Lead, Finance APLA

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The APLA Finance Lead will join the Margin team a key component within the Business Planning organization. This role will be a valuable contributor delivering in-year performance management and long-term financial leadership for Nikes Asia Pacific & Latin America (APLA) will partner with key stakeholders to set strategy create financial guardrails provide deep analytical insight and identify margin accretive levers to enable sustained profitability. This role requires a highly motivated finance professional with the ability to turn large data sets into insights to synthesize a diverse range of business and operating metrics and present these findings in a clear and digestible way which includes the ability to influence senior leaders.

WHAT YOULL WORK ON

You will help to create and shape the long-range financial plan for APLA as well as manage in-year performance across the geography. This specifically includes metrics and levers impacting business gross margin such as product cost marketplace discounts warehousing & freight mix and channel profitability dynamics. With full visibility across APLAs business portfolio P&L you will operate as a key connection point between global and territory teammates while influencing the operation of the geography.

• Support margin expansion by working closely with and understanding dynamics at play in the Nike marketplace channel profitability markdowns & discounting and wholesale and direct lines of business. This includes partnering with a teammate focused on product assortment seasonal planning and the impact of gross product margin driven by product cost and how that influences gross margin.
• Create and communicate geography and territory margin targets in alignment with Nikes Long Term Financial Model through CSR AOP and Budget Corporate planning deliverables.
• Partner with APLA Supply Chain to understand and influence decision related to warehousing and freight fixed and variable CPUs and investments in the supply chain.
• Support HQ monthly forecasting balancing territory complexities and influencing strategic decisions to ensure profitable growth.
• Own inputs to monthly CFO reviews requiring familiarity with Nikes 1st Cost Pivot margin model and working closely with Finance Transformation GBP and APLA FBI teammates.
• Interface with Territory Finance teams in Japan Korea SEA&I Pacific and Latin America to consolidate APLA financial performance communicate drivers and guide plans based on portfolio risk & opportunities.
• Lead ad-hoc analyses to support decisions around Nike-critical initiatives (oftentimes in response to changing macroeconomic or business conditions) streamlining processes & tools with the goal of improving efficiencies without sacrificing quality or reliability.
• Regularly present financial results and recommendations to APLA Senior Leadership including APLA CFO Business Planning Marketplace as well as DSM and cross-functional business leaders.

WHO YOULL WORK WITH

This role will support a diverse set of stakeholders including Senior Leadership Marketplace Supply Chain Global Business Planning Finance Transformation and other cross-functional teams. Subject matter expert finance teams (e.g. Territory Portfolio Marketplace and Supply Chain) will be key partners which also includes the Senior Director of APLA Business Planning and APLA CFO. This candidate will join a team of three and report to the Finance Director of APLA Margin.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelors degree in finance accounting business or related field; or equivalent combination of experience education and training
• 6 years directly relevant work experience in corporate finance strategic planning accounting and/or budgeting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts to wide and diverse audiences including senior leaders
• Strong financial analysis and modelling skills. Works independently with large amounts of data exhibits resourcefulness can balance multiple workstreams and is well organized
• Able to develop high profile influential and collaborative relationships across teams
• Excellent problem solving critical thinking and analytical skills
• Results-oriented high-energy self-starter with ability to manage through ambiguity and that thrives in a dynamic environment
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint

We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers sign language interpreters accessible and single location for in-person interviews closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover as you navigate our application process that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form.