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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.
Finance Business Partner
Reporting To
Head of Finance Business Partnering
Department
Commercial Finance
Location:
JD Sports Fashion PLC, Edinburgh House, Hollinsbrook Way, Pilsworth, Bury, BL9 8RR
As the Finance Business Partner – People Team, you will work closely with the Chief People Officer, being their direct contact for all things financial. You will develop key relationships within the team to support and challenge in key areas around financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, project governance and other ad hoc requests where required.
You will also be the financial contact within the business for all people related costs, supporting other Finance Business Partner and Senior Leaders through analysis and KPI’s, to better understand the wider picture around headcount and costs.
Key Duties/Responsibilities
* Financial support to Chief People Officer and direct reports, providing clear, concise insight and understanding of the People Centre of Excellence cost centre.
* Leading the annual budgeting process and Forecasting for People Centre of Excellence
* Providing clear and concise reporting to the Chief People Officer, Senior Leadership team and Senior Finance team
* Chairing regularly meetings with Chief People Officer and senior leadership team to review spend and gain better understanding of expected costs, highlighting underlying issues as they arise and providing challenge where necessary.
* Support and preparation of Quarterly Business Reviews and Annual Budget decks, including attendance and presentation at review meetings.
* Development and production of relevant department reports and KPI’s to aid understanding and decision making.
* Ownership, Governance and appraisal for any projects within the CofE, including monthly tracking and reporting into Steering meetings and Investment/operating forums.
* Input and understanding of month end reporting, working closely with operational finance team, enabling better forecasting and support to CoE
* Support CoE leadership team with any other regular financial reporting requirements specific to the People CoE
* Forecasting, tracking and reporting for any capital spend.
* Implement controls in line with the Group’s Financial controls programme.
* Work with internal and external audit teams where required.
* Ad hoc Finance tasks and project work as required.
Skills/Experience/Knowledge Needed
* 3 years+ CIMA / ACCA / ACA Qualified Accountant
* Experience of Business partnering essential, including providing evidence of challenge and making suggestions that added value.
* Experience of Retail and Technology advantageous
* Evidence of providing data driven insights.
* Strong communication skills both written and verbal required.
* High emotional intelligence
* Very strong analytical skills required to investigate, understand, and explain department performance.
* Ability to form strong working relationships at all levels.
* Ability to work under own initiative.
* Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines.
* Advanced Excel skills, Oracle, TM1 experience not essential but an advantage
* Excellent attention to detail
* Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
* Positive, flexible, enthusiastic, and driven
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:
* Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
* Discounted Gym membership
* Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
* Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications
Interested?
If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.
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.
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.
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Finance and Sales
* Industries
Retail
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