Decathlon - Finance Controller

Co-Building a long-term vision

- Support the team and BU leaders to build a long-term vision and business plans highlighting the strategy and work together to identify the risks and opportunities, and steer action adjustments to achieve the goals.

- Support the definition of performance metrics and KPIs aligned with the country's strategy.

- 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, and controlled and deliver insight and value to the business.

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

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

- Protect the business by securing governance, integrity, and risk mitigation.

- Drive, along with the team, the annual budgeting, rolling forecast, and strategic planning processes; communicate on a timely, structured, and standardized basis.

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

- Ensure that the Team for which responsible fulfills its purpose and meets its deliverables.

- Responsible for the maintenance of the agreed reporting catalog and updating the related reporting guidelines and governance.

Monitoring the risks

- Ensuring accuracy in terms of accounting, closing and reporting on time (D+6 closing).

- Playing an active role in risk management with your BU leaders.

- Responsible for control of Balance sheet and justification/preparation of Audit.

- Preparation of cash flow forecast for your activity/parameter.

- Able to understand the Process in detail and define a clear Framework / SOP for the Business.