Regional Business Controller C&f - Region South

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Regional Business Controller C&F - Region South, Barcelona

Client: H&M

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 507669460707757260832460

Job Views: 2

Posted: 31.03.2025

Expiry Date: 15.05.2025

Job Description:

Company Description: H&M Brand is on a journey to again become a truly customer-focused company. In line with our Rewind and Fast Forward strategy, we want to achieve clear ownership, fuel our salesmanship, enable speed and build on our passion for the customer throughout the organisation. We will therefore now take the next steps and set up new Regional teams around the world.

Region South Europe is one of the 9 regions within the H&M Group and will have its headquarters in Barcelona, Spain. The Region runs across 5 markets: France, Belgium / Luxembourg, Spain / Portugal, Italy, Turkey.

The Expansion function is here to support in adding meaningful growth. We are responsible, in partnership with our brands, for all aspects of creating and maintaining our real estate portfolio: we lease, design, draw, buy, build and maintain each store and constantly follow up on the existing portfolio to ensure high profitability. We add new stores and optimize the current portfolio through rebuilds, extensions, renegotiations, relocations and consolidations.

As a part of Omni journey within Expansion, we are looking for a passionate leader who will take the position of Regional Business Controller C&F SEU.

Job Description: On this journey we´re all collaborating to create the best omni customer offer for our customers and as a Business Controller Construction & Facilities you will be a key player in making this happen. You are a part of the Regional Expansion team and work closely with the Regional Head of Expansion Controlling to set the controlling strategy for the region. Together with the Construction & Facilities (C&F) team in the region you set the C&F strategy, and together with the sales markets you secure a complete store lifecycle focus including investments, long-term cost, quality, sustainability and compliance.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Together with Regional Head of C&F you are responsible for setting and implementing the regional strategy for C&F.
2. You are responsible for budgeting and follow-up of all C&F activities in the region.
3. You support, motivate and challenge the sales market controllers and C&F teams in the sales markets through our values, leadership expectations and with a growth mindset.
4. You ensure trend analysis, prognosis and reporting.
5. You carry out risk management and secure financial transparency on the highest level and that each team member is aware of its responsibilities and approval rights.
6. You drive improvements and actions in processes, methods and tools. You support all markets and brands within the region.

Qualifications: We see that you can define effective long-term plans in line with the vision and strategy for the department. You are good at conceptualizing ideas and defining conclusions with supporting arguments. You enjoy teamwork and effectively collaborate with a group of diverse people in order to achieve set goals and targets. You have a strong business mindset, communicate well and you are comfortable in making decisions.

Besides your personality we see that you have:

• A degree in Business Administration or engineering.
• 3 years of relevant experience from working within controlling, preferably within the retail sector.
• Experience from preparing and presenting financial reporting to Senior Management and other stakeholders.
• Knowledge about common accounting principles.
• Advanced level in Power BI, MS Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Flexibility to travel within the region on a frequent basis.
• Full professional proficiency (spoken and written) in English and another language from the region is a plus.

Being part of our omni journey means there is not one clear path. We ask of you to be open to change and take part in creating an organization for the future. This is an opportunity for open-minded team players that by being curious, innovative and forward-thinking, want to change our business and the whole industry. We ask you to be yourself, drive results, work towards goals and go for it with everything you’ve got.

Additional Information: This is a permanent position based in Barcelona, Spain and we offer a local contract. If your profile fits the requirements, you will receive an invitation for a 1st interview online, which will last approximately 1h. If this interview is successful, our HR department will send you an invitation for a second interview.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!