Finance Analyst - DACH, WE and NS&E EMEA

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego. At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world.

The DACH, WE and NS&E EMEA Finance Analyst is the analytical engine behind the region financial reporting, forecasting and commercial insight. Your mission is to build and maintain the financial foundations that make great commercial decision‑making possible. You will develop a deep understanding of what drives performance in your region, bring precision and rigour to every model and report you produce, and progressively grow your ability to turn data into insight. Over time, you will become an increasingly credible voice in commercial conversations, supported and coached by your Finance Lead.

What you’ll be doing:

• Performance Reporting: Own the preparation and distribution of weekly and monthly regional performance reports, covering sales, margin, channel profitability, and promotional performance. Produce margin decomposition analysis, clearly breaking down performance by channel, customer, and product to support commercial conversations. Track and report on stock impacts on sales and margin, providing timely updates to the Finance Lead for inclusion in commercial reviews. Present analysis clearly in Power BI and Excel, ensuring outputs are accurate, well‑formatted, and ready for stakeholder use with minimal rework.
• Forecasting & Budgeting: Support the Finance Lead in building and submitting regional forecasts and budgets, taking ownership of the data gathering, model population, and consolidation work that underpins each submission. Maintain and update rolling forecast models, ensuring assumptions are current, traceable, and consistent with IBP inputs. Prepare variance analysis comparing actual results to forecast and budget, identifying and clearly documenting the key drivers for the Finance Lead to review and communicate. Collate and challenge inputs from budget holders to support improved forecast accuracy, flagging inconsistencies or gaps to the Finance Lead.
• Commercial & Margin Analysis: Build and maintain customer profitability models, pulling together revenue, trade investment, cost‑to‑serve, and margin data to give a clear view of performance by customer. Support the analysis of promotion ROI, markdown activity, and pricing changes, providing the data and modelling work that enables the Finance Lead to make clear recommendations. Assist in building scenario and what‑if models to support commercial planning and strategic trade‑off discussions, including price elasticity, channel mix, and assortment scenarios. Contribute to the analysis of functional cost variances, helping the Finance Lead provide greater transparency on what is driving spend against budget.
• Data, Systems & Process: Maintain and develop financial models in Excel to a high standard, ensuring they are well‑structured, clearly documented, and easy for others to use and audit. Use Power BI and SAP to extract, manipulate, and present data, developing your technical capability in these tools over time. Support the Finance Lead in coordinating with Central Commercial and DTC FP&A to ensure reporting definitions and planning inputs are aligned, flagging discrepancies and helping to resolve them. Continuously look for opportunities to improve the efficiency and quality of recurring reporting processes, bringing suggestions to the Senior Finance Business Partner.

What you’ll bring:

• Partly qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA) with up to 3 years of post‑qualification experience.
• Strong grounding in financial reporting, forecasting and variance analysis, with a desire to develop commercial finance skills in a business partnering environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling and the ability to build clean, well‑structured models from scratch.
• Experience with, or strong interest in developing skills in, Power BI and SAP for data extraction and reporting.
• High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy, with the confidence to sense‑check work and ask questions when something does not look right.
• Good communication skills and the ability to present analysis clearly to finance and non‑finance stakeholders.
• Curious, proactive mindset with a genuine interest in the commercial drivers of business performance.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment, managing multiple tasks and deadlines without compromising quality.

Why Pentland Brands?

Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best‑known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre. We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better. Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives. Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines. It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.

Benefits: We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family‑friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme.