Managing the Financial Planning and Analysis/Controlling Of A Major E-Commerce Group

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now

Deployment country

Germany

Deployment city

Not published

Required availability

100 %

Industry

Textiles & Fashion

Function

Accounting & Controlling

Service

Operative vacancy

Our client, a large e-commerce retailer, is looking for the Head of Strategic Financial Planning and Analysis/Controlling (m/f/d) ad interim, with the option of a permanent position.

The Head of FP&A (m/f/d) will provide deep analysis in a data driven environment to maximize performance. The role offers the opportunity to obtain a multi-dimensional view of the company’s performance while at the same time improving processes to drive forecasting/budgeting efficiency and accuracy. The candidate is interacting with stakeholders on different seniority levels.

Key challenges & responsibilities:

• Build integrated financial business model to model, track and plan the company business plan (P&L, Cashflow, Balance Sheet, Revenue forecasting, liquidity planning), including company valuation from an investor’s perspective (DCF modelling)
  
• Continuously translate company strategy and business model into a financial business plan in collaboration with top management and track its execution across time
  
• Own and moderate the company’s financial steering processes (budgeting, forecasting, monthly management reporting) and develop steering instruments suitable to the needs of a fast-paced, highly agile business environment (forecasting tools, scenario modelling, etc.)
  
• Actively monitor and manage the company’s liquidity position and cash-burn together with the CFO and support capital market measures with required analyses
  
• Develop and proliferate revenue driver models with strong linkage to non-financial KPIs and drivers in collaboration with the Business Intelligence team
  
• Actively identify and highlight opportunities for value generation based on an outside-in capital market perspective
  
• Establish yourself and the team as a thought partner for the strategic management of the group and provide respective managers with financial analysis tools to support their business decision needs
  
• Collaborate with the Head of Investor Relations to define and regularly update the equity story of the company and define and deliver the KPIs and reports communicated to external stakeholders
  

 

Personnel accountability

Not specified

Budget accountability

Not specified

• MUST: Substantial e-commerce experience
  
• Extensive financial knowledge from both a P&L, cash flow and balance sheet perspective
  
• In-depth experience in modelling as well as working with integrated financial planning methodologies
  
• Ability to define and moderate a recurring budgeting and performance management process in the company and to implement the necessary instruments and tools for this purpose
  

 

Linguistic proficiency