Financial Regulation Officer

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for someone who has excellent knowledge and experience of working in a regulatory environment and knowledge of football regulations, especially those relating to Agents.

Key responsibilities include:

• Monitor and review disclosures on a timely basis, primarily representation contracts, required by the FA Rules and Regulations in relation to agents and transfers
• Provide information to the Financial Regulation team to enable appropriate action to be taken where issues arise
• Ensure Agents adhere to the requirements of FA and FIFA regulations
• Evaluate, recommend and implement improvements to the monitoring and review process and the regulation of Agents
• Provide assistance with the investigation of potential breaches of FA/FIFA Regulations.

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• Excellent organisational skills with experience of managing own workload
• Experience in handling sensitive information with discretion and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, with the patience, tact and confidence to liaise with people at all levels within football, including the ability to gather information from potentially difficult situations
• Self-motivated with the ability to work systematically both unsupervised and within the team environment
• Honest, reliable and consistent
• Established interpersonal skills
• Keen interest and good working knowledge of football clubs, league structure, players etc.
• Sports legal experience or qualification would be useful but not essential
• Proficiency in one or more major European languages would also be useful but again not essential

To apply for this role please send your CV and a covering letter, explaining why you are suitable for this role and details of your current salary, either by e-mail or post to the address below.

E-mail:        FinancialRegulationjobs@TheFA.com

Postal address:

Human Resources Department
The Football Association
25 Soho Square
London
W1D 4FA

The closing date for applications to be received is by 5pm on Friday 12 June 2009.

The Football Association actively promotes Equal Opportunities in employment, and welcomes applications from all parts of the community. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process please mention this in your covering letter. We would appreciate it if you could complete and return an Equality Monitoring form with your application.