About the Role:
The Director Finance Controlling & Governance will work shoulder-to-shoulder with cluster stakeholders to drive and impact cluster business performance. Managing the period end process for the cluster, ensuring the accurately and time close of the books, on behalf of the Cluster Vice President and GM, with the majority of activities being performed by the Service Delivery Center (GBS)
Your role as Director, Finance Controlling & Governance:
You will be responsible for the delivery of the financial results of the cluster (P&L and Balance Sheet) taking the stewardship for accurate Financial Statements and the assurance process within the cluster for each period end.
Close, Consolidate & Report (P&L and Balance Sheet):
- Confirm Financial Reporting accurately represents the position of all North America (P&L and BS)
- Review P&Ls and BS with Cluster stakeholders, discuss risks and opportunities
- Reconciliation of performance P&L and Entity P&L
- Delivering the actual commercial results of the cluster (P&L and Balance Sheet)
- Oversight of franchisees P&Ls
- Oversight of cluster calculations of freight, customs, margin support, return caps and return reserve, MFF.
- Oversight of business accruals
Cross business Partnership:
Focusing on identification of opportunities to drive improvements in top and bottom line and other key outcomes (e.g. work capital, cash, and cost reduction). Teams will use the data/analytics/tools which will be available to them (along with influencing relationship development and storytelling skills) to drive material performance improvement, in collaboration with Cluster leadership teams
Get to know the business and work across the cluster and markets to support stakeholders’ decision-making processes
Improve robustness and speed of the global Close process the cluster and markets
Created strong working relationship to Cluster and Market Commercial Finance Managers and crucially the leads in the new GBS organization
Delivered on the (Finance) Transformation program deliverables in the cluster and markets including managing transition.
Find operational opportunities to drive cost savings
Built stronger relations to key business stakeholders in the cluster and markets
Improve balance sheet position by mitigating financial risks and exploring opportunities
Procure to Pay:
Ensure compliance with global office on payable and receivable guidelines
Improve payable and receivable processes for optimal cash flow.
Ensure implementations of Global accounting, receivable, payable and cash flow guidance.
Order to Cash:
Additional activities which are not performed by the GBS organisation
What is needed to succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- Excellent understanding of the financial numbers, Risk and Control frameworks, combined with solid business knowledge
- “Big 4” accounting background would be highly advantageous
- Experience from similar role(s) and responsibility in a global and international organisation
- Experience from retail, fashion or FMCG industry
- Fluent in English – verbally and written
- Understand strategic development and business priorities
- Stakeholder management, business partnering and influencing
- Strong and effective communication – verbally and written
- Willing to travel regularly and an international mindset
- “One Global Team” oriented
- Experience working in a cross collaborative global organisation
- Microsoft Office
- HFM, AX and Basware is essential
