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Finance Manager - JD Gyms

Bury

Finance Manager - JD Gyms

 

Responsible To:

Financial Controller JD Gyms

Department:

Financ

Location:

JD Sports Fashion PLC, Edinburgh House, Hollinsbrook Way, Pilsworth, Bury, BL9 8RR.

*Role will involve a maximum of 2 days per week at the Wigan Head Office (Anjou Boulevard, Robin Park, Wigan, WN5 0UJ).

 

This position is a key role in within the JD Gyms Finance team. The initial role will be heavily focused on key transformation projects element, as the company migrates to updated systems and control processes. The role will mature into a more typical Finance Manager role, where you will be responsible for aiding in the production and review of the monthly management accounts, budgets, and forecasts.

 

Within the role you will build strong relationships with key stakeholders and other departments within JD Gyms and the wider JD Sports Fashion Group to ensure you are up to date with the latest business developments and contributing to the continued company success.

 

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

Initial Role - Projects

 

  • Be the main point of contact for the Group teams as the company migrates to a new fixed asset management system. This will include user acceptance testing as well as championing the new system for the Gyms team to enable support and training to colleagues.
  • Support the JD Gyms accounts team with the implementation of local IFRS16 workings, calculation will be predominantly system led, but this role will lead the user acceptance testing and manage the reconciliation and the monthly process. The successful candidate will communicate directly with all relevant JD Gyms stakeholders such that they understand the P&L impact of the new standard.

 

Maturing Role

  • Assist with the journal approval process, this will involve reviewing and reconciling the teams monthly/weekly workings to ensure the accounts are as accurate as possible and compliant with JD Group standards.
  • Assist with the preparation of the JD Gyms monthly management accounts.
  • Responsible for timely and accurate submission to the JD Group team.
  • Help manage the balance sheet review process, supporting the JD Gyms accounts team to follow up on queries and assess accuracy of accruals/prepayments and challenging assumptions with relevant stakeholders.
  • Complete detailed variance analysis, with supporting commentary and evidence for any adverse/favourable variances to budget and last year.
  • Aid with the production of the monthly reporting pack for JD Gyms and preparation of any additional management information required.
  • Responsible for producing monthly, half-year and year-end Group reporting packs.
  • Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations, identifying risks and opportunities and communicating these to the Financial Controller.
  • Responsible for analysing key cost areas and provide challenge to the operational teams.
  • Host regular meetings with key operational heads to gain an understanding of expected costs, highlight issues as they arise and challenge costs where necessary.
  • Provide support with the preparation of annual budgets and monthly reforecasts.
  • Ensure all internal and external reporting deadlines are met.
  • Continual review and improvement of all finance related processes in-line with ongoing transformation projects.
  • Implementation of controls in line with the Group’s Financial controls programme.
  • Assist with audit queries.
  • Ad hoc project work as required.

 

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

  • Qualified CIMA/ ACA/ ACCA accountant.
  • Experience of management accounting essential.
  • Experience with working alongside and influencing senior stakeholders; both financial and non-financial.
  • Experience of managing projects preferable.
  • Strong analytical skills required to identify and remediate risks.
  • Ability to investigate, understand and explain variances and overall business performance.
  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal required.
  • Ability to prioritise workloads to meet tight deadlines.
  • Ability to work under your own initiative.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office – Excel, Word and Powerpoint.
  • Attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Experience of Oracle Financials and TM1 useful (though training will be provided).
  • A positive, flexible, enthusiastic, and driven attitude.

 

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues over 4,500 stores across several retail fascia's in over 36 countries around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

  • Incremental Holiday Allowance
  • Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
  • Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
  • Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

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Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

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