FP&A Manager - Luxe at L'Oréal

A Day in the Life
 As our FP&A Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our financial operations, reporting directly to the Head of Finance. Your day will be a mix of strategic planning, collaboration, and problem-solving. Here’s what you can expect:

• Lead Financial Excellence: Own the budget, forecast, and month-end reporting processes, providing actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with marketing controllers, legal teams, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on divisional targets and ROI-driven decision-making.
• Drive Consolidation: Oversee FP&A consolidation for the entire division, ensuring accuracy and transparency across all financial reporting.
• Own Multi-Brand P&L Lines: Take accountability for key financial lines, including global brand royalties, while building trends and partnering with legal teams.
• Innovate & Improve: Continuously evaluate and enhance financial reporting processes to boost efficiency and clarity.
• Lead Ad Hoc Projects: Be the go-to leader for special projects within the FP&A function, driving innovation and strategic impact.

Every day is an opportunity to make a tangible difference, working with some of the most talented minds in the industry.

As Financial Planning & Analysis Manager you will:

• Ensure accurate budget, forecast, and month end reporting. Analysing financial results, trends, and variances to provide insights to Finance and Senior Leadership
• Partner with a large number of stakeholders across the business (both finance and non-finance) and participate in cross functional projects to drive ROI.
• Be responsible for FP&A consolidation for the total division, working closely with our marketing controllers
• Be accountable for the Multi-brand P&L lines
• Be the leader of ad hoc projects within the FP&A function
• Be the liaison between the Head of finance and the marketing controllers to ensure the Advertising & Promotions Expenses for the total division are well aligned with our targets
• Continuously evaluate and improve financial reporting and consolidation processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency
• Support strategic decision-making through the provision of accurate financial information and ROI analysis
• Monthly calculation of global brand royalties, building the trend for the business unit and business partnering the legal team on these costs.

WHO YOU ARE

• Experience working with various teams from a complex, global matrix structure with multiple reporting lines
• High level of exposure to the senior leadership team, experience of partnering to Exec level
• An accounting qualification either ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Worked previously within FP&A in a consumer goods/retail environment
• Strong communication skills to build effective partnership with your stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and can deal with a lot of data
• Advanced competency in Excel, Power BI and SAP
• Drive to progress, this is a mid level role where there is lots of room for progression
• Experience managing a small team or persons (preferred but not essential)