Sr. Financial Analyst - Brand Finance- CK Global

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About the Role:

The Brand Finance Sr Financial Analyst – Global CK:

• Support the Brand Finance Controller and act as a senior financial advisor and business partner to the collaborators. Provide insights to drive fact-based decision-making and contribute to the development of business strategies and operations for the global CK business.

• Operationalize work in relation to the global brand teams to coordinate and streamline financial processes and procedures.

• Support ad hoc projects as needed.

What You'll Do:

Overall Strategic & Tactical & Operational Planning & Tracking:

• Periodic planning: prepare the periodic financial closing, forecasting and management of the global brand costs (all SGA).

• Business partnering: provide input for cost control meetings based on actuals/estimate/budget with the department leaders in the global marketing organization (Brand Department Leaders of Merchandising, Design, Sustainability, Legal).

• Financial insights: creating transparency on cost drivers and key performance indicators with respect to brand investments.

• Tracking: monitor expenses, challenge the status quo and work closely with the Brand Finance Controller.

• Risk mitigation: manage business risk to protect the division’s assets.

Strategic/tactical profitability projects:

• Perform ad-hoc analysis on strategic business opportunities that build value (licensing take-backs, new product initiatives, etc.).

• Support the global brand teams with analytics, benchmarking on efficiency and effectiveness of spend categories and insights and advice where needed and drive identification of areas for optimization.

Financial Reporting & Compliance:

• Financial reporting: responsible for month-, quarter- and year-end financial closings for respective costs in global brand; opex and capex planning & control.

• Reporting: support in providing regular reporting and communication for the global brand leadership team (including actuals, estimates, budget variances).

• Invoices: review, approve and supervise global brand (overhead) invoices.

• Compliance: implement and supervise adherence to policies and ensure the integrity of policies, procedures and financial documents for accurate and timely recording and reporting of operating results.

• Automation: drive automation and efficiency in financial processes through dashboards and automated reports.

What You'll Bring:

~5 years of financial management and accounting experience.

Global financial experience recommended.

Experience managing large-scale projects and budgets.

Demonstrated success in systems & tools to improve ways of working.

Education:

" in Business Finance or Accounting required, or equivalent experience.

Skills: 

• Financial analysis: excellent analytical skills, managing large data quantities and sophisticated problem solving skills.

• Financial scenario planning: building financial models to evaluate different scenarios to impact spend efficiency and effectiveness.

• Analytics: excellent analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources.

• Financial competence: ability to analyze financials and explain financial brand performance measures.

• Discernment: understanding of the fashion industry, including market trends, consumer behavior, competition, and supply chain dynamics.

• Communication skills: effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams, translate financial insights to actionable recommendations.

• Project management: experience in driving projects, ensuring all collaborators rema