Saracens interim chief executive Edward Griffiths has resigned after less than a month in the role, the Gallagher Premiership have announced.
Griffiths had re-signed as chief executive on a one-year contract, having previously left in 2015, after Nigel Wray retired earlier this month.
Premiership champions Saracens will be relegated at the end of the 2019-20 season for breaching salary cap rules.
Saracens were deducted 35 points in this season’s league table and fined £5.3 million in November after an independent disciplinary panel said Saracens failed to disclose player payments in each of the last three seasons.
“This was always going to be a very short-term appointment, and others are well-placed to drive forward the rebuilding of the club,” Griffiths said in a statement.