Junior Business Analyst

The Bata Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers and retailers of quality footwear. A global concern with more than 30,000 employees, 24 production facilities, over 5,000 stores in more than 70 countries across the globe, Bata has been providing the best shoes at the best prices, backed by unparalleled service, for 120 years.

Since its founding in 1894 by Thomas Bata, the company has consistently demonstrated its commitment to responsible and innovative business models in the belief that capital is not just money, buildings, or technology, but, more importantly, people, knowledge, and core values. This visionary approach has enabled the company to meet each new challenge with creativity and foresight, while earning the trust and confidence of customers, employees, and the communities in which it does business.

Today, Bata's pioneering decentralized production system, featuring semi-autonomous regional facilities, allows the company to quickly adapt to changes in the marketplace and seize potential growth opportunities. It also continues Bata's long tradition of being sensitive to cultural and national differences and enables it to proudly function as a local company in every country it serves.

**BATA AW LAB**:
With more than 270 shops in Italy, Spain and Portugal AW LAB is a laboratory of “urban sport style” trends that offers to its customers the coolest products of the moment, suggesting and inspiring them in creating their own style. Since opening its first store in 1997, with the name of Athletes World, AW LAB is part of the Bata group, world leader in the footwear industry, with over 5,000 stores in more than 100 countries. AW LAB proposes a wide collection of sneakers of the most famous international sport brands and a wide range of exclusive designs created in collaboration with them. The proposal is completed by a collection of apparel and accessories of the leading sportswear brand and by two private clothing labels.

**Posizione**:
For the strengthening of our AW LAB Controlling Department o, we are looking for a brilliant student, she/he will operate as a young Business Analyst supporting the Financial Senior Controller in all its activities.

The Controlling Dept. works based on deadlines that are mainly defined by the HQ and for this reason the main performance indicator for this rule is the full respect of the timing of the activities

With the support of Controlling senior colleagues, the resource will have the opportunity to develop experience.
- Input data in corporate and local reporting system.
- Analysis of main reporting dashboards.
- Verify and correct analytical accounting in monthly closure activities.
- Build Monthly budget and update monthly forecast.
- Build internal documents to evaluate return on investments in store projects.
- Analysis on stock and obsolescence provision management.
- Build multi-year expansion plans and profitability scenarios.
- Specific tasks on controlling the main company expenses.

**Requisiti**:

- Delivers in consistent way following his department priorities, respecting the deadlines.
- Pursues quality in accomplishing tasks paying attention to details and verifying information.
- Works well with others department.
- Knows how to deal with people.
- Relates well to all kinds of, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization.

**Altre informazioni**:

- Processing a large amount of information.
- Compliance with regulations.
- Streamline operations.
- Offering segmented, personalized services.