Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Category: Sports Management
Salary: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP / yearly
Full-time
City Football Group is seeking a highly skilled Football Transactions Manager to oversee the end-to-end transaction operations for our Americas portfolio of clubs.
Manage and deliver the football transaction process liaising with key senior stakeholders at relevant CFG clubs
Embed and implement CFG Player Trading principles across relevant CFG clubs
Provide strategic business partnering and advice to relevant CFG club Sporting Directors and CEOs for all player trading activity
Build and maintain strong external relationships with agencies and clubs globally
Create, develop and manage the execution of organisational and commercial strategies to manage and deliver football transactions across the Group more efficiently
Contribute to the planning, delivery & management of Group Football transactions forums, meetings & reviews
Experienced professional in either the sporting, management consulting, football operations, or strategic commercial background
Degree in a business-related field, formal qualification in business, finance, and/or legal
High level experience engaging and negotiating with C-level executives
Knowledge and experience in sales planning, business modelling, football negotiations, contract structuring, and financial budgeting
High level presentation experience with internal and external clients
Robust experience in Microsoft Office, particularly in excel and power-point
Proactive, B&D / commercial drive
Strategic, analytical mindset
26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday
Private healthcare and a simply health cash plan
Annual discretionary bonus
Range of partnership and lifestyle discounts
City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK
All UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us