Act as a strategic finance partner to the business by driving data-driven decision-making, optimizing financial performance, and delivering actionable insights to achieve organizational goals.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:[Sales Performance & Commercial Finance]- Performance Tracking: Deliver comprehensive weekly and monthly commercial analyses in strict alignment with retail KPIs.- Sales Forecasting: Partner closely with the commercial team to drive accurate sales forecasting, particularly during mid-year and year-end closing cycles.- Wholesale Management: Analyze wholesale order books and track actual shipments to project and generate accurate net sales estimates.- Management Reporting: Develop and present ad-hoc sales and profitability reports to support executive-level decision-making.[Budgeting, Planning & Financial Reporting]- HQ Reporting: Lead the preparation of timely and accurate financial reporting packages (Net Sales, OPEX, CAPEX, Full P&L) for each brand HQ using HFM.- Variance Analysis: Proactively analyze monthly financial results against budgets and forecasts, identifying key risks, opportunities, and year-to-go (YTG) business impacts.- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with department heads to gather critical inputs, scrutinize data for accuracy, and streamline the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes.- Master Data Management: Maintain and manage financial reporting structures, cost centers, and store information in compliance with Group guidelines.[Strategic Finance & Operational Excellence]- Business Development: Prepare ROI analyses and business cases (NOP) to evaluate capital investments (CAPEX) and new store openings.- Working Capital & Cost Control: Monitor and analyze key financial metrics including inventory aging, personnel costs, sales incentives, depreciation & amortization (D&A), IFRS16 impacts, and cash flow.- Process Improvement: Continuously streamline budget and projection workflows in collaboration with regional and global teams to enhance reporting efficiency.- Finance Advocacy: Effectively translate complex financial concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-financial leaders across the organization.