The FA believes football has the power to unite communities, promote wellbeing, and inspire positive change.

The apprenticeship programme offers an entry into a rewarding career at The FA and an excellent opportunity to develop skills and gain experience within a supportive, inclusive and diverse organisation.

What will you be doing?

• Support the management accounting and business partnering of a specific area within the FA, with ownership and responsibility from early on.
• Assist with key finance processes such as month-end close, journaling, supporting the accounts payable team with end-to-end approval process, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• To administer the Management Accounting systems.
• Support Business Partners in the production of divisional reporting, the annual budgets and quarterly reforecasting.
• Provide Ad-hoc reporting to the business to help spot trends, highlight opportunities to save money, and identify risks in financial data.
• Collaborate with other departments to understand how budgets support the wider business.
• Take part in cross-team projects to broaden your knowledge of areas such as payroll or financial accounting.
• Use tools like Excel to create, manage, and analyse financial information, and we'll help you build confidence here.
• Collaborate with others to deepen your understanding of strategic finance, cost-saving strategies, and commercial planning.
• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
• As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:

• Live within England and have lived within the UK for the last 3 consecutive years.
• Must not be in full time education at the start of your apprenticeship.
• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• If aged 16-18 you will need to have maths and English at grade 4/C and have the certification for this. If not, you will need to sit Functional Skills Level 2 as part of the programme.
• Must not hold a similar higher qualification in the same area of study, although a AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accountancy or L2 Bookkeeping, or equivalent, will be required to complete the Level 3 programme.

• A genuine interest in finance and a desire to build a long-term career in the field.
• Good numeracy and written communication skills.
• Experience of Excel.
• A positive, proactive, can-do approach to learning new things.
• Initiative and a willingness to ask questions and find solutions.
• The ability to manage your time, stay organised, and keep going when things get tough.
• A commitment to complete the full apprenticeship programme and all associated study modules.
• Enthusiasm for working in a professional environment – this is a real job with real responsibilities.

You may be surprised to know that being a football fan is not a prerequisite of working for the FA. What's more important is your passion, interest and commitment to the varied work that we do, and the goals that we are aiming to achieve.

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Free private medical cover.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional 'Thank You' days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract.)
• A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page, https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/careers

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work. 

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.