Senior Manager Global Markets Finance DACH (all genders)

at  Zalando

Location
Berlin
Contract
Full time
Job Category
Finance, Analytics & Controlling
Zalando’s Market Finance Team is looking for a Senior Manager Global Markets Finance DACH (all genders). This role sits in Business Finance Organization (BFO) and forms the key interface between business Finance and the local specific commercial and strategic teams.
We are looking for a Senior Manager (all genders) who will support projects contributing to the long term sustainable growth of the markets with special focus on DACH cluster. In this position, you will contribute to the success of the markets by standardising financial processes, bringing reporting to the next level to provide greater financial and commercial transparency while building business cases to provide data driven recommendations for the business. The scope of your work will be balanced between dedicated support of the DACH market cluster as well as cross-market initiatives and global assignments. You bring strong financial and analytical skills combined with a great commercial understanding of the business. You will report to the Global Markets Finance Lead with a dotted line to the Head of the DACH cluster while working closely with multiple cross-functional teams.

• As part of your weekly market cluster routine you support accurate short-term commercial steering by delivering high-quality weekly profitability outlooks. Enable decision-making by running simulations on commercial activations, offering insights into different investment options and their respective impacts.
• You prepare and present quarterly and monthly performance reports, focusing on market reviews for your cluster. Contribute significantly to the cluster performance review process to support senior management decision-making. Drive automation and improvements to provide more actionable insights.
• You ensure alignment of targets and initiatives between local commercial/ functional teams and central Finance. Provide accurate financial projections and plan reviews to guide decision-making and facilitate a cohesive financial strategy across different teams to ensure a unified approach.
• You review the weekly Zalando Business metrics (ZBM) for DACH, report and follow-up underperformed KPIs in collaboration with data and business owners, lead the cluster ZBM meetings and preparations.
• You lead and participate in cross-market projects and business case development. Ensure thorough financial analysis to guide decision-making, striving for continuous improvement of financial tools for better and faster decision-making.
• You create detailed reports, track KPIs, and model solutions to derive actionable insights from data. You utilise your passion for data analysis to drive recommendations that support business objectives.
• You maintain a hands-on mindset, readily supporting your team with ad-hoc requests and addressing business cases from stakeholders of your market cluster and cross markets.