Job Title: Director, Finance Controlling Gross Margin
Division: BEST Finance
Location: Tampa, FL
Reports To: AVP, Finance Controlling Gross Margin
Who We Are:
For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity, and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.
What You Will Learn:
Help us fuel the Most Beautiful Brands in the World. Join the Finance Controlling Team at the North America Business Service Center. If you are strategic, collaborative, detailed oriented, and enjoy a fast-paced environment, a career in L’Oreal Finance is for you! Our careers offer opportunity for movement across functions, divisions, as well as potential for growth.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement Process and Strategy for 2030 vision of Gross Margin. Work closely with business partners: demand planning, supply chain, brand CFOs
- Curate, Lead and Deliver strategic development projects for the zone and group, including dedicated operational workstreams within the North America Zone Gross Margin.
- Cross functional leadership among operational, commercial and manufacturing business partners to deliver COGS analysis and identify efficiency opportunities to develop gross margin improvement.
- Lead month closing and Trend / Budget preparation for Gross Margin, with a sustainable profit improvement mindset. Including development of Cost of Goods, Tariff’s, Operational FX, Royalties, E&O, etc) by product
- Drive profitable growth by providing analysis and deep dive gross margin analytics related to channel mix, product mix, pricing impacts, currency Impacts, and Excess and Obsolete, that will enable strategic decisions.
- Provide executive summary commentary, expert data storytelling, launch analysis and performance
- Track and report on key performance indicators related to gross margin, providing insights and recommendations for improvement
- Ensure the team’s alignment with overall business objectives and support their professional development
What We Are Looking For:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, Finance or Accounting preferred
- 7-10 years of Finance or Accounting experience required
- 5 years of experience leading and developing teams
- Budgeting, forecasting, and analysis experience required, with previous P&L experience
- Exceptional oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills
- Ability to demonstrate strategic awareness
- Ability to work independently within a rigorous deadline schedule
- Ability to function in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Strong presentation skills ; ability to analyze data in a storytelling fashion
What’s In It For You:
- Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
- Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
- Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
- Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
- Learning & Development Opportunities for Career Progression (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
- Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
- Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
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