Balance Sheet Management Accountant
Location
Bury, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Balance Sheet Management Accountant
JD UK & Ireland
Reporting to:
Balance Sheet and Controls Finance Manager
Department:
Finance
Location:
JD Sports Fashion PLC, Edinburgh House, Hollinsbrook Way, Pilsworth, Bury, BL9 8RR
Key Duties/Responsibilities:
- Responsible for producing balance sheet budgets and reforecasts
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are produced and reviewed in line with the Group requirements
- Challenge and review reconciliations to ensure that the balance sheet position is appropriate
- Update risks and opportunities schedule
- Produce month-end balance sheet reporting for Finance senior team
- Responsible for reconciling control accounts (Payroll, VAT)
- Responsible for reconciling intercompany balances on a monthly basis, distributing balance details across group companies and resolving any queries
- Update intercompany loan schedules and calculate interest charges
- Ensure all reporting deadlines are met
- Submit accurate and timely submissions to Group for JD Ireland
- Produce monthly, half-year and year-end Group reporting packs for JD Ireland
- Assist in providing reconciliations to external auditors and responding to queries
- Ad hoc project work as required
Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:
- Qualified/Finalist CIMA/ ACA/ ACCA accountant
- Experience of management accounting essential
- Experience with working alongside and influencing senior stakeholders; both financial and non-financial
- Strong analytical skills required in order 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
- Retail industry experience desirable
- 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 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets 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
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.
Thank you again for your time.
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