JD Sports Jobs – Accounts Assistant

Overview:

JD Sports Fashion Plc is a leading international multi-channel retailer of branded sports, fashion, and outdoor brands. Established in 1981 with a single store in the North-West of England, today JD is an industry leading retail business with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across a number of retail fascias in 32 markets around the world. JD is at the pinnacle of the global sports fashion industry, providing customers with a product range that remains both authentic and uniquely appealing across a highly differentiated omni-channel experience.

Our business model is split into Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019. In FY22, JD Sports Fashion Plc generated revenues of £8,563.0m, underlying PBT of £654.7m and net cash of £1,185.9m and a market capitalisation of £5.95bn.

JD won the International Excellence award at the Drapers Awards 2021 and was named best performing share of the 2010s with revenues increasing from £770m in 2010 to £6.1bn in 2021.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible to produce monthly management accounts for store costs
• Monthly analysis and investigation of P&L variances
• Responsible for the preparation of annual budgets and monthly reforecasts for store costs
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with intercompany reconciliations
• Adhere to group reporting deadlines
• Production of monthly store P&Ls liaising with Operational Teams
• Production of daily sales reports.
• Production of KPIs on business performance
• Ad hoc project work as required

Skills/Experience/Knowledge Needed:

• Part qualified CIMA / ACCA / AAT equivalent
• Strong analytical skills required in order to investigate, understand and explain variances and overall business performance.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to prioritise workloads in order to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work under your own initiative.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills both written and oral.
• Assistance and study support can be provided to continue towards relevant financial qualification.
• Retail industry experience desirable