The Role

We are looking for a Finance Analyst to join the Finance team in the Football department. Providing support with analysis, management accounts, accounting/tax support and across other team responsibilities.

You'll play a vital role within a team responsible for financial management and reporting to ensure compliance, providing our club with robust support services around the reporting of financial information, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, monitoring and payrolls.

Who we are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

• Manage budgeting and forecasting - you'll be preparing budgets in partnership with the Finance and Management teams, ensuring all assumptions are challenged and best practice budgeting principles are applied
• Monitor performance and variances - you'll be producing in-year forecasts and annual reforecasts, analysing variances against budget to provide valuable insight into financial performance
• Produce monthly management accounts - you'll take ownership of the monthly management accounts process, ensuring timely, accurate reporting that supports key decision-making across our Football departments
• Support business partnering - you'll be working closely with Finance Managers to strengthen relationships with key stakeholders across Highbury House, Sobha Realty Training Centre, Hale End, and support departments within our Women’s First Team, Men’s First Team and Men’s Academy
• Assist month-end and compliance activities - you'll support month-end journal postings, maintain reconciliations between core systems, and assist with VAT and tax reporting requirements
• Support capital expenditure and business cases - you'll contribute to the production and tracking of CAPEX reports and support the preparation of business cases for capital projects, ensuring robust financial justification
• Deliver accurate project and headcount reporting - you'll help maintain accurate reporting of CAPEX project progress, manage the headcount tracker, investigate variances, and keep our People team and Finance teams informed of changes
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and project support - you'll assist the Finance Manager and Financial Controller with ad-hoc projects, reporting, and administrative tasks to drive continuous improvement across the finance function

What we are looking for

• Hold/Actively pursuing accounting qualification - you have or are currently studying towards a recognised qualification such as CIMA or ACCA, with a great track record of success in the early stages of your exams
• Experience in commercial finance - you have experience working in a commercial or operational finance environment, ideally with exposure to budget holders and hands-on involvement in management accounting processes
• Excellent analytical and reconciliation skills - you're confident performing bookkeeping tasks, preparing balance sheet reconciliations, and delivering insightful financial analysis that supports decision making
• Advanced Excel and systems knowledge - you’re highly proficient in Excel and comfortable using finance systems
• Organised and deadline-focused approach - you’re able to manage competing priorities, work accurately under pressure, and consistently meet month-end and reporting deadlines
• Collaborative and communicative mindset - you enjoy working with both finance and non-finance colleagues, communicating clearly to resolve issues and build positive relationships across departments and sites
• Curious, proactive and solution-oriented individual - you bring enthusiasm, initiative, and a continuous improvement mindset, always seeking opportunities to enhance processes and follow through on challenges to completion

Why choose us

At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

• An exciting reward and recognition scheme
• Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
• Great internal learning and development programmes
• A flexible hybrid working model
• Priority access to apply for match tickets
• A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
• A leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Great discounts with some of our Partners

Discover why ‘Our Gunners’ are proud to be part of our team - view their stories here.

Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch. 

Disability Confident Leader

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme - please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to ensuring that our environments for children, young people and adults at risk remain safe and inclusive. We therefore require successful candidates to complete a DBS check and other essential background checks prior to starting their employment. Depending on the responsibilities of the role, a DBS will be either a basic, standard, or enhanced check.

Application Closing Date - Friday 21st November 2025

Please note: we reserve the right to close the position early if application volumes are particularly high. We encourage you to get your application in sooner rather than later.

Updates on the status of your application will be sent via email, please routinely check your spam and junk folders, as occasionally emails sent via the Teamtailor platform will find themselves there.

Good luck!