EURO 2028 Senior Finance & Business Officer

Organisation: UK Sport
Salary: Grade 4 - £45,00 - £50,000
Location: Loughborough, London or Manchester based, with regular remote working.
Contract type: Fixed Term (Full time)
Closing date: 29 June 2025
Interview date: 16 July 2025
Job Description: Organisation: UK Sport
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000
Location: Office based (London, Loughborough, Manchester) with flexible hybrid working and some travel within the UK required
Contract Type: Fixed term (until December 2028)
Closing Date: 29 June 2025 (midnight)
Interview Dates: 16/17 July: First stage interviews (virtual calls);
24 July: Final stage interviews (in-person) in London

About the role
The EURO 2028 Senior Finance and Business Officer will act as the EURO 2028 team’s key point of contact, internally and externally on all financial matters related to the team’s activity. The focus of the role will be on managing all financial reporting requirements; implementing financial payment processes; and, supporting the EUROs team to deliver its financial assurance programme, team procurement activity and contract management requirements. The role will also provide a key liaison function for UK Sport’s corporate Finance Team.

About you
The postholder will have a passion for major events, their impacts and a belief in the benefits they can confer on the cities and communities of the UK. You will have excellent financial acumen and literacy, including a professional accountancy qualification; experience in budgetary reporting, procurement and contract management, and; be confident when presenting to and working with senior officials from government. The postholder will also require a positive outlook and excellent interpersonal communication and stakeholder management skills. A sense of humour and the capacity to manage relationships through UK Sport values will also be essential.

EURO 2028

As one of the world’s largest and highest-profile sporting events, UEFA EURO 2028 will attract the attention of the sporting and major event communities, the media, and the public at large across the UK & Ireland, Europe and the World. With its unique hosting model, the event promises to spread the impacts and benefits of the tournament across the nations and communities of the UK and Ireland.

The UK and Ireland Football Associations are supported by the government partners to deliver the tournament, and the partnership will continue to work together across governments and football associations throughout the tournament lifecycle. UK Sport is an enabling partner and will support government and football partners throughout tournament planning and delivery. The role provides an exciting opportunity to work on one of the world’s largest mega events.

Who are UK Sport?
We are the UK’s trusted high-performance experts, powering our greatest athletes, teams, sports and events to achieve positive success. Investing a combination of National Lottery and Government funds, we support our Olympic and Paralympic sports to realise their world-leading potential, and help bring major sporting events to the UK. Our purpose is to lead high-performance sport to enable extraordinary moments that enrich lives.

We are on a mission – to create the greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments; reaching, inspiring and uniting the nation. That mission is underpinned by three ambitions for UK high-performance sport; to keep winning and win well, to grow a thriving sporting system and to harness those to inspire positive change. Working with the sports and events we fund, DCMS, and our partner organisations across the UK high-performance system, we are building on 25 years of ever-growing success to write the UK’s next chapter for Olympic and Paralympic sport.

In the context of EURO 2028, UK Sport is responsible for overseeing the distribution of Exchequer funding to key delivery partners and providing technical advice to, and supporting government and football partners.

Role Requirements
• Act as UK Sport’s EURO 2028 Team lead on financial matters
• Working with UK Sport EURO 2028 Team:
o Oversee the preparation of all Grant Funding Agreement financial reporting requirements, servicing internal and external stakeholders as needed
o Manage the implementation of the finance policies, plans and procedures
o Prepare in year and tournament lifecycle cost projections for UK Sport areas of responsibility
o Ensuring that effective financial controls are maintained by Grant Funding recipients throughout the lifecycle of the project
o Coordinate team-wide Grant Funding Agreement financial assurance related procedures, to ensure reporting requirements are implemented and all public investment evidentiary requirements are met
• Working with UK Sport’s corporate Finance Team, manage the implementation of all EURO 2028 related payments processes
• Manage the administration of UK Sport’s EURO 2028 Team budget
• Liaise with DCMS officials on EURO 2028 financial matters including any financial reporting requirements, ad hoc requests and advice as required
• Where required, liaise with and support any Host City and UK&I 2028 Ltd officials to resolve Grant Funding Agreement related enquiries
• Act as the principal contact, liaise with and provide regular reporting to UK Sport’s corporate Finance Team on behalf of the EURO 2028 Team, including supporting financial year end processes and reporting requirements to DCMS
• Support EURO 2028 team procurement and contract requirements as needed

UK Sport also offers a competitive benefit package that includes:
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Employer pension contribution of 10%
• 6 weeks Annual Leave
• A flexible approach to working where possible
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Parental Leave
• Healthy Lifestyle allowance of up to £600 per year
• Cycle to Work Scheme
How to apply: How to apply To apply and for full job description, please login to our recruitment portal and follow the instructions at the following link: https://www.cloudonlinerecruitment.co.uk/uksport/ We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace culture where difference is embraced, and exceptional talents can flourish. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life. As we strive to ensure our workforce is more reflective of UK society, we particularly welcome applications from people with ethnically diverse backgrounds or with a disability or long-term health condition as these groups are currently underrepresented at UK Sport. We offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role if: • They have a physical or mental impairment that has a “substantial” and “long-term” negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, or • Who do not identify as White British/English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish To qualify, you need to demonstrate in your application that you meet the minimum criteria for the role and belong to one of the above groups. If you have a disability, please contact us to discuss any adjustments you may need at interview or in the role, if successful. UK SPORT IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER. At UK Sport we are determined to lead by example, striving to be a role model organisation in all we do in equality, diversity and inclusion, from leadership to delivery.