Finance Manager - Balance Sheet & Controls
Bury, England, United Kingdom
Job Title: Finance Manager - Balance Sheet & Controls
Working Rota: Monday to Friday
Working Hours: 40
What You'll Be Doing:
As a Finance Manager - Balance Sheet & Controls, you'll be doing the following:
1. Govern our UK balance sheet.
2. Drive teams to a better standard in terms of controls and accounting – enforcing our framework.
3. Line manage and develop two part qualified accountants.
4. Help problem-solve blockers in speeding up our month-end timetable.
5. Feed into our risks and opportunities process with our Commercial Finance teams.
6. Improve our insight into the performance of two small entities in the group.
What We're Looking For:
* Fully Qualified Accountant with either ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualifications.
* Proven Expertise: Comfortable with principles on concepts around financial controls, ideally with experience working in a retailer or consumer-facing business.
* Attention to Detail: A meticulous approach to balance sheet management to drive confidence in P&L messaging and our understanding of working capital.
* Problem Solver: Ability to identify and tackle challenging processes to help reach a best-in-class standard for accounting governance.
* Persuader: Skilled at influencing stakeholders and collaborating across multiple departments.
* Someone keen to line manage, coach, and develop Management Accountants.
The Company:
The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues across 4,500 stores in over 36 countries.
We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences, recognizing the importance of an inclusive workplace culture.
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, please press the Apply Now button.
Due to the high volumes of applications, it may take time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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.
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