Director, FP&A Beauty Tech Americas

Company Description

LVMH Beauty's activities benefit from exceptional dynamism that relies on both the longevity and development of key lines, and on the boldness of new creations.

All are driven by the same values: a quest for excellence, creativity, innovation, and perfect mastery of their image. 

The brands cultivate what makes them unique and are guaranteed to make them stand out in a highly competitive global market. The success of the LVMH Beauty Division depends on finding the right balance between major historic Houses, such as Parfums Christian Dior, Parfums Givenchy, Acqua di Parma, Guerlain, and newer brands with strong potential like Kenzo Parfums, Fresh, and Make Up For Ever. 

LVMH Beauty invites you today to join its North America teams. 

LVMH Beauty is part of the LVMH Group.

Job Description

Reporting to the VP Finance, the FP&A Director will act as a key strategic financial partner to the Beauty Tech Americas CIO. This individual will be instrumental in delivering essential financial insights that underpin rapid IS/IT transformation initiatives. The role demands a deeply analytical and proactive finance professional capable of guiding financial decision-making for the LVMH Beauty Division in the Americas, ensuring robust alignment of financial plans with strategic objectives and driving significant business growth.

This Director will provide dedicated financial leadership to the Beauty Tech Americas (BTA) leadership team, including the CIO, VPs, and various Maisons/markets, fostering close collaboration with the Central Beauty Tech Finance team in France.

We seek a dynamic candidate who thrives in fast-paced environments, possesses a genuine passion for the beauty sector, and demonstrates a keen understanding of finances in technology teams A primary responsibility will be to champion transformative change and enhance efficiency within financial operations, cultivating strong communication, build relationship with finance partners within brands and regions and a proactive financial partnership throughout the organization.

• Strategic Financial Leadership & Robust FP&A Experience:
  • Serve as a senior financial advisor and business partner to the Beauty Tech Americas CIO, providing strategic direction and insights to enable the achievement of short-term and long-term goals.
  • Collaborate with regional Maisons finance partners to support timely and accurate financial information is made available for FIPA file.
  • Lead the end-to-end FP&A cycle, including the development and management of the annual budget, monthly closings and reporting to Maisons. This involves accurate financial closing processes, detailed variance analysis, and proactive identification of key risks and opportunities.
  • Drive consistency, accuracy, and discipline in financial reporting and performance tracking. Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including management financial packages, KPI dashboards, and granular analysis by capex project and maisons.
• Influential Leadership & Proactive Communication:
  • Exhibit strong leadership by fostering a culture of proactive financial partnership, ensuring insights are delivered clearly, concisely, and with a focus on business impact.
  • Act as a highly communicative and influential leader, adept at translating financial data into understandable insights for non-financial stakeholders.
  • Proactively engage with operational teams, anticipating their needs and providing data-driven insights that support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Driving Transformation & Efficiency:
  • Champion continuous improvement in FP&A processes, actively seeking opportunities for digitalization, and automation to enhance efficiency.
  • Lead initiatives to streamline financial processes, optimize time allocation, and enhance data integrity, ultimately driving significant improvements in financial agility and responsiveness.
  • Support the evaluation and implementation of new analytical tools to improve forecasting, analysis, and reporting capabilities, potentially leveraging AI and machine learning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 7 to 10 years of relevant experience, preferably in FP&A in the luxury, retail, and/or beauty industry
• Must be comfortable with a dynamic work environment where projects and priorities change with the pace of the business
• Ability to deliver information in a clear, concise manner
• Ability to communicate effectively and use data to assemble a narrative
• Ability to challenge status quo in a positive manner
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Self-management skills with the strategic agility to ensure alignment and drive execution
• Ability to take initiative and work independently
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and to exercise discretion and professionalism with sensitive information

Additional Information

• Located in New York City
• Travel required based on needs of the business

LVMH Inc. uses the published salary range as a guideline to provide our employees with market competitive pay while allowing for flexibility to recognize and reward various levels of expertise, performance and tenure.

While the published salary range is a good faith reflection of the targeted salary level for the position, LVMH Inc. reserves the right to pay outside of the published salary range of$160,000.00 - $195,000.00.

This job description is intended to cover the core accountabilities of the position and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.