Strategic Intelligence Projects Manager

Job Description

Job information
Division/Unit: Fin. Sustainability & Research/Intelligence Centre Analytics
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: 01.06.2025 or as soon as possible
Application deadline: 05.04.2025

Main goal

The Financial Sustainability & Research Manager works hand in hand with the division director and the chief of the Intelligence Centre providing support for strategic projects, analyzing financial performances and metrics, and proposes new initiatives to meet UEFA's strategy and service objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting the division director in the strategic coordination of the various units;
• Supporting the division director by leading ad-hoc strategic projects;
• Analysing financial data and establishing relevant financial metrics;
• Building and operating models that demonstrate scenarios considered relevant to strategic projects;
• Identifying and qualifying new strategic data sources to support balanced research for senior UEFA decision-making and policy-making;
• Proposing new initiatives to meet strategy and service objectives;
• Servicing strategic research requests from stakeholders;
• Collecting and analysing data to document the landscape of European football;
• Writing reports autonomously, with supporting documentation and data, for presentation to senior management.

Great Place to Work

• Enhance your skills with training and professional development opportunities
• Access UEFA's thrilling football events
• Enjoy our amazing campus offering numerous sports opportunities
• Earn performance-based financial rewards
• Get financial support for your health insurance costs
• Enjoy paid holidays for year-end closure

Skills & Requirements

Requirements

Experience:

• At least 5 years working with sports organisations, directly or within an advisory role, and experiencing how they operate
• More than 7 years financial experience, including front of office work

Education:

• Degree in a relevant field
• Additional relevant post-graduate qualifications would be an asset

Languages:

• English: Fluent
• French: Fluent an advantage
• Other languages an advantage

Other requirements:

• Strong interest in football is a must
• Good knowledge of the sports stakeholder landscape
• Very strong financial planning, modelling and analytical skills
• Probability and statistical skills
• Advanced financial dashboards capabilities
• Ability to lead and manage projects independently and efficiently
• Ability to collate information and create a coherent overview
• Ability to solve problems and work quickly and accurately
• Good public-speaking skills
• Very good ICT skills (Excel, business intelligence tools)
• Willingness to travel

About the company

UEFA – the Union of European Football Associations – is the game's governing body in Europe. It is a representative democracy, and is the umbrella organisation for 55 national football associations across Europe.

Our objectives are, among other things, to deal with all questions relating to European football, to promote football in a spirit of unity, solidarity, peace, understanding and fair play, without any discrimination on the basis of politics, race, religion, gender or any other reason, to safeguard the values of European football, to maintain relations with all stakeholders involved in European football, and to support and safeguard its member associations for the overall well-being of the European game.

We have a clear vision: a united European football family working together to improve enjoyment of the game.