Finance Manager eCommerce Europe

We are looking for an analytical, proactive, and commercially savvy Finance Manager to join our eCommerce Europe Performance Management team in Amsterdam – with a focus on Sales & Margin.

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

Provide holistic Sales & Margin performance management support to the eCommerce business in Europe; create transparency about business performance and partner on an ad-hoc basis with the creation and evaluation of business cases. This position will help drive execution of the company’s strategy, as well as short-term tactical decisions to drive profitable and sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end financial forecast process for Sales & Margin and collaborate with business partners across channels during IBP bottom-up planning.
• Perform Sales & Margin month-end closing according to group policies and guidelines.

• Contributing to communication packages that transparently present results.
• Developing and monitoring KPIs for ad hoc, short- and long-term planning and bringing responsibility into the business (financial and non-financial).
• Identifying key issues & opportunities, drawing conclusions, and providing solid recommendations and solutions.

• Show initiative to creatively approach new subjects, proactively drive & analyze related business processes.
• Ensure smooth operation of the day-to-day business by taking ownership of related actions.
• Provide finance support and partner up with business partners on an ad-hoc basis for business cases.
• Identify opportunities to design and build tools and dashboards to improve day-to-day processes.
• Team-up with GBS colleagues to define sustainable processes and support with handovers.

Key Processes & KPIs

• Sales & Margin controlling and bottom-up forecast planning:
• Market / Cluster: Europe
• Sales channel: eCommerce
• Dimensions: Sales & Margin, ad-hoc business cases touching full eCom P&L
• Processes: Month-end closing, Forecasting, Latest Estimate, Budgeting, etc.
• Duties: Monthly standard reporting and planning; Monthly and quarterly closing; Ad hoc analysis and reporting.

Key Relationships

• Finance: eCom EU Performance Management (Finance) team, GBS (Global Business Services), Europe FP&A, Brand & Commercial Performance Management Finance colleagues, Global Digital Finance
• Business: Trading, Buying & Planning, Digital Partner Commerce (Partner Program, Digital Partnerships), Marketing team, Analytics, SCM

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of the digital ecosystem
• Strong analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources
• Result driven, proactive and a strong sense of ownership
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to information requests from different stakeholders
• Very good communication skills to convince others
• Independent thinker, ability to challenge others
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with a wide range of Finance & business colleagues
• Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel is a must
• Business fluency in English (written and spoken)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• At least 3 years professional experience
• University degree in Business Administration / Finance / Controlling
• Professional accounting designation, and experience in Sales & Margin controlling are seen as a plus