Finance Business Controller

Job Description

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Are you ready to support the area behind some of LEGO’s most beloved video content, like LEGO Friends and LEGO Ninjago?

Join LEGO as a Finance Business Controller, where you'll support the day to day operations behind global entertainment content like LEGO Ninjago and Friends, managing a 500m DKK budget with autonomy and growth potential for further career opportunities!

Core Responsibilities

Month-End, Year-End, and Budget Management: Lead and manage the month-end, year-end, and budget estimate processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting!

Budgeting and Forecasting: Provide insights and analysis on budget forecasts and variances, with particular attention to the 500m DKK production budget and associated content distribution revenue streams.

Revenue Analysis: Monitor and analyze the 100m DKK revenue from content distribution, working closely with sales and content distribution teams to assess performance and potential growth opportunities.

Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted finance partner to cross-functional teams, including production, content distribution, and sales, building strong relationships and providing financial insights that support strategic initiatives.

Financial Modelling and Reporting: Build and maintain financial models to aid in forecasting, reporting, and decision-making, with a focus on key metrics and trends in video content production and distribution.

Process Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for process efficiencies and improvements, with a commitment to enhancing accuracy and streamlining reporting practices.

Autonomous Decision-Making: Operate independently, managing tasks and priorities with limited direct supervision, while calling out key issues or strategic insights to senior management as necessary.

Play your part in our team succeeding

As part of the PMD (Product & Marketing Development) organization, the Entertainment Partners and Content department brings LEGO stories to life through high-quality video content, reaching millions of fans worldwide. In this role, you'll provide essential financial insights and support, ensuring that production budgets and content distribution strategies align with LEGO's growth and engagement goals. Your expertise will directly contribute to the success of beloved franchises, enabling LEGO to continue inspiring and captivating audiences globally.

Do you have, what it takes?

We expect you to bring 3+ years of relevant experience in finance or controlling, ideally within the media, entertainment, or production industries.

Analytical Attitude: Demonstrates a strong ability to analyze complex financial data with meticulous attention to detail, resulting in valuable insights for decision-making..

People Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and effectively collaborate with diverse collaborators across functions and levels.

Financial Systems Proficiency: Solid experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems; proficiency in Excel and experience with SAP or similar systems is a plus.

Autonomy and Proactivity: Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage several priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Aspiring: Motivated and eager to grow and advance in the finance field, with the potential to develop your career further.

No relocation assistance is offered for this position

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. 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.

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Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.