Business Navigation

Who you are

As a Business Navigation & Operation Manager, you take a multi-dimensional view of the business, connecting the needs of customers and the organisation with a complete overview of the financial performance and cash flow management. You will take the lead in developing and promoting lean, simple and effective ways of working challenging the organisation through business-case thinking.
- You have extensive experience in controlling, finance or business administration. A good understanding of retail processes, pricing and working methods is preferred.
- You have excellent analytical skills and a keen commercial acumen combined with the ability to think strategically, tactically and operationally in order to translate business needs into financial consequences and solutions.
- You quickly recognize relevant outside trends and translate them into business opportunities.
- You have excellent leadership qualities, experience managing a team and influencing stakeholders.
- You are a strong communicator in English and French with the capacity to influence decisions and create energy and commitment within the organisation.

**Responsibilities**:

- Driving and coordinating the financial business planning process and ensuring that the financial dimensions are aligned with the store’s challenges and priorities while involving and creating commitment among stakeholders when setting goals.
- Providing the store management team with information, analysis and expert insight to steer the business towards growth, optimal performance and sustained long-term profitability.
- Having the full understanding of the Profit & Loss for the store, following up on the result and creating forecasts and (if needed) activating scenario plans.
- Optimizing and developing the store results and performance continuously by implementing best practices, using close the gap to identify opportunities and follow-up benchmarks KPIs.
- Providing relevant, user-friendly business information, promoting standardized reporting and securing competence in the organization to allow for analysis and understanding of performance to make optimal business decisions.
- Securing that all investments are done with a proper analysis or business ROI considering all aspect of the different projects.
- Securing implementation of relevant rules and guidelines in the areas of Risk and compliance, cash administration routines, accounting rules etc.

About this work area

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

There are many ways to say "thank you." These additional benefits from IKEA for you are among them:
In addition to a 15% staff discount on your IKEA purchase, you'll benefit from attractive benefits, 28 vacation days (based on a 100% position), eight weeks of parental leave, contributions to public transportation or free parking, free access to the LinkedIn Learning platform, discounted meals in the employee cafeteria, and the IKEA bonus system.

After a first selection we will contact you and - and in a positive case - discuss the further steps with you.