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Finance Manager Specialist

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Billund, Syddanmark
Mid level
Billund, Syddanmark
Mid level
As a Finance Manager Specialist, you will manage financial processes and prepare financial statements while participating in budgeting and forecasting. You will leverage your analytical skills to deliver insights, collaborate with global stakeholders, and optimize processes in a dynamic team setting.
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Job Description

Are you enthusiastic about financial reporting, process optimising and collaboration in a global and dynamic company ? Here is your chance to bring your expertise into play and help elevate the LEGO Group's external financial reporting to the next level.

Core Responsibilities

  • Prepare your assigned section of the consolidated Financial Statements (Annual Report and Interim Report). 

  • Participate in monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting and ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.

  • Generate actionable insights from data and drive performance through effective target setting and collaboration with stakeholders including management.

  • Support and implement changes and best practice in accounting policies.

  • Take part in the digital agenda to enhance the team's productivity by optimising the use of IT tools and implementing best practices.

  • Engage in cross-functional projects aimed at standardising processes, optimising workflows, automating tasks and improving data quality and compliance.

  • Build and sustain strong relationships with our global stakeholders to support collaboration and knowledge-sharing

  • Up to 2 weeks of travel annually

Play your part in our team succeeding

You will be part of a collaborative, strong, and fun team in External Reporting and deliver your part of high-quality financial reporting and support decision-making, as well as working closely with colleagues globally on daily actions and optimise current processes! 

Do you have what it takes?

  • 3 + years of demonstrable experience in analysing financial data to support decision-making preferably in a large global manufacturing organisation.

  • Proven track record of managing financial processes efficiently and delivering results in a highly collaborative setting.

  • Bachelors degree in accounting or finance.

  • Experience in collaborating with various stakeholders, with a strong understanding of business practices.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, fostering positive working relationships with the team and across departments.

  • Able to translate financial data into actionable insights to support decision-making in a relevant and understandable way for a non-finance audience.

  • Results and deadline driven professional with strong organisational skills;proactive and curious approach; attention to detail; problem solving abilities staying calm under pressure.

  • Solid communication skills in English, both written and verbal form.

  • Previous experience with SAP, Power BI, Machine Learning or Gen AI is a plus.

 

    Please note there is no relocation budget for the role.

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    Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

    What’s in it for you?

    Here is what you can 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.

    Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

    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.

    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 highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

    Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

    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.

    Top Skills

    Budgeting
    Financial Reporting
    Forecasting
    Gen Ai
    Machine Learning
    Power BI
    SAP

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