Director Finance (m/f/d)

Over 160 stores, 16,000 employees, 120 years’ experience: at the international fashion company Peek & Cloppenburg*, with its headquarters in Vienna and Düsseldorf, traditional family values meet a dynamic industry. For us, fashion isn’t just a product – it’s our common language. Here, you’re not just an employee – you become part of our community. A fashion community in which you can live doing what you love. Let’s create the future of retail. Together.

As an affiliated company of Peek & Cloppenburg* B.V. & Co. KG Düsseldorf, JC Brand AG is at the heart of the group's new private label strategy. Together, we are creating a dynamic, creative private label organization that combines the brand DNA of Peek & Cloppenburg* Düsseldorf with fresh ideas, market trends, and entrepreneurial spirit.

*There are two independent companies Peek & Cloppenburg with their headquarters in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. This advertisement refers to the Düsseldorf group of companies, whose store locations you can find here: peek-cloppenburg.de/de/stores.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Strategic

• Business Partnership & Executive Steering: You act as a trusted strategic co-pilot to the
• Managing Director and Group Finance, shaping business strategy, steering rapid
• growth, and establishing robust financial governance.

Comprehensive

• Performance Steering: You oversee all strategic controlling activities, designing scalable
• budgeting, forecasting, and margin-steering frameworks across all collections
• and channels

Infrastructure

• & Operational Scaling: You design, build, and oversee the financial operations, financial IT
• systems, and governance infrastructure required to seamlessly manage a scaling
• volume.

Process

• Architecture & Greenfield Development: You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment
• with low initial process maturity. You build scalable financial structures,
• internal control systems (ICS), and reporting frameworks from scratch.

External

• Partner & SSC Governance: You lead and develop your local team while steering external partners
• and managing the service relationship with the central Shared Service Centre
• (SSC) to ensure high-quality, timely financial reporting and execution.

Private

• Label & Commercial Performance Control: You drive end-to-end commercial controlling
• with a strong focus on Private Label dynamics, unit economics, landed-cost
• calculations, and multi-channel margin optimization.
• Cash,
• Liquidity & Working Capital Governance: You actively manage local cash flows, monitor
• working capital requirements in alignment with group-given inventory targets,
• and mitigate financial risks to ensure rock-solid liquidity during rapid
• scaling.

Matrix

• Reporting Setup: Direct
• reporting line to local Managing Director; functional reporting line to Group
• Finance leadership.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Your educational background: You hold a university degree (Bachelor/Master) in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, and professional certifications are a strong plus.

Your strengths: You combine strategic board-level vision with a pragmatic, hands-on execution mindset. You bridge start-up agility with corporate governance standards and demonstrate strong leadership, mentorship, and matrix stakeholder management skills across dual reporting lines.

Your profile: You bring 8–10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience (CFO, Head of Finance, or Senior Finance Director) with mandatory experience in Private Label business models (Fashion, Apparel, FMCG, or Consumer Goods). You have a proven track record in scale-up and greenfield environments and are fluent in Spanish and English (German is a plus).

WHAT WE OFFER

Room to Grow: Be part of an exciting new chapter from day one. In our Madrid design hub, your ideas and creativity will have a direct impact and help shape the future of our brand.

Start-Up Spirit, Strong Foundation: Experience the energy and flexibility of a start-up environment supported by the stability, structure, and reach of one of Europe’s leading fashion groups.

International Collaboration: Work with a diverse and inspiring team from across Europe, united by creativity, curiosity, and a shared passion for progress.

Work out on site: You have free access to the fitness room located in the building, perfect for fitting movement and energy boosts easily into your workday.