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Lead - Retail Financial Controller (8-month contract)
Location: Zurich
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In short
At On, we are committed to redefining the way we move in sports and lifestyle. As we rapidly expand our Retail channels, we are looking for a results-focused, collaborative, and strategic finance professional to join our dynamic team as the Lead - Retail Financial Controlling on an 8-month fixed-term contract.
This role acts as a key financial partner to Retail Operations and cross-functional stakeholders, with responsibility for driving planning, reporting, analysis, and system/process improvements across the global Retail business. The Retail Controlling Lead will play a critical role in ensuring transparency of the Retail P&L, delivering actionable insights, and enabling informed decision-making to support the channel’s long-term growth ambitions.
Your Mission
Planning & Forecasting:
- Lead all retail planning cycles (budget, forecasts, long-range plan), leveraging business driver KPIs and consolidating inputs across regions and functions to ensure alignment with channel strategy and targets.
Reporting & Performance Management:
- Own financial reporting (month-/quarter-end, long-term), ensuring high quality and timely submission. Delivering analysis, commentary, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Expansion Cases:
- Partner with Real Estate Controlling on pro-forma inputs into new store investments.
Analysis & Insights:
- Drive actionable insights on sales, costs, and profitability, including deep dives and robust reporting into key drivers (e.g., personnel productivity, cost benchmarks) to enhance efficiency and margins.
Systems & Processes:
- Improve planning and reporting tools (e.g., Anaplan), streamline processes, and ensure data accuracy in collaboration with Controlling teams.
Collaboration & Leadership:
- Act as a trusted finance partner to Retail Operations and cross-functional stakeholders, fostering alignment and supporting channel growth objectives.
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Your story
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, economics or equivalent Business qualification.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in Controlling / Finance related field.
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, reporting and forecasting skills.
- Ability to navigate uncertainty and be solutions oriented.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
About the Team
We are the advanced navigators at On. We partner with the entire company to steer the business by analyzing the past and predicting the future. We specialize in accurate planning, relevant analysis and clear and simple reporting to drive impactful actions. We work across On, with every team, to gain insights into the business from different perspectives, and to ensure that all of our numbers are super-accurate and deeply understood. If you are passionate about analytics, excited about understanding what makes On the fastest-growing running brand in the world, and are hungry to work cross-functionally to deliver insights and analytics - come and join us!
Ruby
Head of Group Planning & Analytics Controlling
What we offer
On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.
On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.
What to expect
We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.
Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.
Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.