Head of Corporate & Commercial Finance

Job title:

Head of Corporate & Commercial Finance

Company

Wayfair

Job description

Founded in 2010, Wayfair Europe is seeking a Head of EU Corporate & Commercial Finance to support our continued growth in the European market. As the head of Corporate and Commercial Finance, you will be responsible for managing the financial success of Wayfair’s stores in our European market, which are in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany. You will work closely with leaders across the Commercial, Operations, and Technology organizations to determine our strategy on revenue and margin growth, and our go-to-market strategy on geographic expansion. You will manage a team of managers and analysts to engage on projects that support our revenue and margin growth.

In this highly visible role key activities include rigorous business partnering, budgeting, financial reporting and monthly performance reviews. Our ideal candidate for this role will need knowledge in Controlling, Financial Planning & Analysis with a strong technical and analytical background, self-starter mentality, strong interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills.

What You Will Do:

• Business partner with our Commercial organization on Pricing, Category Management, and Marketing topics to ensure financial prudence.
• Conduct quarterly budgeting exercises across the European businesses to provide internal and external guidance.
• Provide monthly and quarterly financial management reports.
• Work closely with our Accounting teams to close the books on a monthly basis.
• Be a member of our European leadership team and act as the Head of Finance to the Berlin, London, and Galway offices, being the single point of contact for all finance-related topics.
• Manage a team of four employees.
• Create and maintain Europe’s plan on its growth and profitability goals and act as the General Manager’s right hand to steering the business.

What You Need:

• Over 5 years of experience in finance, banking, or consulting.
• Graduate degree is preferred.
• Proficient in Excel, SQL/GBQ, and data visualization tools.
• Track record of managing and developing a team of mid-level employees.
• Ability to ruthlessly prioritize, make trade-offs where necessary, and balance multiple projects simultaneously.
• Understanding of accounting and financial operations topics.
• Highly collaborative, is motivated by solving ambiguous problems, and is able to adjust priorities to market demands.
• German language proficiency not required.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 08:52:25 GMT

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