Senior Finance Manager PS Cost Optimization (all genders)

at  Zalando

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Finance, Analytics & Controlling
The Partner Service Finance team is looking for you as Senior Manager Cost Optimization, acting as Finance Business Partner for Zalando’s Partner Platform Business.
Become a trusted partner for our business- and leadership teams on costing related topics. You’ll strengthen our activity based costing, cost driver-trees, project ROIs & costs of maintenance models and further analyse & optimise a) project prioritisation and b) the cost structure of Zalando’s platform business. Thus you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, leveraging your strong communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills to ensure operational performance and the development & tracking of related input & output KPIs.

• Prepare and present monthly cost performance for the Partner Services leadership team, providing actionable insights.
• Maintain and develop financial models, including the “cost-to-serve a merchant” model, leveraging cost information to support decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with the Partner Business, influencing cost-saving decisions behind driver trees through insights generation and data-driven reporting.
• Manage the alignment with Partner Business teams on target-setting for cost-per-unit, responsibilities on cost drivers and define ownership.
• Act as a trusted business partner for our Partner Platform Business on all cost-related topics. Leverage your expertise in ActivityBasedCosting and financial analysis to drive cost optimization initiatives and support profitable growth.
• Actively participate in Project Reviews and Quarterly Business Reviews, ensuring that financial considerations are integrated into the project prioritisation and cost of maintenance decision-making processes.