Internal Controls Lead

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 over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 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 Description

Main purpose of role:

To partner with the business, finance, IT and Multichannel teams across the Group to enhance the quality of the controls environment.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Support the controls managers in partnering with the business and Group IT and Multichannel teams to identify improvements in controls and ensure control deficiencies are tracked and remediated in agreed timelines.
• Lead the controls stream on Business and IT led projects.
• Support the end-to-end internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) programme.
• Lead the tracking and reporting of ICFR control deficiencies.
• Document key financial processes end-to-end, identifying risks and controls and creating a suitable matrix.
• Support the rollout of the internal controls framework to new acquisitions in the Group

Qualifications & Experience

• Accounting qualification – ACA/ACCA or equivalent
• Audit experience, preferably controls-testing focus – minimum of 7 years/
• Exposure to and an effective understanding of internal controls over financial reporting and controls testing.
• Be a strong communicator and possess an ability to develop trusting and credible relationships at all levels of the business and across various teams
• Strong Excel skills
• An understanding of IT systems and operation will be helpful

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 JD Group and other brands within the organisation
• Pension Scheme
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

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 you applying, 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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