Controlling Specialist (12 months Maternity Cover)

About Pandora:

Pandora is the world’s largest jewelry brand, specializing in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewelry made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. With a global presence in more than 100 countries, Pandora jewelry is sold through around 7,000 points of sale, including over 2,800 concept stores. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs around 39,000 people worldwide.

Pandora jewelry is crafted at two LEED-certified facilities in Thailand, using 100% recycled silver and gold. Sustainability is at the heart of the business. Pandora is committed to leading the jewelry industry towards a more circular future and have set science-based targets to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions across our entire value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 32.5 billion (EUR 4.4 billion) in 2025.

Job Purpose

Ensure effective execution and coordination of financial governance, controlling, reporting, cash flow monitoring, and process improvement activities at Cluster level. The role supports the Finance leadership team and acts as a key operational reference for local entities and Group functions, ensuring financial integrity, regulatory compliance, high-quality reporting, and adherence to Group standards and procedures.

Main Activities:

Financial Governance & Controlling

• Coordinate the monthly, quarterly, and annual controlling calendar, ensuring timely and accurate completion of financial deliverables.
• Support closing activities, financial data validation, reconciliations, and approval processes, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance with Group standards.
• Monitor adherence to controlling policies and procedures, acting as a reference point for local entities on operational controlling topics.
• Ensure appropriate follow-up of open items, reporting issues, and deadlines, escalating critical matters to Finance leadership when required.

GBS Coordination & Performance Monitoring

• Act as the operational interface between Cluster and GBS, monitoring service quality and deliverable accuracy.
• Follow up on open issues, delays, and recurring process inefficiencies, coordinating with relevant stakeholders to ensure timely resolution.

Local Reporting, Compliance & Audit Coordination

• Coordinate local financial reporting, statutory compliance, and audit-related activities, ensuring alignment with internal control frameworks, Group requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Support the preparation and review of statutory financial statements, tax-related documentation, transfer pricing deliverables, and audit documentation.
• Coordinate requests from internal and external auditors, ensuring timely provision of accurate information and appropriate supporting evidence.
• Monitor compliance-related deadlines and follow up with local entities, external advisors, and relevant Group functions to ensure timely completion of required activities (ICF)

Cash Flow & Working Capital Monitoring

• Monitor and analyze working capital performance (including but not limited to DSO, DPO and DIO.
• Support initiatives aimed at optimizing working capital, ensuring appropriate monitoring and follow-up.
• Monitor credit and debit management topics at Business Unit level, coordinating the resolution of exceptions and disputes.
• Collaborate with Legal, Sales, Property, and other relevant functions to support credit risk mitigation, improve credit processes, and enhance collections performance.
• Coordinate with Group Treasury and local stakeholders on cash flow planning, liquidity monitoring, banking activities, and other treasury-related matters.

External Financial Partners, Contract & Service-Level Management

• Manage relationships with banks, external auditors, and financial advisors, coordinating requests, deliverables, issue resolution, and collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Assess contracts, fees, risks, and commercial terms, while monitoring service levels, provider performance, compliance, and value for money.

Process Improvement & Transformation Support

• Support finance transformation initiatives, system implementations, and process standardization across the Cluster. (including but not limited to Compass and Budget Tool)
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting quality, process efficiency, and internal controls, coordinating implementation activities with relevant stakeholders

What we offer:

• 12 months temporary employment contract under the Italian Commerce Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL Commercio)
• Competitive salary: between 40.000 and 49.000 Euro gross per year, depending on previous experience and qualifications.
• Benefits: €11.50 meal vouchers annual performance bonus, and access to our welfare program, which includes benefits such as vouchers for marriage, birth, adoption and graduation milestones; an extra day of annual leave for your birthday; discounts on Pandora products; a wide range of partner offers and much more.