At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage financial performance reporting and provide insights to optimise store operations.
- Company: Join the iconic LEGO Group, fostering creativity and inclusivity.
- Benefits: Enjoy family care leave, life insurance, wellbeing resources, and a generous colleague discount.
- Other info: Hybrid work policy and commitment to diversity and children's rights.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while developing your finance skills.
- Qualifications: Part qualified in CIMA or ACCA with experience in commercial finance.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 £ per year.
Job Description
In this role you will be the Finance Business Controller supporting the LBR Stores Operations function in AMS & EMEA.
- 'This role is offered as a 12-month fixed term contract'
- Core Responsibilities
- Own the financial performance reporting for AMS & EMEA store operations, ensuring accurate and insightful monthly P&L updates and executive-level reporting
- Coordinate the quarterly portfolio review process across AMS & EMEA including analysing sales and profitability drivers.
- Interpret and analyse data, trends and patterns in datasets to provide insights and recommendations on how to optimize spend and improve global Stores performance.
- Provide support and governance on stores bonus payout calculations and methodology.
- Business partner with stores team to understand, challenge and estimate productivity initiatives.
- Present ad-hoc analytical work (insights/recommendations) to business stakeholders to influence the key store decision making processes.
- Support Senior Finance Manager for LBR stores with strategic partnering projects supporting the LBR AMS & EMEA teams
- Develop and optimize efficiency and quality of stores financial and non-financial reporting
Do you have what it takes?
- Newly or part qualified in either CIMA or ACCA.
- Experience working within the finance area in a global organisation. This includes experience within commercial finance and business partnering.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Organised and structured way of working.
- Analytical approach, enjoying getting to the route of issues and making improvements.
- Proficient in Excel, SAP and Power Point.
- Finance experience from a large business, retail is a bonus.
- Speak and write English at a sophisticated level.
What’s in it for you?
- Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
- Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
- Wellbeing – We want our people to feel well and thrive.
We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
- Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
- Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
- Workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i. e. one of our Offices, stores or factories.
Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office.
The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.
Other information
Children are our role models.
Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do.
We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.
The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe.
Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date.
So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO® team today.
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Finance Business Controller - LBR Store Operations employer: the LEGO Group
The LEGO Group is an exceptional employer that fosters a vibrant and inclusive work culture, where creativity and collaboration thrive. With a flexible hybrid model in London, employees enjoy a healthy work-life balance while having access to numerous growth opportunities and professional development programs. Joining the LEGO Group means being part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation and empowers its team members to make a meaningful impact.
