Overview
Lead, Finance Planning, South Africa Jobs in Johannesburg at NIKE
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Within the Nike South Africa (SA) Finance team, we are looking for a Lead, Finance Planning South Africa to join our SA headquarters in Johannesburg. As a Finance Lead you will play a key role in realizing the growth potential, driving and delivering a sustained, mutually profitable business in collaboration with key commercial stakeholders.
In a commercial focused role, you will make decisions that impact our business and as such high-profile communication is key to enable and drive change. As a team player you will develop x-functional partnerships with our main stakeholders. You will drive financial alignment around strategic and operational goals while ensuring we optimize marketplace investments. Predictivity and accuracy on those partners’ financials are key to the role.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
This is an agile work force for the Nike SA Finance team, and who is expected to possess the following core competencies:
Demonstrate expertise in financial planning, analysis and strategic thinking to create executive messaging in support of business decision making
Develop and manage operational initiatives to drive efficiencies and improvements
Lead scenario planning and forecasting activities to support business and company goals
Review financial information and identify potential risks and opportunities
Provide direction and leadership to teammates
Quantify risks, assess trends and opportunities, define objectives, and develop strategies to improve financial performance
Use scenario planning and strategic insights to create executive level reporting and messaging that influence business decisions
More specifically, the Finance Planning Lead will be a member of the Nike Marketplace (NMP) Finance Team that has day-to-day responsibilities mainly including the following:
Drive the long range and in-year revenue planning process across the SA Marketplace including annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasting as well as the budget cycle
Be responsible for the month-end financial closing activities (monthly landing, actuals analysis, retroactive discount accruals and tracking)
Proactively drive financial profitability by analysing Revenue, Margin, SG&A and assist Commercial stakeholders with insightful financial data to drive marketplace decisions
Be a key business partner in developing and standardizing Commercial Terms strategy and framework in cooperation with Commercial stakeholders
Own the preparation and distribution of timely & insightful financial analysis and optimizing business reporting, providing meaningful insights into the key drivers of the business and support Geo financial deliverables
Sustain, improve and implement business reporting processes and tools with an automatisation and standardization approach (in collaboration with respective cross-functional stakeholders)
Support Account and Mutual Profitability analyses to enable Marketplace decision making and maximize profitability for Nike inc. (driving recommendations and executing high-impact opportunities across functions)
Collaborate with the centralized Customer Finance team to ensure Accounts Receivable positions are collected and overdue and bad debt positions are minimized
Be a thought partner for Commercial stakeholders in short and long-term P&L management (margin, investments, payoff) and develop measures of success to evaluate performance
Financial Governance & Controls responsibilities and other statutory/regulatory compliance
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
In this role, you will be part of the Nike SA Finance Team, reporting directly to the Country Finance Sr Director. To be successful in this role, you will need to collaborate with various business and finance teams, including various Central Finance teams, as well as cross-functional stakeholders such as Nike SA Commercial and Supporting Teams, such as Sales, Marketplace Supply Chain, Demand and Supply Management, Sports Marketing, Marketing etc.
WHAT YOU BRING
Proven and relevant business partnership experience in a retail or wholesale environment
CA/CPA/CFA or equivalent professional qualification
Outstanding analytical and financial analysis skills, including a strong understanding of financial modelling and P&L management
Excellent skills in Excel, Power Point and MS Office tools
Ability to develop and maintain analytical models and tools to support business needs
Ability to integrate and communicate complex and large volumes of data, analysis and reporting to support business decision making
Strong knowledge of planning, forecasting, budgeting, investment analysis, economic profit analysis
Strong communication and presentation skills, and stakeholder engagement abilities to collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve business problems
Excellent English language skills with the ability to communicate sophisticated concepts and ideas in a concise style and manner
Ability to interpret financial risks and controls across end to end business and operational processes
Ability to support projects and initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results
Strong intellect, results-oriented mind-set with a personal impact and a sense of urgency
High integrity, transparency, authority, confidence
Highly efficient problem-solving skills with proactive attitude
Ability to work in an agile manner across the finance function with optimal prioritization
Strong knowledge in SAP, Power BI is a plus
Strong commercial and business acumen, with ability to identify financial opportunities and risks
Ability to ensure data accuracy and integrity, and to maintain data security and privacy
Ability to independently utilize knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify areas of opportunity and navigate solutions
Title: Lead, Finance Planning, South Africa
Company: NIKE
Location: Johannesburg
