Management Accountant - ROI

JD Sports Fashion; Bury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000

Job description

JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom Req #130

09 March 2025

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Job Title – Management Accountant - ROI

Working rota – Monday to Friday

Working hours – 40 hours

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Management Accountant - ROI, you'll be doing the following:

1. Financially govern a €220m Revenue generating business with around 25 stores.
2. Manage a sizeable balance sheet including around €20m of inventory.
3. Help us close out our statutory accounts audit quicker and be the face of the Deloitte audit for our Irish subsidiaries.
4. Make a difference by automating or simplifying inefficient parts of our bookkeeping process.
5. Help us problem solve blockers in speeding up our month end timetable.
6. Improve our insight into performance, working closely with our commercial finance teams.

What We're Looking For:

• Part Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification finalist)
• Attention to Detail: A meticulous approach to being able to analyze, account for and explain the story behind a trading retail business end to end, P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Champion of Improvement: We're looking for someone who’s curious and eager to enhance our finance processes, creating lasting positive changes.
• Solution-Oriented: Skilled at spotting challenges and solving them to help us achieve top-tier standards in accounting governance.
• Team Player: Someone willing to work collaboratively across a large business involving multiple departments and reporting lines.

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues over 4,500 stores across several retail fascia's in over 36 countries 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:

• 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, 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.