Director, Finance — Brand A&P Luxe

Job Responsibilities

• Budget Construction: Lead the annual budgeting process and subsequent revision cycles (Trends/Forecasts) for all A&P lines (including Media, Digital, Advocacy, Merchandising, and Promotional offers).
• Resource Allocation: Partner with brand leaders to translate marketing ambitions into structured financial plans, ensuring resources are allocated to the highest-growth drivers.
• Phasing & Accuracy: Manage the monthly and quarterly phasing of A&P investments to align with product launch calendars and overall business seasonality.
• Strategic Marketing Partnership: Serve as the key financial co-pilot to the Marketing, Digital, and Media teams, challenging assumption models and translating marketing KPIs into financial outcomes.
• Investment Effectiveness (ROI): Establish frameworks to measure the return on investment (ROI) of marketing campaigns. Analyze the effectiveness of different touchpoints (e.g., traditional media, paid search, social commerce, influencer partnerships, and in-store merchandising).
• Post-Mortem Analysis: Conduct regular performance reviews of major launches and promotional activations, sharing actionable financial insights to optimize future campaign designs and media mix models.

Required Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in finance or accounting required.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, or other similar disciplines.
• Advanced level of experience influencing senior leaders.
• Controlling background/ experience
• Business planning, decision-making, problem-solving, communication, delegation, and team management
• Analytical capacity and ability to perform analyses regarding monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
• Project management experience
• Strategic with multiple cross functional business partners
• Good communication skills (verbal / written) & interpersonal skills to develop network with Countries (internal clients)
• Ability to build financial models
• Ability to collaborate, strong emphasis on teamwork, internal customer focused attitude