Company Description
At Frasers Group we’re rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we’re serving our consumers with the world’s best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we’re elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.
Why join us?
Our mission- we are building the worlds most admired and compelling brand ecosystem
Our purpose – we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world’s best brands and experiences
At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:
1. Think without limits - Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
2. Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results
3. Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet
We offer a wealth of opportunity for training as well as on the job learning. We will provide Study Support for further qualifications, and we empower our people to develop. Our Everlast Gym on site hosts free weekly fitness classes for the Finance Team, which supports with team bonding whilst keeping our mind and body healthy. The benefits don’t stop there, we also give our employees 20% discount across all Group brands and have bonus schemes including our Frasers Champion where 8 peer nominated winners earn double their monthly salary for their outstanding performance.
Job Description
This role is based full time at our Shirebrook HQ
In the Frasers Group Finance Team there will always be something different happening to keep you busy. There are no formal or rigid ways of doing things, so opportunities to improve processes & procedures are always welcomed. Each member of the finance team has an opportunity to put their own personal stamp on things and senior management are always around to offer a helping hand.
Acquisitions Accounting
4. Owning the accounting of the Group’s many acquisitions under IFRS 3 Business Combinations and necessary disclosure in the Group and subsidiary financial statements
5. Liaising with Administrators and external advisors to ensure transactions are fully understood and documented
6. Owning and presenting the potential impact of acquisitions on the Frasers Group PLC financial statements to the Chief Accountant and Director of Finance to support the budgeting & forecasting process
7. Owning the audit process of acquisitions, ensuring all appropriate documentation is provided to the auditors & queries answered in a timely manner
Group Financial Statements (IFRS):
8. Reviewing monthly Frasers Group PLC consolidation, including analysis of variances to forecast & prior year
9. Liaising with External Auditors on audit queries during the year-end audit process
10. Supporting the Chief Accountant with complex accounting areas, including share schemes, derivatives, and foreign subsidiaries.
Property Accounting
11. Ownership of the accounting of the Group’s property valuations and impairment accounting
12. Liaising with internal and external advisors on valuations of properties to be included in the financial instruments and ensuring appropriate accounting in the Frasers Group PLC and subsidiary financial statements
13. Reviewing forecasts and variances throughout the year in cooperation with the property team
14. Own the audit process of property accounting ensuring all appropriate documentation is provided to the auditors & queries answered in a timely manner
Qualifications
15. Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA, over 3 years post qualified.
16. Good knowledge of FRS and IFRS
17. Highly motivated and able to meet deadlines
18. Shows resilience in the face of change, able to work in a fast paced commercial environment where priorities are constantly changing
19. Looking to grow a career with a global commercial business