Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager for Stores to join the LEGO Group Retail Finance team, based in London. The role reports into the Stores Finance Director.  This role is at the heart of key strategic decisions for LEGO Retail Stores – translating data into action, challenging the status quo, and helping shape the future of almost 200 stores across Americas & Europe. It’s a unique opportunity to have an impact at scale, while collaborating with passionate teams across the globe.

Core responsibilities

• Play a strategic leadership role in shaping the financial performance of almost 200 owned-and-operated LEGO stores.

• Provide strategic business partnering to the Head of Americas & EMEA Stores and Regional Directors, offering financial insights & challenge to drive operational and commercial decisions. 

• Present high-impact analytical work and recommendations to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions related to store performance, labour costs and portfolio management. 

• Own and drive the financial performance reporting for AMS & EMEA store operations, ensuring accurate and insightful monthly P&L updates and executive-level reporting.

• Lead the productivity agenda for the LBR network, partnering with Retail Excellence and regional store leadership to validate assumptions, monitor execution and assess impact against Year-To-Go (YTG) targets. 

• Coordinate the quarterly portfolio review process across AMS & EMEA, including LFL & store performance and investment efficiency tracking. 

• People leadership: Coach, supervise and develop the Store Finance Controller, building analytical and business partnering capabilities within the team. 

• Oversee and continuously improve store-level reporting tools and data systems, in collaboration with the broader finance team and A&I, to drive automation and data quality.  

Play your part in our LEGO Retail team succeeding!
 

LEGO Retail is a global market group covering Direct-to-Consumer channels, including almost 200 owned and operated retail stores in Americas, Europe and China and our LEGO.com website across 35 countries. It is one of the fastest growing and most profitable channels of The LEGO Group and it is a global business! The LEGO Retail business is supported by the LEGO Retail Finance team which consists of ~20 colleagues based across Europe, Americas and Asia.

Do you have what it takes?
 

• Strong business partnering experience, with the ability to influence senior commercial and operational stakeholders across markets. 

• Proven ability to translate data into strategic insights that drive decision making and performance improvement. 

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, confident in preparing executive-level materials and leading discussions. 

• Strong organizational and project management skills, able to prioritize effectively and manage cross-functional deliverables. 

• Analytical mindset, enjoying getting to the root causes of issues and making recommendations for improvements in a highly collaborative way. 

• Finance experience in a retail/consumer goods business would be very advantageous.

• Comfortable challenging and influencing key partners. 

• Proficient in SAP and PowerPoint.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want