Lead, Finance Marketplace Partners EMEA

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. TeamNIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.Today, the opportunities for growth across NIKE, Inc.'s business portfolio offer more potential than ever. Nike Finance employees play a key role in that progress by identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to drive value for every Nike shareholder. They manage accounting and reporting for Nike's multi-billion-dollar global investment portfolio, debt and equity instruments, and other Treasury activities. They strategize, forecast, audit, analyze, budget, research and lead important decisions. Across Nike's diverse geographies and businesses, Finance employees deliver far more than just the numbers.Application deadline November 27th, 2025Our EMEA Nike Marketplace Partners (NMP) business is the third-party wholesale channel in our marketplace.Working in Marketplace Partners is working in a world class X-functional team to drive long term profitable growth while driving Nike's Inc vision and execution of the strategy.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORWithin the EMEA Nike Marketplace Partners (NMP) Finance team, namely, Account Management and Center of Excellence (COE) (a.k.a. NMP Finance), we are looking for a EMEA Finance Lead to join our European headquarters in the Netherlands. EMEA runs an offense with centrally managed Marketplace units (MPU) serving the entire EMEA marketplace. As an EMEA Finance Lead you will play a key role in realizing the growth potential, driving and delivering a sustained, mutually profitable business by being part of the NMP Finance team.In a commercial focused team, you will make or facilitate decisions that impact our business and as such high-profile communication is key to enable and drive change. As a team player you will develop x-functional partnerships with ourmain stakeholders. You will drive financial alignment around strategic and operational goals while ensuring we optimize marketplace investments. Predictivity and accuracy on financials are key to the role.WHAT YOU WILL WORK ONThis is an agile work force within the NMP Finance team who is expected to possess the following core competencies:• Demonstrate expertise in financial analysis, financial planning and strategic thinking to create executive messaging in support of business decision making• Develop and manage operational initiatives to drive efficiencies and improvements• Lead scenario planning and forecasting activities to support business and company goals• Review financial information and identify potential risks and opportunities• Provides direction and leadership to teammates• Quantify risks, assess trends and opportunities, define objectives, and develop strategies to improve financial performance• Use scenario planning and strategic insights to create executive level reporting and messaging that influence business decisionsMore specifically, the Finance Lead will be a member of the NMP Finance Account Management and COE Team that has day-to-day responsibilities mainly including the following:• Drive the long range and in-year revenue planning process across the MPUs including annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasting as well as the budget cycle (CSR, AOP, Budget)• Be responsible for the month-end financial closing activities (monthly landing, actuals analysis, retroactive discount accruals and tracking)• Proactively create and analyze Gross to Net and assist MPU finance teams with insightful financial data to drive marketplace decisions• Be a key business partner in developing and standardizing Commercial Terms strategy and framework in cooperation with finance MPU teams• Own the preparation and distribution of timely, insightful financial analysis and optimizing business reporting, providing meaningful insights into the key drivers of the business and support Geo/Global financial deliverables• Sustain, improve and implement business reporting processes and tools with an automatization and standardization approach (in collaboration with respective cross-functional stakeholders)• Support Account and Mutual Profitability analyses to enable Marketplace decision making and maximize profitability for Nike inc. (driving recommendations and executing high-impact opportunities across functions)• Be a thought partner for NMP Finance Leads in short and long-term P&L management (revenue and margin analyses, investments, payoff, etc.) and develop key measures of success to evaluate performanceWHO YOU WILL WORK WITHIn this role, you will be part of the EMEA NMP Finance Team, reporting directly to the EMEA NMP Account Management and COE Finance Director. To be successful in this role, you will need to collaborate with various business and finance teams, including NMP Finance Leads, various Central Finance teams, along with other finance teams, as well as cross-functional stakeholders such as NMP Commercial and Supporting Teams, such as Sales, Marketplace Supply Chain, Demand and Supply Management, Partner Go-To Consumer, etc.WHAT YOU BRING• Proven and relevant business partnership experience in a retail or wholesale environment.• Outstanding analytical and financial analysis skills, including a solid understanding of financial modeling and P&L management• Extensive understanding of financial trends both within the company and general market patterns• Excellent skills in Excel, Power Point and MS Office tools• Excellent knowledge of strategic planning, forecasting, budgeting, investment analysis, economic profit analysis• Strong commercial and business acumen, with ability to identify financial opportunities and risks• Strong communication and presentation skills, and stakeholder engagement abilities• Excellent English language skills with the ability to communicate sophisticated concepts and ideas in a concise style and manner• Ability to interpret financial risks and controls across end to end business and operational processes• Strong intellect, results-oriented with a personal impact and a sense of urgency• High integrity, transparency, authority, confidence• Very efficient problem-solving skills with proactive attitude• Ability to work agilely across the finance function• Strong knowledge in SAP, Power BI, is a plusNIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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