Performance Finance Director

Performance Finance Director City: Copenhagen V Country/Region: DK Application Deadline: 1 June 2024 Are you looking for an opportunity to use your leadership skills, analytical power, and financial acumen to lead the Global Performance Management Finance function in the largest jewelry company in the world? Well, here’s your chance!

We are looking for our new Global Performance Finance Director for Global Office in Copenhagen
The purpose of the Global Commercial Finance function is to provide strategic advice and challenge the Chief Commercial Office (CCO) organization to help drive and impact business performance. The team is forward looking and creates value by improving the quality of decisions, which are made through analysis, insights and influence/challenge.

Global Commercial Finance works closely with Cluster FDs (and GMs) and their teams to drive global priorities (retail excellence, network strategy, store management etc.).

Global Commercial Finance has a strong role in driving best practice across clusters, creating a coordinated and aligned effort to grow the top and bottom line. The function plays a strong role in the budget process and acts as a facilitating interface in enabling reliable forecasting and actionable insights through collaboration with Clusters and Group FP&A.

Performance Management Finance leads reporting & planning processes for the commercial organization that allow performance dialog between the clusters and executive management. The function ensures that the processes provide relevant insights and drive decision making that impacts performance and grows top and bottom line. With a central place among Cluster Finance, Global Commercial Finance and the Commercial Organization, the function plays critical role in assessing global Risks & Opportunities.

Performance Management Finance drives standardization of analytical methodologies and narrative across Global and Cluster Finance organization. The function is expected to adapt methodologies to everchanging requirements from the business and drive finance transformation agenda to utilize new technologies and minimize non-value-adding activities.

Performance Management Finance consolidates inputs from the clusters and ensures quality reporting, planning and narrative in the Cluster & Global processes. The function is expected to thoroughly understand cluster inputs and partner with the cluster teams to ensure good quality and clear narrative. In addition to consolidation of cluster inputs, the function performs top down analysis and provides recommendations relevant for the Global Commercial Organization.

The Performance Finance Director is expected to be an active member of the Global Finance Forum and contribute to building and maintaining a true global Finance organization in Pandora. Direct management responsibility includes 2-3 direct reports (Performance Finance Managers). In addition to direct reports, Performance Management Finance team includes 3-4 Specialists / Student assistants. The Performance Finance Director is expected to lead people & talent agenda and build strong team of proactive business partners.

Further, the Performance Finance Director will:

• Understand the performance to drive and influence delivery of the commercial result for “Total Clusters”, and share this knowledge and insights with senior leadership to improve performance
• Provide actionable insight to key forums based on risk, opportunity and sensitivity analysis
• Collaborate with Cluster Finance and Global Commercial Finance teams with performance improvement interventions
• Lead long-term planning process for the commercial organization. Collaborate with the stakeholders across the organization (FP&A, Business Development, D&T, Clusters)
• Lead Budgeting and Forecasting processes across the commercial organization
• Drive and provide recommendation for the target setting process and align budgeting and forecasting deliverables and timelines with Group FP&A
• Deliver Total Clusters insight and identifies key drivers of global business performance, based on inputs from the clusters and global stakeholders
• Provide ongoing coaching to strengthen the Global Commercial Finance team’s performance towards serving stakeholders’ needs
• Drive standardization of methodologies and narrative, provide frequent feedback to the clusters and share best practices

You will report to the SVP of Global Commercial Finance. International travelling is to be expected.

What we hope to see in your profile
At Pandora, we recognize that it takes winning personalities to create winning cultures – and we believe it is of essence that you bring strong stakeholder management skills, an ability to collaborate cross-functionally and cross-culturally to secure business results. In addition, we hope to see:

• +8 years of experience in a senior business finance role with a track record of driving performance, insight and growing business value
• Experience of working in a scale organisation influencing business leaders and contributing to development and delivery of business strategy
• Have hands on experience of managing business finance with oversight of risk, controls and accounting judgement.
• Experience from retail, fashion or FMCG industry
• Fluent in English – verbally and written
• Ability to lead with courage, empowerment, ambition, and accountability
• High energy and ability to take strong personal ownership in driving best practices globally
• Understand strategic development and business priorities
• Stakeholder management, business partnering and influencing
• Strong and effective communication – verbally and written
• Proven people management and development skills
• Proven change management skills
• Willing to travel regularly and an international mindset
• A mindset of “One Global Team” – understands the importance of acting as an integral part of the Global Commercial Finance leadership, and contribute to collective improvement of Global Finance

Pandora offers an exciting and challenging role in a fast-moving, international environment. You will be part of a dynamic team, working in close cooperation with a strong organization where quality and integrity are significant qualities. We are a dynamic organization where humor and an informal tone contribute to an inspiring work environment.

Did we get your attention?
We hope you got all your questions answered and feel confident applying for this position, however if you have more questions regarding the position, please contact:

Christian Nørregaard Buch
Global Recruiter
[email protected]

If you see yourself in the position and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com.

Icing on the cake
You will be working out of our beautiful Head Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora
Established in 1982, Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora’s products are available in more than 100 countries on six continents through more than 6,500 points of sale, including around 2,500 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 32,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand, using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 28.1 billion in 2023.

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.

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