FINANCE DIRECTOR, PANDORA LATAM

At Pandora, we give a voice to millions of people’s loves every day through our beautiful products that empower self-expression. We are proud to be part of the most important moments in our customers’ lives. Where original thinking is welcomed and can create a positive impact quickly, we dream big, dare to act, and deliver with care and passion.
Join us and craft more than just an incredible career.

LEADERSHIP:

This role includes direct responsibility for at least three team members, oversight of local functions, and overall management responsibility for 13 full-time employees (FTEs), 2 in direct reports.
We are seeking an experienced leader with the ability to inspire and manage a high-performing team with a focus on development and collaboration.
You will be building trust throughout the organization and towards Global, fostering accountability, teamwork, and excellence at all levels.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• +8 years of experience in a senior business finance role, ideally from a Cluster/Market FD Role within a global organisation – a mix of US/Europe and LATAM experience is preferred
• Experience from retail, fashion or FMCG industry
• Understand strategic development and business priorities
• Strong demonstratable stakeholder management, business partnering and influencing
• Strong and effective communication
• Change management skills
• Fluency in English - verbal and written. Spanish is a plus.
• An international mindset.
• Willing to travel regularly and an international mindset.

As Finance Director, LATAM, you will be overseeing all financial aspects of Pandora LATAM consisting of a total of 16 countries, including Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Panama.
The Cluster Finance function works closely with cluster and global stakeholders to drive accurate financial reporting, business performance, manage commercial results, and identify opportunities for improvement.
The Cluster Finance Director is responsible for driving decisions, strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting, delivering management information, and ensuring accurate financial reporting.
The role involves providing coaching to the finance team, guiding strategic projects, and executing analysis of cluster initiatives and new service offerings.
This role works with Cluster and Global Commercial Finance to bring best practice to the market, drawing on global insight and data.
The role requires a combination of strong business acumen, commercial finance, and partnering and communication skills, and the ability to guide strategic projects within the market, e.g., new category/channel/product creation and launch. The strong combination of business acumen is what drives increased business performance in the market, being the preferred business partner for the local management teams.
Required competencies include high energy, strategic understanding, stakeholder management, effective communication, people management, change management skills, and an international mindset.