Director, FP&A Beauty Tech Americas

Job Description

The FP&A Director will act as a key strategic financial partner to the Beauty Tech Americas CIO, delivering essential financial insights for rapid IS/IT transformation initiatives. The role requires a deeply analytical and proactive finance professional to guide financial decision-making for the LVMH Beauty Division in the Americas, ensuring robust alignment with strategic objectives and driving significant business growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and insights to the Beauty Tech Americas CIO, enabling the achievement of short-term and long-term goals.
• Collaborate with regional Maisons finance partners to support timely and accurate financial information.
• Lead the end-to-end FP&A cycle, including the development and management of the annual budget, monthly closings, and reporting to Maisons.
• Accurately manage financial closing processes, conduct detailed variance analysis, and proactively identify key risks and opportunities.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including management financial packages, KPI dashboards, and granular analysis by capex project and maisons.
• Drive consistency, accuracy, and discipline in financial reporting and performance tracking.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion and professionalism with sensitive information