Jobs at Ikea – Business Navigator

Job Description:

We see ourselves as influencers – we steer the IKEA business by finding the truth behind the figures. Together we secure compliance with local and international laws and reporting standards; we assure that accounting processes are efficient and that tax compliance meets business needs. We’re a diverse group of people driven by providing reliable financial data to a wide variety of stakeholders. At the end of the day, that’s one of the foundations to make IKEA even better!

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and co-ordinate the financial follow-up and forecasting process in the unit, in line with the global business navigation year cycle.
• Use a multidimensional approach, all the information and tools available to maximize productivity and efficiency and enable a better life at home.
• Navigate towards more effective and cost conscious ways of working, identifying growth and cost potentials through benchmarking, striving for constant improvements and closing the performance gap.
• Contribute to the financial business planning process by ensuring that the financial plan is aligned with the BPL priorities and make sure the rules, IKEA group risk manual guidelines and country legislation are implemented and monitored.
• Provide the unit management with information, analysis and expert insight to support challenges and steer the business towards growth, optimal performance and sustained long-term profitability.
• Support the unit and specifically staff planning and operations with business navigation competence enabling them to make optimised decisions in their everyday work.
• Support and encourage fellow coworkers to use business cases when identifying, evaluating and acting on business opportunities as they arise to secure a strong retail foundation and expand our existing base.
• Work closely with stakeholders to analyse and evaluate benefits, costs and investments ensuring a good return on investment and qualitative business cases.
• Provide relevant, user-friendly business information, promoting standardised reporting and ensure succession planning for all key roles.

Job Requirements:

• You have a good understanding of data science, new technologies, analytics and their wide-ranging application in business context.
• You are assertive and self-reliant with a proven aptitude to structure, prioritize and delegate work to make things happen through fostering togetherness and leading by example.
• You are motivated to share and live the IKEA culture and values and can effectively manage an ever-changing environment with many different stakeholders and competing demands.
• You have a strong professional background in Accounting and Reporting
• You have minimum of 5 years’ business navigation experience working with both commercial and financial processes, particularly retail pricing.
• You have a flair for numbers and understanding how they reflect actions and tell a story
• You are energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people.
• You are an approachable, trustworthy and a strong communicator leader who develops and promote lean, simple and effective ways of working.

Job Details:

Company: IKEA

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Calgary, Alberta, CA

Application Deadline: N/A

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