Target Profile:
- Sports-Lover
- > 2 years of experience as a finance business partner or as an auditor.
Job Description:
- As a Finance Business Partner, to optimize the management duties and assist in making decisions which contribute to lasting profitability;
- Act as a counter-power, alerting as needed and proposing corrective actions;
- Prepares and ensure that all accounting records reflect precisely the business reality and adhere to both company standards and local tax and accounting regulations;
- Communicate accounting figures simply and effectively to operational contacts;
- Challenge current practices, if needed and propose new approaches;
- Be a reference in terms of business & analysis
Requirements
Business partner: Contribute to the Store(s) decision making
- Have a deep understanding of the retail business activity, its constraints, rhythm and risks related to its business activity (Online and Offline)
- Generate an overall Profit and Loss report each month that triggers speedy decisions
- Know the key indicators of the retail scope of operations and create action plans, together with the store leaders / operations leader, to improve them.
- Participate regularly in operational meetings; the quality and relevance of your meeting contributions make them sought after by the store team
- Work closely with the finance partners in supply and logistics team to share insights and drive actions for value-chain synergy
Management Accounting: Ensure financial forecasts are reliable and optimize management processes within your scope of responsibility.
- Help the store team to ensure the reliability of forecasts (Sales, Margins, Hours, Stock, Expenses, Investment planning)
- Together with Store leaders, monitor KPIs to keep track of the retail activity and drive performance
- Regularly go over the 12-months rolling piloting planned in order to facilitate the budgeting process and evaluate current performance.
- Alert if needed on stock and flow indicators (Stock levels, rotations of stock, etc.)
Financial Accounting: Ensure reliable financial information
- Ensure that the Profit and Loss accounts accurately reflect monthly income and expenses, and comply with company’s standards (EA) and local standards (AA);
- Gather and identify business activity risks and reflect them in the financial books;
- Ensure the completeness, existence and accuracy of assets (Inventory, Fixed assets) with the help of operations managers.
- Booking of invoices, fixed asset management, journals as part of the tasks of an accountant.
Benefits
- Salary will commensurate with experience and capabilities
- Variable monthly bonus (capped at 10%) based on Omnichannel’s performance
- Generous Staff discount on Decathlon’s products
- Comprehensive medical and insurance benefits
- Be a shareholder, with exclusive annual option to invest in Decathlon’s Shares
- Wide range of career opportunities locally and globally
- Practice your passion sport with your teams
