buy-in from heads of department, and work with the Head of Finance to consolidate these with cost forecasts into the overall Club budget.
▸ Analyse revenue performance and its drivers, including attendances, pricing and yield, season ticket and membership trends, hospitality and event utilisation, and sponsorship delivery, and recommend actions to grow income.
▸ Prepare matchday forecasts ahead of each home fixture and report actual matchday performance afterwards (attendance, ticketing, hospitality and catering income, and matchday costs), explaining variances to the relevant heads of department.
▸ Provide financial modelling, pricing analysis, cost-benefit analysis and post-investment reviews to support commercial initiatives and wider business planning.
Reporting and month-end accounting
▸ Assist with identification of the Club’s accruals and prepayments and prepare the related month-end journals, working with budget holders to capture all costs alongside the Head of Finance.
▸ Own the production of the monthly management accounts pack, with clear commentary on performance against budget, forecast and prior year, for review and presentation by the Head of Finance.
▸ Account for revenue at month end, including deferred income (season tickets, sponsorship and hospitality packages), the accrued income register and revenue cut-off.
▸ Review ticketing income reconciliations and gate statements prepared by the Finance Operations team and use the data to explain matchday performance.
▸ Work with the Finance Operations Lead to make sure revenue is invoiced promptly, agreeing billing triggers with commercial teams and supporting the resolution of disputes with sponsors and commercial partners.

Controls and improvement
▸ Support month-end, year-end and audit processes, acting as the main contact for auditors on revenue.
▸ Act as back-up approver for payment runs and provide cover for the Head of Finance on cashflow forecasting.
▸ Lead improvements to financial models, reporting tools and systems so that information is accurate, timely and easy for stakeholders to use.
▸ Undertake other duties consistent with the role and the Club’s needs.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
▸ Qualified accountant holding an ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification, or at finalist stage
▸ Experience of budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, ideally with a focus on revenue
▸ Able to influence key stakeholders up to Director level, with strong interpersonal skills
▸ Highly numerate and analytical, with advanced Excel, financial modelling and report-writing skills
▸ Strong attention to detail, able to translate complex information into clear, understandable messages
▸ Capable of managing workloads independently, delivering on time and to a consistently high standard
Desirable
▸ Experience in professional football, sport, hospitality, events or ticketing
▸ Experience of pricing, yield or commercial performance analysis

How to Apply: To comply with the Club’s safer recruitment procedures, all applicants must complete an up-to-date CV and a cover letter (no more than one page) explaining why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience meet the job description and person specification.

If you do require assistance in any part of the application process, please contact us via recruit@millwallfc.co.uk

Please send your completed CV and cover letter together to recruit@millwallfc.co.uk

Due to the quantity of applicants expected, only those short-listed will be notified.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 8th November 2026

This document is a guide only and should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be amended in the light of changing needs of the organisation. All employees may be required to undertake any other duties as may be reasonably requested.
Millwall Football Club are fully committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and anti-discrimination. We will work to address areas of under-representation and disadvantage in all aspects of our operations, activities and services. In practice, this means that we will respect the needs of each and every individual regardless of their differences; and to this end we will deliver our operations, activities and services in such a way so as to ensure that no one is excluded. Millwall Football Club is a Disability Confident Committed employer (Level 1). If you have a disability or long-term health condition and require any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to accommodate your needs.
‘Millwall FC is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk. The successful candidate may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check through The FA DBS process. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information given.’

Safeguarding Policy Statement
Because of the nature of the work undertaken by The Millwall Football and Athletic Company (1985) Limited (MFC), it is required by law to have in place robust safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure the protection of children, young people and adults at risk. To ensure that MFC meets that duty - and as part of a proactive, integrated and consistent approach to safeguarding - the organisation has developed a Safeguarding Handbook.
What is safeguarding?
Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and protect them from harm. Safeguarding means protecting people from abuse, maltreatment, neglect, harm and/or exploitation. Through MFC setting up and following good safeguarding policies and procedures, it means that children, young people and adults at risk - that come into contact with our organisation - are protected from those that might pose a risk. All organisations that work with (or come into contact with) children, young people and adults at risk are required to have safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure that everyone - regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity - can be protected from harm.
MFC’s Safeguarding Ethos
MFC will always seek to provide protection to any person that receives our services. To this end MFC will provide staff and volunteers with guidance on procedures they should adopt in the event that they suspect a person may be experiencing, or be at risk of, harm. MFC believes that a no one should ever experience abuse of any kind. MFC have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk to keep them safe. MFC are committed to work in a way that protects them. This Safeguarding Policy Statement applies to everyone that comes into contact with MFC - including as applicable - the Board of Directors & Executive Team, Senior Managers, Staff, Agency Staff, Contractors, Suppliers, Volunteers, Students on work experience, as well as anyone else working on behalf of MFC. This policy also applies to any other person that engages with the work of MFC and includes parents, carers, families and other visitors to MFC premises.
Safeguarding at MFC
MFC places the safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk as its prime focus and has developed full safeguarding policies and procedures. To underpin the approach, MFC ensures all of its management team, staff members and volunteers have been fully trained in safeguarding to enable the organisation to live and breathe its approach. In developing MFC’s safeguarding policies and procedures, the organisation has adopted the following three-part safeguarding strategy which focuses on:
1. Getting the right people involved with MFC
This is achieved through adherence to MFC’s Safer Recruitment Policies and Procedures.
2. Creating a safe environment for children, young people & adults at risk
This is achieved by providing all required safeguarding training, support and best practice advice; and further guidance by the effective communication of MFC’s Codes of Conduct.
3. Promoting clear systems to deal with any safeguarding concerns
This is achieved through implementation of all MFC’s policies and procedures relating to safeguarding.

A full copy of MFC’s Safeguarding Handbook is available by speaking with (or contacting) the MFC person responsible for safeguarding.
How to apply: How to Apply: To comply with the Club’s safer recruitment procedures, all applicants must complete an up-to-date CV and a cover letter (no more than one page) explaining why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience meet the job description and person specification. If you do require assistance in any part of the application process, please contact us via recruit@millwallfc.co.uk Please send your completed CV and cover letter together to recruit@millwallfc.co.uk Due to the quantity of applicants expected, only those short-listed will be notified. Closing date for applications: Sunday 8th November 2026

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Finance Business Partner