Senior Finance Analyst Global Packs

Senior Finance Analyst Global Packs

VF Corporation

Antwerp, Belgium

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As a Senior Finance Analyst, your responsibility lies in supporting the long-range financial plans (LRP), annual budgets and rolling forecasts for a Global portfolio of 3 Packs Brands.

You will also support regional finance teams in designing and implementing a global framework of KPIs to enable better alignment across departments globally and easier read of variances against budget or LRP.

In particular, you will:

• Establish control-related standards and procedures in all Brand cost centers;
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Operations, Marketing,…) to align financial targets with operational goals and maximize performance;
• Partner with department leaders and provide monthly/quarterly reporting packages;
• Update LRP model in close collaboration with regional finance teams;
• Consolidate, review and analyze Monthly Global Results, providing visibility on key variances to forecast, enabling the organization to make high quality decisions and provide forward looking budget and LRP adjustments;
• Support Brand in identifying potential risks and opportunities and act as a key cross department facilitator and optimize execution;
• Support Global FP&A Director and Senior Leadership Team by providing consolidated Global brand reporting with relevant financial information and insights to support internal reviews and external communication;
• Own pricing processes to achieve LRP expectations, supporting Merchandising through the go-to-market process in identifying margin opportunities and maximizing business potential;
• Work as a key point of contact between Corp – Region – Brand to ensure actual and forecasting requirements and deadlines are met;
• Control and track respect of budgets of all Brand expenses (Marketing, Headcount, Samples, Sales tools…).

Skills for Success:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and skills:

• Education: University degree in Accounting/Finance;
• Experience: 2 years’ experience in reporting and consolidation in a multinational environment, preferably in a US GAAP based company;
• Knowledge in US GAAP, reporting and ERP systems;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
• Strong collaboration skills, positive and proactive attitude.