Internal Controls Lead

2 weeks ago


Bury, Borough of Bury, United Kingdom JD Sports Full time

Title:

Internal Controls Lead

Reports to:

Head of Internal Controls

Location:

Bury, Lancashire (Head Office)

Salary:

Competitive

Main purpose of role:

To partner with the business, finance, digital 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 endtoend internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) programme.
  • Lead the tracking and reporting of ICFR control deficiencies.
  • Document key financial processes endtoend, 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 controlstesting focus
  • 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

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?
Thank you again for your time.

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