Finance Business Partner – Digital

JD Sports Fashion; Bury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support their digital transformation efforts. This role involves collaborating with various teams to provide financial insights, drive successful business outcomes, and ensure robust financial analysis for key decisions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in commercial finance, excellent data analysis skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and contribute to the growth of a leading omni-channel retailer in the sports fashion sector.

Benefits

Staff Discount

Personal Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a qualified accountant.
• Expertise in commercial finance and business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial analysis and insights to support digital teams.
• Develop business cases and track progress against goals.

Skills

CIMA Qualified Accountant

Commercial Finance

Business Partnering

Business Analysis

Data Analysis

Financial Modelling

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

SQL

Education

CIMA / ACCA / ACA Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

SQL

Job description

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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.

Finance Business Partner – Digital

Reporting To

Associate Director Commercial Finance Digital

Department

Commercial Finance

Location:

JD Sports Fashion PLC, Edinburgh House, Hollinsbrook Way, Pilsworth, Bury, BL9 8RR

JD Group is a leading global omnichannel retailer of sports fashion and outdoor brands. As well as consistently delivering growth and scale, JD is currently undergoing a period of digital transformation. We are looking for a Finance Business Partner in Commercial Finance Digital to help teams deliver exceptional online performance and support the priorities of the Digital Centre of Excellence.

As the Finance Business Partner – Digital, you will work closely with leaders across the Digital function including Product, Digital technology and Customer data to fully embed financial support into key leadership decision making. You will support all Digital teams to ensure roadmaps, plans, investment decisions and business cases are supported by robust financial analysis and insight. This involves owning Digital cost lines and reporting of core KPIs to financial and non-financial stakeholder to drive the delivery of ongoing performance.

Main Duties

• Provide commercial support to the Associate Director Digital and the Head of Business Partnering on all Digital priorities, roadmaps, workload and investments
• Drive successful business outcomes by being a true partner to the Digital business, providing financial analysis, strategic insights and financial support for teams within the Digital Centre of Excellence.
• Key stakeholders include Product teams across web, app and in-store technology, digital technology, customer data, Procurement
• Business case development and tracking – ownership of key business cases for digital Product, Tech and Data initiatives. Provide insight into ROI. Track programme/project progress against strategic goals
• Input and understanding of month end reporting, working closely with operational finance team, enabling better forecasting and support to CoE
• Work closely with colleagues in Commercial Finance (in Digital and broader Finance Business Partners) as well as across the Finance function

Skills/experience/knowledge Needed

• 3years+ CIMA / ACCA / ACA Qualified Accountant
• Commercial Finance / Business Partnering / Business Analysis experience essential
• Particular interest in candidates who can demonstrate experience in ecommerce, marketplace, technology or digital sectors more widely
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong data analysis and financial modelling skills
• Ownership of workload and ability to summarise and prioritise effectively
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Skilled at prioritising tasks in fast paced environment and identifying opportunities and risks
• Good interpersonal skills, with a track record of developing positive working relationships with finance and non-finance colleagues
• Positive, flexible, enthusiastic and driven
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of SQL a plus

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.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Retail

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