Finance
Team Head Commercial Financial Controller
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Your Talent
- ACCA / CIMA qualified accountant (or equivalent).
- 10+ years post-qualification experience in commercial finance, FP&A, and business partnering within wholesale and DTC.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with a track record of influencing business outcomes.
- Experience in sports & fashion sector.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Passion for sports and lifestyle brands
Your Mission
Strategic Leadership & Business Partnering
- Lead and empower FP&A and Commercial Finance Managers to take ownership of planning, forecasting, and performance analysis within their respective areas (DTC, WHS, Group).
- Act as a strategic partner to Sales, Retail and Marketing translating financial data into actionable insights.
- Set clear expectations and frameworks for reporting, ensuring consistency across legal entity and management views.
- Act as a strategic escalation point, providing guidance and oversight while enabling managers to lead day-to-day activities.
Planning & Performance
- Ensure top-down targets from Group are effectively translated into local financial plans, with clear alignment to strategic objectives.
- Drive accountability across the business by embedding clear financial targets and performance objectives into operational plans.
- Ensure financial plans remain agile and responsive to market dynamics, supporting informed decision-making across the business.
- Lead the identification and management of risks and opportunities to financial plans, working with direct reports to assess impact and develop mitigation or optimisation strategies.
Financial Planning & Group Liaison
- Act as a key point of contact with Group Finance for all budget submissions and forecast planning cycles.
- Support TH-FC with actual reporting commentary as required, working collaboratively to ensure actuals to plan are fully aligned.
- Ensure consistency and clarity in planning reporting formats, timelines, and financial narratives.
- Ensure planning reporting across the business drives action & decisions based on insight to deliver KPIs
Finance Transformation & Team Leadership
- Support the embedding of the new finance operational model and team, ensuring roles, responsibilities and processes are clearly understood and achieved.
- Drive continuous improvement and transformation initiatives to strengthen finance capabilities and support business growth.
- Promote cross-functional collaboration and rotation opportunities to build well-rounded commercial finance capability.
- Manage, coach and develop the commercial finance team to build capability and drive performance.
- Champion a structured development pathway for Finance Analysts, supporting progression from graduate roles to qualified professionals
- Encourage a positive culture of accountability, continuous improvement and collaboration
PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.
PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
