Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni‑channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people‑led, innovative and customer‑focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.
Responsibilities:
* Assist with preparation of monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and specific cost line reporting.
* Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
* Responsible for maintaining and updating the Fixed Asset Registers.
* Responsibility for reporting property costs.
* Assist with intercompany reconciliations.
* Help with monthly cost centre packs and consult with Gyms management team as needed.
* Aid with production of budgets/forecasts including monthly reforecasts for depreciation.
* Producing month to date sales reports.
* Adhere to group reporting deadlines.
* National statistics returns.
* Raising of Purchase Orders in the Coupa system.
* Ad hoc project work.
Skills, Experience, Knowledge:
* Studying towards AAT / CIMA / ACCA.
* Assistance and study support can be provided to continue towards relevant financial qualification.
* Strong analytical skills required in order to investigate, understand and explain variances and overall business performance.
* Diligence and accuracy.
* Ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
* Ability to work under your own initiative.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
* Effective communication skills both written and oral.
We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work. Thank you for your time #JD
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