Exciting opportunity to join the European Reporting team as a Management Accountant!
This position is a key role within the European Reporting Finance Team. As a Management Accountant, you will be responsible for producing the monthly management accounts: ensuring P&L variances are explained, maintaining control on balance sheet reconciliations, and managing the day-to-day financial operations including the cashflow forecast.
* Job Title: Management Accountant
* Location: BL9 8RR
* Working Rota: Mon-Fri
* Working Hours: Full Time
What You'll Be Doing:
* Responsible for the production of monthly management accounts for your European markets.
* Provide detailed variance analysis, with supporting commentary and evidence for any adverse/favourable variances.
* Maintain full financial control on specific balance sheet areas for responsible markets. Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are regularly completed & reviewed, with all risks and opportunities understood.
* Manage the cashflow forecast, providing weekly updates to the group treasury team determining funding and currency transfer requirements.
* Drive for efficiencies across the European business by identifying cost trends and best working practices and ensure a consistent reporting and analytical approach is applied to all countries.
What We're Looking For:
* Qualified CIMA/ ACA/ ACCA accountant.
* Experience of management accounting essential.
* Good communication skills both written and verbal required.
* Strong analytical skills required in order to investigate, understand and explain variances and overall European business performance.
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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