Assistant Management Accountant - Outdoors

JD Sports Fashion; Bury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Assistant Management Accountant - Outdoors

JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom Req #282

21 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.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Assist with preparation of monthly management accounts for JD Outdoor cost centres including variance analysis
2. Review of costs and ensuring correct coding for head office and store variable costs
3. Assist with production of budgets/forecasts
4. Assist with preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
5. Assist with monthly cost centre packs and liaise with cost centre managers as required
6. Assist with monthly recharge process to group companies
7. Assist with daily sales and other reporting requirements
8. Adhere to group reporting deadlines
9. Ad hoc project work as required by the business

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

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

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff discount on JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.