Finance Manager, E-commerce

Act as a proactive business contributor towards the Global VP, Global Direct to Consumer, Global Finance Head of Finance, Revenue Performance leveraging his/her insights on the business to drive stronger plans, ideas and to be a source of financial leadership.

Responsible for driving ROI mindset and profitable growth on .com and market places (Ecom business). Ensure the proper governance/controls over CAPEX/IT Investments and RGI expenses and transparent reporting of performance is available.

Partner with sales & commercial teams to conduct channel & commercial strategies, to improve decision making/investment strategy, and to drive ROI mindset on Trade investments and cash flow improvements within the business teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand Ecom channel goals/strategies and provide analyses to help organization to achieve/beating goals
• Support annual target setting across Ecom channel
• Support channel strategy development and decision making
• Conduct profitability analysis of key customers/market places doors with recommendations to improve
• Support Business cases assessment of investment decision making (CAPEX and OPEX)
• Support new market places opening financials evaluation
• Lead the quarterly/annual target setting process for E-com
• Provide multifunctional team and Exco with business insights .com & market places performance. Focus externally.
• Perform variance analysis during the month-end close (Volume, Trade Funds, RGI/BBI for the channel)
• Perform Ad-Hoc reporting and analyses based on business needs

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience in Financial Analysis and Reporting, ideally in Sales or Brand Finance co-piloting roles
• Experience in Financial Forecasting and deviation analyses incl. business interpretation
• Very good understanding of P&L and Balance Sheet under local GAAP and IFRS
• Solid understanding of month-close process and how it impacts P&L and B/S
• Experienced in working in a multi-functional environment, Ecommerce business
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Finance & Accounting
• Strong Excel skills, experience with SAP, Hyperion or Onestream system (or any other reporting/forecasting platform)

Critical Skills

• Excellent financial leadership skills
• Strong commercial acumen
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of hierarchy with multifunctional partners and with external stakeholders (English skills mandatory)
• High level of mental agility – being able to ‘connect the dots’

Professional Experience

• Strong career progress to date in Accounting, Business or Finance in a multinational organisation, ideally with FMCG grounding
• Previous responsibility of P&L delivery and sales with a strong grasp of the retail landscape (including trade terms and promotions)
• An effective and credible thought partner - commercially minded with a good grasp of key financial drivers and strong contract management skills
• Professional accounting qualification is a plus, but not mandatory.
• Ability to navigate financial and non-financial data gathering and analytics