Finance Manager, Global Cost Management

Job Description

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This is a strong opportunity to gain extensive knowledge of the LEGO Group's financial processes related to the LEGO Markets & Channel Business and grow a strong network across the organization!

As part of the Global Cost Management team, you will play a key role in driving innovation and continuous improvement in the financial planning processes as well as being the key driver and overall ensuring responsible management of costs spanning within your area of responsibility while you optimize, digitalize, and embrace technology.

Outstanding opportunity to build on your already excellent finance career!

There is no relocation offered for this position.

Core responsibilities:

• Drive core finance processes such as planning & analysis, Month-end closing and reporting for all Overhead cost in Markets & Channels

• Deliver Over Heads cost analytics enabling trade-offs & optimization dialogues with partners in the business and finance community.

• Support on commercial strategy reporting for Market & Channels workstreams

• Identify, scope, and implement activities to simplify, standardize and further optimize execution of core finance processes. This includes utilization of digital tools.

Play your part in our team succeeding.

At our HQ in Billund, you will join a team of 15 dedicated and ambitious colleagues working out of both London and Billund in a phenomenal environment. We are organized in Corporate Finance and control and guide the financial performance for Overhead cost across the LEGO® Group.

Do you have what it takes?

A degree or equivalent experience in Economics, Finance combined with an analytic approach and the ability to translate something complex into a simple storyline.

• +5 years shown experience from a global company or a consultancy role within financial planning and analysis, and with Finance Business partner & commercial experience.

• Strong Partner engagement skills and the ability to build good relationships and aligned outcomes.

• Ability to drive and prioritize tasks and projects to ensure timely delivery in high quality. Have a planning approach and be motivated by taking initiative to continuously improve execution and act on opportunities.

• Experience working with various data and reporting platforms such as Excel, SAP, business intelligence and Power BI.

• Excellent communication in English for both speaking and writing as well as excellent collaboration skills

• Work independently and ensure high quality of own work.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.

• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

• Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. 

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.