Supervision Senior Manager

Supervision Senior Manager

Closing date: 27/07/2026

Location: London, Manchester

Position Type: Permanent

Salary: £74,210 – £91,915 plus an 8% flexible benefit that can be taken as cash or invested into pension

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve. 

The IFR will help improve financial sustainability of clubs, ensure resilience across the leagues, and safeguard the heritage of English football. It will operate a licensing regime, set corporate governance standards and monitor, protect, and promote financial resilience. It will also enforce compliance with requirements on financial regulation, club ownership and directors, fan engagement, and heritage protection.

The IFR will also have powers to prohibit clubs from joining competitions that are not fair or meritocratic, or that threaten the heritage or sustainability of English football.

Responsibilities Include

We are looking for a Supervision Senior Manager to join the Independent Football Regulator (IFR).

The supervision function will sit at the heart of the Independent Football Regulator, undertaking core regulatory activity such as conducting financial analysis of the clubs, processing applications for licences as well as monitoring ongoing compliance with licence conditions and rules. It will also be a focal point for managing the IFR’s relationship with the clubs it regulates.

The Senior Supervision Manager will oversee the day-to-day supervisory activity including account management of individual clubs. They will also help to set the overall supervision strategy and work with policy colleagues on changes to the regulatory framework.

The successful candidate will therefore play a crucial role in developing the supervision function within the new organisation, building capability and the operational processes and controls necessary to ensure effective oversight of clubs within the scope of the new regulatory framework.

They will need to ensure close working with data, policy, legal and enforcement teams so that regulatory oversight is effective and coherent and that the IFR’s board is supported to take robust regulatory decisions.

Essential Requirements:

• Experience in financial supervision or ensuring compliance in a regulated sector, demonstrating sound judgement.
• Expertise in Prudential Financial analysis, including liquidity and funding structures.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, supported by the ability to communicate to a wide range of technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrating sound judgement and ability to reach evidence-based decisions, balancing a range of considerations and complex sources of information to ensure legally defensible outcomes.
• Strong delivery capability, successfully delivering at pace in a complex and high-risk project / programme environment.
• Ability to provide strong direction and persuasive future vision for the supervision function, including experience designed and delivering supervisory strategy.
• A collaborative approach and ability to think creatively about new and emerging supervisory issues.

Desirable Skills:

• Understanding of the football industry, including financial regulation and familiarity with the English football pyramid.
• Expertise in Prudential Financial analysis, risk management or audit.

Terms and Conditions of Employment

If successful, you will join a Non-Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant.

If you are an existing Civil Servant or a DCMS employee, you will no longer have access to Civil Service benefits including the Civil Service pension. 

The terms and conditions of employment include:

• Pension 12% – An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%. 
• Flexible Benefit 8% – Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension or take as cash (post tax).
• Reward – We will have a performance-based reward programme. 
• 31.5 days annual leave.
• Flexible and hybrid working – 40% in office attendance.
• Occupational sick pay.
• 9 months paid Maternity Leave and generous paternity and adoption leave.
• A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and much more!

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