Financial Planning & Analysis (Reporting)

Amer Sports is a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands including Salomon, Arc’teryx, Peak Performance, Atomic and Wilson.

“The Mountain Sport Company”, Salomon was born in 1947 in the heart of the French Alps and the birthplace of modern alpinism. Salomon’s commitment to innovative design and passion for mountain sports created a vast range of revolutionary new concepts in bindings, boots, skis and apparel for both Alpine and Nordic skiing and brought innovative solutions to footwear, apparel and equipment for snowboarding, adventure racing, mountaineering, hiking, trail running, and many other sports.

Through performance driven design, Salomon delivers innovation and progression to mountain sports; converting new ideas into action and expanding the limits of possibility. Salomon’s heritage, culture, and commitment are tied together by one simple concept: the world’s leading mountain people creating the world’s leading mountain products. Salomon is responsibly committed towards the outdoor through its sustainability program. Diversity is one of Salomon’s five values, therefore we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

Salomon is headquartered in Annecy, France.

As an FP&A Controller (Reporting) W/M, you are a key team member responsible for supporting the Brand Controlling teams (at headquarters and in the regions), while acting as the interface with the Group’s financial teams. You ensure the accuracy and relevance of available financial information and oversee compliance with internal financial deadlines (e.g., closings) and formatting requirements.

Reporting & Consolidation

• Ensure compliance with financial consolidation procedures and the accuracy of financial data while meeting deadlines
• Design, implement, and roll out standard reports for the Controlling department and controllers worldwide
• Lead and coordinate the monthly group consolidation reporting requested by Salomon’s Finance leadership and the Group Finance team, ensuring deliverables are met on time
• Contribute to monthly reporting by providing qualitative insights based on MBRs and tools such as AI
• Review and challenge contributions from controllers (HQ & Regions), and proactively suggest improvements to enhance relevance
• Consolidate financial data and update reporting tools
• Apply and adapt standard Group and Brand reporting tools for each business activity and fiscal year

Financial Planning & Closing

• Coordinate and document the accounting closing process, ensuring tasks are completed by controllers
• Provide support to finalize data submissions (adjustments) in systems during each financial cycle
• Facilitate and document the consolidation process, ensuring controllers execute their tasks
• Define and cascade the detailed annual financial planning process shared by HQ and the Group, including a clear RACI, and communicate accordingly
• Provide standard reporting formats to controllers and Finance leadership to enable and ease data consolidation at the brand level
• Ensure compliance with Group deadlines and a clear understanding of expectations for each cycle among controllers
• Escalate and report any delays or non-compliance with internal closing procedures

️ Tool Mastery

• Actively participate in the implementation of financial information systems (e.g., BI tools, Hyperion, Oracle, OneStream, etc.) and ensure data accuracy
• Support controllers (HQ & Regions) in using the new reporting tool
• Collaborate with controllers to identify, create, implement, and communicate reports
• Propose and implement improvements to financial information tools to enhance understanding of financial data and analysis of business activities

Essential Skills & Experience

• You possess 3-4 years of experience in financial planning & analysis: budgeting, forecasting, reporting, analysis and support 
• Prior experience in a CAC 40 company or similar multinational, multi-site group structure is highly valued

Essential Competencies

• Process Orientation: You have the ability to develop, implement and continuously improve processes that deliver results. You anticipate needs for new processes and implement. You proactively prioritize and focus activity to deliver on commitments efficiently; think ahead to necessary standards, process, and controls to ensure things will get done thoroughly and well.
• Communication: You utilize your inter-personal skills to support a positive work environment; interpreting and reacting positively to emotional cues, building effective relationships. You possess good emotional intelligence to be able to adapt style accordingly to different circumstances and audiences. Able to pick up on cues and respond effectively.
• Collaboration: You have the ability to work with peers and partners to drive results and improve performance. You forge new partnerships & create new collaboration “networks” to achieve goals. Recognizing sources of conflict and acting to resolve them to get to win-win outcomes.

Desired Qualifications

• Education: Masters degree in Corporate Finance or related experience
• Languages: English Fluency
• IT: Mastery of Microsoft Office: Power Point, advanced Excel; comfortable with IT systems like Oracle, SAP, OneStream

Full-time, permanent position.

Job based in Annecy, France.