Retail Business Controller

JACK & JONES; Denmark; On-site; DKK 520,000 - 680,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic retail office in Brande

International company with strong team

Fun, collaborative culture

Job summary

JACK & JONES in Brande, Denmark is seeking a results-driven finance professional to support business controlling across markets. You’ll turn performance data into actionable insights to optimise store and head office costs.

You’ll partner with Retail Managers and the Business Controlling Manager to drive budgeting, forecasting and KPI follow-up, using SAP and Excel to guide decisions in a fast-paced, international retail environment.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ experience from a similar role, working with business controlling and data analysis to support business decisions
• Degree in finance, economics or business administration
• Excellent skills in Excel
• Experience operating finance systems (we use SAP)
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse P&L performance, identifying risks, opportunities and key business drivers
• Own and drive budgeting and financial planning across several markets
• Monitor staff costs and identify opportunities to optimise staffing and expenditure
• Follow up on KPIs, budgets and commercial initiatives
• Develop and recommend cost-control initiatives that support stronger store performance
• Support our markets with relevant analysis and data for daily, weekly and monthly business follow-up
• Prepare performance insights for meetings with our international retail teams
• Develop and follow up on sales initiative reporting.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

English communication

Finance knowledge

Education

Degree in finance, economics or business administration

Tools

SAP

Job description

Do you know how to turn numbers into actions that improve performance? Are you commercially curious and comfortable challenging what the data tells you? And would you like to work across markets in an international retail business that is always looking for the next opportunity?

Then this could be your next move.

YOUR TEAM

You’ll join our Retail department at JACK & JONES headquarters in Brande. We’re more than 35 colleagues working across retail operations, planning, buying, visual merchandising, store development and digital initiatives.

Together, we support a retail business of more than 1,000 stores and continuously look for ways to improve how we operate and perform. You’ll work in an international environment with close collaboration across functions and markets, plenty of pace and colleagues who are serious about results while enjoying the work along the way.

YOUR JOB

Working closely with our Business Controlling Manager, you’ll help turn financial performance into clear actions across the more than 750 stores we operate ourselves. You’ll collaborate closely with Retail Managers in our international markets, using data and commercial insight to identify where we can improve results.

• Monitor and analyse P&L performance, identifying risks, opportunities and key business drivers
• Own and drive budgeting and financial planning across several markets
• Monitor staff costs and identify opportunities to optimise staffing and expenditure
• Follow up on KPIs, budgets and commercial initiatives
• Develop and recommend cost-control initiatives that support stronger store performance
• Support our markets with relevant analysis and data for daily, weekly and monthly business follow-up
• Prepare performance insights for meetings with our international retail teams
• Develop and follow up on sales initiative reporting.

YOUR BENEFITS

With us, you’ll get the opportunity to work close to the business and see how your analyses translate into decisions and results. you plenty to look forward to:

• Becoming part of our social, open and dynamic Retail office in Brande together with more than 35 retail colleagues.
• A position where you will play an important role in creating even better results for JACK&JONES.
• Joining a large, international fashion company with amazing colleagues who are not only dedicated to delivering results but have fun together in the process.

YOUR PROFILE

You’re analytical and structured, but numbers alone aren’t enough for you. You want to understand what drives them and what we should do next. You communicate clearly, build relationships easily across functions and markets, and are comfortable presenting your findings and recommendations. You enjoy a fast-moving environment and naturally look for ways to make things work better.

In addition, you have the following qualifications:

• At least 2 years’ experience from a similar role, working with business controlling and data analysis to support business decisions
• Degree in finance, economics or business administration
• Excellent skills in Excel
• Experience operating finance systems (we use SAP)
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

TRAVEL ACTIVITY

Approximately 20 days a year.

WORKPLACE

Brande, Denmark.

About Jack & JONES

JACK & JONES is high-quality fashion for young men. Founded in 1990, JACK & JONES is now the largest business unit within BESTSELLER and is, with its 1000+ stores, the biggest menswear retailer in Europe. With jeans as the core business, JACK & JONES enriches the heritage of authentic jeanswear by respecting history and focusing on innovative treatments and designs.

JACK & JONES covers the many facets of a young man’s wardrobe. From his playful youth to his need for timeless classics, the brand brings in a world of brotherhood, fun, and good vibes in all its designs. And since 2017, JACK & JONES has expanded its brand portfolio with JACK & JONES PLUS, JACK & JONES JUNIOR, and JJXX.

JACK & JONES is part of the worldwide fashion company BESTSELLER. For more information, please go to www.jackjones.com or www.bestseller.com.