Decathlon - Expansion & Real Estate Finance Partner

Finance Partner - India Expansion

- Today our environment is rapidly evolving and the customer is more brand-conscious and aware of the need & desire to practice sport & stay healthy and fit

- We at Decathlon are very committed to making the world a better place while moving the world through the benefits of Sport and for this, we would have to expand our footprint to where our customers need us

- Therefore, we are looking for a Financial Partner who can be a contributor to Decathlon India's Expansion Project and help us take the next critical steps in this journey

JOB OBJECTIVE & RESPONSIBILITIES :

Value Creation for the Business :

- Support & preparation of financial statements & payment mechanisms for leases

- Advisory & Analytical insights regarding Business Model optimisations

- Monitoring and tracking performance KPIs

- Controlling and improvement of SOPs

- Liasoning & Control towards Investments and costs

- Advisory on Key Financial Ratios & Monitoring achievement & deviations

Co-Building a long term vision :

- Support the team and BU leaders to build a long term vision and business plans

- Develop trusted relationships and have a multidimensional view of the business

- Challenge the current ways of working, identify and actively contribute to the improvement and optimization of business processes & organizational development, including upgrade of tools, processes, reports and metrics to accurately forecast business results and proactively manage performance to meet business objectives

- Boost Business through financial and commercial support towards new model development and aid creativity in launching new Planet initiatives.

Animating Business ambitions :

- Work with the team and Business to ensure that the planning, reporting and analysis produced are efficient, controlled and deliver insight and value to the business

- Influence and support the business decision, by using real time data, on the day to day business cases

- Drive the preparation of high-quality performance reviews for analysis, understanding of performance and for making optimized decisions in short and medium term.

- Ensure the Business Forecasting competence is shared and acquired by the business team for analysis & understanding of performance and for optimized decision making

PROFILE :

- You have a working experience (1-2 years) as Finance Analyst/ Economic Advisor and a minimum qualification of CA/ MBA/ PGDM.

- Retail or Digital Business Background is preferable

- You have good presentation and communication skills.

- You have a strong interest for analysis and project management.

- You have a team spirit and a strong sense of customer service.

- Your energy and curiosity will help you understand and evolve our processes.