Compliance & Audit Manager - Wembley
At The FA, our County Football Associations are at the heart of delivering football across England. We're looking for a collaborative and forward-thinking Compliance & Audit Manager to help ensure that key standards, controls and services are implemented effectively across the County FA network. In this influential role, you'll work in partnership with County FAs, colleagues and delivery partners to evaluate compliance, identify risks and opportunities for improvement, and shape the future of our audit and assurance framework. Most importantly, you'll foster a culture built on trust, continuous improvement and shared accountability, ensuring our approach reflects both our organisational values and the strength of the partnership between The FA and County FAs.
This is a role with genuine long-term impact. During the initial phase, you'll lead the development and embedding of compliance and audit frameworks across three key operational areas, establishing a robust and proportionate approach that reflects the needs of both The FA and County FAs.



As these frameworks mature, you'll move into a delivery and assurance phase, overseeing their implementation, evaluating outcomes and ensuring standards are applied consistently across the network. Looking further ahead, you'll use the insights, trends and learnings gathered over time to drive continuous improvement, helping to evolve existing standards, introduce new approaches and raise the bar for operational excellence across grassroots football.
What will you be doing?
- Design, implement and manage a robust compliance and audit control framework across multiple functions including but not exclusively:
- Progress the Games Governance strategic pillar Standards: Governance, Finance, Safeguarding, Customer Service and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
- Business Optimisation: Safeguarding administration, Discipline, Finance, Referee administration, Marketing & Communication, Business Servic

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