About this role

THE ROLE & THE TEAM

The Business Finance Organization (BFO) Customer Propositions serves as a key business partner to Zalando's propositions. Its primary goal is to empower the Business-to-Consumer leadership team with the insights needed to make well-informed decisions that foster long-term, profitable growth.

This role, part of Lounge Business Finance Organization, forms the key interface between Central Finance, Fashion Market Finance and the Lounge Commercial, Planning and Strategy teams.

We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager (all genders) who will support weekly commercial steering, long-term commercial planning and strategic projects. This role is pivotal in ensuring the sustainable and profitable success of the Lounge Proposition across all markets.

In this position, you will contribute to its success by standardizing business processes, bringing performance reporting to the next level to deliver greater financial transparency, and building business cases to provide data driven recommendations for the business leaders. The scope of your work will be balanced between dedicated support of cross-market initiatives and global assignments (such as commercial profit contribution reporting and planning, overarching Business-to-Consumer commercial initiatives etc.). The candidate will bring strong financial and analytical skills combined with a great commercial understanding of the e-commerce marketplace business. The candidate will report to the BFO Lounge team Head with a dotted line to the Principal Manager of the Lounge BFO, while working closely with both the Lounge and Fashion functional teams.

Find out more about our Finance Analytics and Controlling team: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/what-we-do/finance-analytics-and-controlling

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading pan-European ecosystem for fashion and lifestyle e-commerce – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design. We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds.

We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.

We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process, please let us know – we are here to assist you.

Discover more about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

As part of Lounge weekly global commercial 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 will be responsible for preparing and presenting weekly and monthly forecasting reports, as well as quarterly profitability reports. A key focus will be on global performance, with detailed analysis of drivers at the market level. You will play a significant role in the Global performance review process, providing key support for senior management decision-making. Additionally, you will drive automation and improvements to deliver 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 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.

WE’D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF

You hold a degree (Bachelor, Master, MBA) in Economics, Business Administration or any related field
You come with 5+ years of experience in Finance, E-Commerce or in an analytical business role
You have strong analytical skills, dive deep into numbers where needed while at the same time connect the dots and get exposure to the big picture
You have great analytical skills to deliver a strong data-driven performance: You are an expert in MS Excel and Google Workspace. SAP, SQL and Tableau skills are a plus
You are looking to work in a fast-paced environment between trading and finance
You come with a proactive and curious mindset, hands on and eager to continuously learn and improve with an ability to solve problems quickly and in a structured manner
You convince with your excellent communication skills and are comfortable to connect with stakeholders to understand business needs and to share your view to colleagues on the basis of concepts and facts
You have an excellent command of verbal and written communication skills in English

OUR OFFER

27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees
2 paid volunteering days a year
Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
Employee shares program
40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
Family services, including counseling and support
Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
Mental health support and coaching available