VP, Global Commercial Finance

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your leadership skills, analytical power, and financial acumen to help drive top- and bottom-line growth of a truly global organization? Well, here’s your chance
 

The purpose of the Global Commercial Finance (GCF) function is to provide strategic advice and challenge to the Chief Retail Officer (CRO), Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), and CEO/CFO organizations to help drive and accelerate business performance. The team is forward looking and creates value by improving the quality of decisions, which are made through analysis, insights and influence/clear recommendations. GCF works closely with Cluster FDs (and GMs) and their teams to drive global priorities (retail excellence, network strategy, store management etc.) and ensuring that our execution is linked well to the Phoenix strategy.

We are on a true growth journey, and the years ahead are going to be some of the most exciting in our history. Now you have the chance to be a key contributor to future growth in a newly established role as our VP in Global Commercial Finance (GCF). You will take strong personal ownership in driving best practices globally together with Cluster FDs and GMs in order to enable top and bottom line growth. As Pandora grows, we have a clear need to deepen commercial finance skill sets, elevate finance business partnering, and build proactive relationships between Global Office and Cluster finance teams to achieve our results. 

GCF has a strong role in driving best practice across clusters, creating a coordinated and aligned effort to grow the top and bottom line. The function plays a strong role in the budget process and acts as a facilitating interface in enabling reliable forecasting and actionable insights through collaboration with Clusters and Group FP&A. 

As our VP in GCF, you will drive elevating finance support in 3 current areas within the GCF team:

• Performance Management
• Omni Operations (Omni Ops) 
• Network & Franchise Management

You will drive proactive analytics and insights and work with key stakeholders on driving execution of recommended actions. You will be the key finance partner in these areas, by providing strategic advice while also driving global standardization and efficiencies for Pandora. 

More specifically, your accountabilities will include:

• Leading the Weekly/Monthly Trade Review process, while identifying key insights/trends, themes, best practices across channels, clusters, product cycles/newness including partnering with other functions.
• Supporting the SVP, GCF with quarterly Commercial business performance review (BPR), by developing standard process, in partnership with Cluster FDs and identify opportunities over a longer trading period/trends, across channels and global benchmarks. 
• Creating clear target setting, forecasting & tracking processes to identify opportunities to further enhance top & bottom line.
• Providing valuable insights, reports, analyses and recommendations regarding Pandora’s Omnichannel performance (physical store, ecommerce, Wholesale/Franchise).
• Supporting the Finance teams in the clusters by driving best practices and strengthen cluster capabilities.
• Stepping up analytical capabilities by analyzing various KPIs that drive LFL through sequential & trend analysis.
• In partnership with Global initiative owners, defining and implementing plans to bring Phoenix strategy to life.
• Driving the Finance transformation agenda (Planning & Reporting), and playing a key role in strategic projects.
• Leading the team and ensuring adequate staffing/resources, by building solid succession planning and talent pipeline, providing ongoing coaching to strengthen the Finance team’s performance, and supporting the members to achieve their career development goals.
   

International travelling is to be expected.

What we hope to see in your profile
At Pandora, we recognize that it takes winning personalities to create winning cultures – and we believe it is of essence that you bring a combination of strong business acumen, interpersonal and influence skills, as well as a solid understanding of commercial finance.
 

In addition, we hope to see:

• 12-15+ years of relevant professional experience
• Experience from the Retail, Fashion, or FMCG industry, with experience in a global and international organization
• Experience in both Global and Regional roles is a major plus
• Strong and effective communication in English, both verbally and written
• High energy and willingness to drive a global agenda
• Solid understanding of strategic development and business priorities
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills
• And international mindset with an “One Global Team” approach

Talent development and succession planning is a big priority in Pandora. The clear succession track for this role, is to take on the SVP Commercial Finance role in the future.

Your New Team
Pandora offers an exciting and challenging role in a fast-moving, international environment. You will be part of a dynamic team, working in close cooperation with a strong organization where quality and integrity are significant qualities. We are a dynamic organization where humor and an informal tone contribute to an inspiring work environment. 

You will lead a team of 3 direct reports, and your overall organization will count 20 dedicated commercial finance professionals. You will report directly to the SVP of Global Commercial Finance.

Did we get your attention?  
We hope you got all your questions answered and feel confident applying for this position, however if you have more questions regarding the position, please contact:  
  
Christian Nørregaard Buch 
Global Recruiter 
chnbu@pandora.net

If you see yourself in the position and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you 
 
We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com.  

Icing on the cake 
You will be working out of our beautiful Head Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora
Established in 1982, Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora’s products are available in more than 100 countries on six continents through more than 6,500 points of sale, including around 2,500 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 32,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand, using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 28.1 billion in 2023. 

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.