Accountant

Description:

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora is the world’s largest jewellery maker with presence in more than 100 countries across the globe.

The world of Pandora jewellery is incredibly unique. Detailed designs and craftsmanship, are brought to life by the magic of the stories told and interpreted through each hand-finished piece by its wearer.

At Pandora, we are determined to reduce our climate footprint and are committed to being carbon neutral by 2025.

We are immensely proud of our values: We Dream, We Dare, We Care, We Deliver.

With over 140 concept stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, our vision is to endlessly delight our customers and create a luxury jewellery experience whilst being accessible and affordable for all.

Main purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Cluster Commercial Finance function is to work shoulder-to-shoulder with cluster stakeholders to drive and impact cluster business performance.

Cluster Commercial Finance are accountable for:

• Delivering the commercial results of the cluster (P&L and Balance Sheet) and also acting as the ‘engine room’ of Business Performance management, owning the Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting processes within the framework set by the Group
• In addition, they are also required to be ‘forward looking’, focusing on identification of opportunities to drive improvements in top and bottom line and other key outcomes (e.g. work capital, cash, and cost reduction). Teams will use the data/analytics/tools which will be available to them (along with influencing relationship development and storytelling skills) to drive material performance improvement, in collaboration with Cluster leadership teams
   

Accountant will support Finance Manager to ensure the delivery of the financial results of the cluster (P&L and Balance Sheet), accuracy of Financial Statements and the assurance process within the cluster for each period end.

Accountant will be integral part of the period end process for the cluster, with the activities being performed by Cluster Transactional Finance and GBS.

Accountant will be expected to quickly get to know the business and work across the cluster and markets to support Finance Manager.

The role requires a combination of excellent understanding of accounting, the financial numbers, Risk and Control frameworks, combined with solid business knowledge.

The key desired outcomes over the next 12 months for the Accountant:

• Play integral role in month end close
• Review local financial procedures and implement best practice financial processes
• Partake in the statutory audit and internal audit requests
• Create strong working relationship within Cluster and Global Business Finance
• Support the Finance Transformation program deliverables in the cluster and markets
• Built stronger relations to key business stakeholders in the cluster and markets
• Support the transition of managing Singapore, Japan and other distributor markets from Hong Kong to Australia