About the Client
Their purpose is to move people through the wonders of sport. It makes them the world’s largest sports retailer, with many stores over the world and 100 plus stores across India.
They place innovation at the heart of our activities: from research to sales, including design, production and logistics. We also think that determination and passion for sport are essential to their team's success.
Strategic
Planning & FP&A Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting process and monthly/quarterly rolling forecasts.
Variance Analysis: Analyze monthly results against budget/forecast, providing deep-dive explanations for deviations.
Financial Modeling: Build and maintain complex statement models and long-range plans to support capital allocation.
Reporting: Prepare monthly reporting packages that highlight KPIs and financial health.
Business Finance & Partnering Decision Support: Act as a financial consultant to Brand Managers and Supply Chain Managers to evaluate the ROI of new projects, hires, partnerships etc.
Margin: Analyze and improve gross margins to optimize the business model.
Revenue Operations: Partner with the brand teams to refine pricing and channel strategies.
Cost Management: Identify "leaky buckets" in the P&L and work with teams to implement cost-saving initiatives without sacrificing growth.
Requirements Profile Experience: Minimum 3 years in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Business Partnering. CA/ MBA from a Tier 1 Institute Proven track record of managing budgets and rolling forecasts. Advanced financial modeling, BI tools like Tableau, and ERP proficiency (SAP/ Oracle) Capacity to simplify complex financial concepts for non-finance stakeholders. Sporty Skills Reporting Budgeting business finance Financial & Business Modeling