Job Title: Director, Controlling SG&A

Division: Corp Finance, BEST Controlling

Location: Tampa, FL

Reports To: AVP, Finance SG&A

We’re L’Oréal!

We're not just building brands; we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading; this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life

As a Director of SG&A, you will play a critical role in managing and optimizing the company's Selling, General, and Administrative expenses to ensure operational efficiency and alignment with strategic business objectives. You will oversee the financial planning, analysis, and reporting of SG&A costs, working closely with business stakeholders and finance leaders. Your responsibilities will include: 

• Financial Planning & Analysis: Manage the month-end, trend, and budget reporting calendar, ensuring timely and accurate submissions. Conduct monthly tracking of all Risks & Opportunities and prepare Compass reports to inform decision-making. Partner with Brand Controllers to exchange budget, trend, and actual data, ensuring alignment and accuracy.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Facilitate regular meetings with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on financial goals and cost control measures. Provide actionable insights to management regarding the business implications of spending decisions.
• Leadership & problem-solving: Demonstrate entrepreneurial spirit by taking initiative, driving contributions, and striving to improve performance. Build structured action plans to improve work efficiency and propose solutions to enhance organizational effectiveness.

We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate is a seasoned finance professional with a robust background in financial analysis, strategic planning, and operational oversight. You bring a results-driven mindset, coupled with very good problem-solving skills and a sharp ability to interpret complex data to drive business decisions. A natural leader and effective communicator, you excel at building collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels. You thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, demonstrating both autonomy and teamwork, with a strong focus on delivering value and achieving organizational goals.

• Experience: 8-10 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A. Minimum 5 years of experience managing/leading teams
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Autonomy: Identifies challenges, implements solutions, and escalates issues in a timely manner.
• Collaboration: Works effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals.
• Multitasking: Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Takes initiative, demonstrates resourcefulness, and drives continuous improvement.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Technical proficiency: proficiency in SAP, advanced Excel skills

What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make a concrete difference
• 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)
• 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

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with $42 billion in consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

At L’Oréal, our Finance teams turn data into insights and risk analysis into solutions while ensuring the Group’s financial performance is top-notch. We have a diverse range of expertise at L'Oréal Finance, including Financial Planning & Controlling, Internal Audit, Mergers and Acquisitions, Treasury, Tax and Consolidation. We bring numbers to life! Come join our dynamic team!

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.