Sachin Patel

• Lead financial strategy and performance oversight across multiple clubs and business units with combined budgets exceeding £500m.
• Serve as the key finance partner to Football Operations, Academy, and Women's Football executives, delivering insight-led recommendations that influence key strategic decisions.
• Built and implemented Power BI dashboards for CFG’s Youth Investment strategy, evaluating player acquisition ROI and geographic investment impact.
• Responsible for the financial management of player trading activities (acquisitions, sales, loans), operational P&L, and performance services—driving accurate forecasting, budgeting, and scenario planning.
• Ensured full compliance with UEFA and Premier League reporting regulations, including salary cap declarations and financial sustainability rules.
• Coordinated external audits for multiple entities, liaising with Group finance and external auditors to deliver clean audit outcomes.

Key Achievements:

✅ Drove a measurable uplift in youth development ROI by producing high-impact financial insight used in Board-level investment decisions.
✅ Reduced costs by 25% across multiple clubs through contract analysis and standardisation strategy.

✅ Strengthened regulatory compliance, delivering clean audits and timely salary cap & investment reporting across the group.

• Led monthly and quarterly management reporting for key business units, enhancing financial transparency and supporting £100m+ in operational budgets.
• Provided financial leadership in the £365m Co-op Live Arena project, from initial scoping through to operational planning—partnering with senior project leads and external stakeholders.
• Prepared and developed monthly management packs, accounts and KPIs.
• Identified cost reduction opportunities, improving profitability margins through variance analysis.
• Facilitated cross-departmental communication for effective budgeting and forecasting.
• Produced UEFA, FA, and Premier League submissions ensuring full regulatory compliance and on-time delivery.
• Led audit preparations, ensuring smooth process without discrepancies.

Key Achievements:

✅ Enabled successful financial governance for the £365m Etihad Campus regeneration, delivering robust long-range financial plans.
✅ Improved budgeting cycle speed by 30%, increasing accuracy and engagement across senior stakeholders.
✅ Provided financial leadership across major infrastructure projects, influencing commercial and operational planning.

• Led complex audits for clients with turnovers exceeding £200m, including multi-entity group structures and regulated sectors.
• Delivered statutory audits in line with IFRS and UK GAAP, including preparation of consolidated accounts.
• Advised clients on technical accounting treatments, internal controls, and disclosures.
• Led audit engagements with teams of up to five people from audit planning through to audit completion.

Key Achievement:
✅ Led the end-to-end audit of a top-100 UK automotive group (£222m turnover), involving five subsidiaries and complex asset structures.

• Progressed quickly to senior role, managing audit engagements and client relationships.
• Produced financial statements in a statutory format in accordance with IFRS including consolidated financial statements.
• Responsible for the audit of financial statements, from audit planning through to audit completion.
• Managed a variety of complex auditing projects simultaneously.