Lego
Job title:
Senior Finance Manager, LEGO Retail Marketing
Company
Lego
Job description
Job DescriptionBring your leadership skills and help drive growth in a dynamic and strategically important part of the LEGO Group!Please note that no relocation assistance is offered for this position.Core ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Finance Manager will be the Finance Business Partner to the VP LEGO Retail Marketing. They will be working very closely with the Marketing Planning & Performance team and will:
- Focus on driving efficiency and effectiveness of total LEGO Retail marketing spend.
- Provide recommendations based on insights & data in trade-off discussions on full funnel marketing and where best to allocate marketing budgets (offline and online) to optimize spend.
- Partner marketing teams on both campaigns and “always on levers” and ensure holistic planning with key BUs outside of LEGO Retail.
- Ensure robust campaign after-action reviews (sales and ROI) with new learnings and insights embedded into marketing budgets.
- Ensure good governance of total LEGO Retail marketing spend, work with the marketing teams on spend follow-up and provide good visibility of marketing spend.
- Ensure accurate month-end close, reporting and commentary as well as leading delivery of annual planning and forecast processes.
- Drive continuous improvements in our processes and ways of working.
- Lead 1 finance resource supporting Retail Marketing.
Play your part in our team succeedingThe Senior Finance Manager will be part of the LEGO Retail finance team. LEGO Retail Finance consists of ~17 colleagues based across Europe, the US and Asia. This role will report into the LEGO.com Finance Director (who reports to the Head of LEGO Retail Finance Senior Director).LEGO Retail plays an integral part on delivering our reach to children while also supporting our premium/quality positioning as a brand. In order to do this, LEGO Retail must continue to develop to remain relevant with shopper needs and shifts in their shopping behaviours. One of the key challenges in this role is how we ensure we optimise our full funnel marketing spend across all channels and have the right trade-off discussions grounded in insights and data.Do you have what it takes?
- The ability to demonstrate financial foresight / management accounting proficiency
- Experience working within the finance area in a global organisation. This includes experience within commercial finance and business partnering
- Finance experience in a retail business is a must! Retail Finance Marketing Experience (both offline and digital) would be a distinct advantage
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Analytical approach, enjoying getting to the route of issues and making improvements
- Comfortable challenging and influencing key partners
- Proficient in Excel, SAP and PowerPoint
#LI-KR1#LI-HybridApplications 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 our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.Colleague Discount – We know you’ll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.Workplace – When you join the team you’ll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.Just imagine building your dream career.Then make it real.Join the LEGO® team today.
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 22:51:45 GMT
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