Puma India
Puma India | Finance Industrial Trainee
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Job Highlights
Roles & responsibilities
- SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and to let our individual talent and experience shine.
- As a Finance Industrial Trainee, you will embed yourself in the business finance team supporting one of the world's most recognised sports lifestyle brands.
- You will get real exposure to the numbers that drive product, retail, and brand decisions across India and beyond.
- Prepare and analyse monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for the India business.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis tracking performance across product categories and online channels.
- Assist in preparation of management reports and presentations for senior leadership.
- Ensure adherence to internal controls, compliance frameworks, and Puma's global finance standards.
- Support monthly management review presentations and business performance reporting.
- Conduct cost, revenue, and trend analysis for strategic decision‑making.
- Prepare schedules and documentation for statutory and internal audits.
- Develop automated dashboards using Excel/Power BI for leadership.
- Ensure data accuracy, timeliness, and consistency across all reports.
- Collaborate with teams to gather inputs, validate data, and improve reporting quality.
- Support process standardization, automation, and efficiency improvements.
- Contribute to special finance projects as assigned by leadership.
- Applying for a job at PUMA is easy.
Who you are
- Strong academic record and solid conceptual understanding of accounting & finance principles.
- Proficient in MS Excel; working knowledge of SAP ERP is a definite advantage.
- Sharp analytical mind with clear, confident communication skills.
- Self-driven and comfortable keeping pace in a fast-moving brand environment.
- Comfortable working both independently and in cross-functional teams.
About the company
PUMA SE
Puma was founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler in Herzogenaurach, the Bavarian town where he and his younger brother Adolf had run a shoe business, Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik, since 1924. When the brothers split, Adolf went on to found Adidas, while Rudolf first registered his company as Ruda before renaming it Puma Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler. Puma has been a public company since 1986 and its shares trade on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It designs and sells sports footwear, apparel and accessories, and has owned the golf brand Cobra Golf since 2010. In India the business is run by Puma Sports India Private Limited, incorporated in 2005 and headquartered in Bengaluru, where teams work in marketing, product, finance, HR, wholesale, sourcing, retail and e-commerce.
Finance hiring in Bengaluru covers commercial finance for the wholesale business, accounts receivable and order-to-cash combined with business finance, third-party accounts and indirect tax. Most roles are at senior associate and assistant manager level and are meant for recently qualified Chartered Accountants with up to two years of experience. There are also industrial trainee openings in finance and in taxation (GST) for students pursuing CA with ICAI who are eligible for industrial training under the institute's guidelines.
