Job Title Director, Commercial Finance Food & Broker

Division: L’Oreal Dermatological Beauty

Location: Hudson Yards, NYC

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 and every 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. 

In the L’Oreal Dermatological Beauty Division, we make a difference to the lives of millions of consumers by improving the health and beauty of their skin, through every stage of life. Our brands (CeraVe, SkinCeuticals, La Roche Posay, Vichy and Skin Better Science) lead the way in skin care innovation, offering safe and effective products and services that deliver their promises. We invest heavily in research and development, and co-create our products with health professionals, scientists and the 90,000 dermatologists we serve around the world. We also design connected beauty experiences, harnessing intelligent technologies to empower people to take control of their skin health.
  
  Our mission is to make a positive impact on people's lives. We are driven by human values of trust, respect and authenticity. Our teams work in a dynamic, supportive environment and work on meaningful projects that are changing the future of medical beauty.  If you want to lead in innovation, technology and research, and you care about collaborating with passionate colleagues, serving communities and acting for the planet, please join us!

What You Will Do:

Commercial Finance lead for the Food and Broker accounts.  This role oversees $150M+ in sales across three brands within the LDB portfolio, including the recently launched category of Hair.  They are a key member of both the Sales and Finance organization partnering with the cross functional account teams across Cerave, La Roche Posay and Vichy.  The Director of Commercial Finance is responsible for customer specific account controlling for these customers including customer P&L analysis, scenario planning, trade spend strategy and promotional management, and budgets and trends.

Position Accountabilities:

• Collaborate across Cerave, La Roche Posay and Vichy to drive top-line sales and ROI.

• Drive the business forward by providing recommendations on growth targets and opportunities to improve the P&L.

• Analyze Customer P&Ls working closely with VP of Sales and the brands on investment BTL and total customer profitability.

• Present to Sales and Finance leadership through regular reviews of P&L performance, risks and opportunities, and hot topics.

• Play a key role in the annual budgeting process, particularly in areas of trade spending with specific emphasis on trade spend strategy and allocation of funds.

• Perform financial analysis on promotional funding requests from field sales (ROI, Net Sales Lift, Cost per incremental unit, etc.). Analyze post-promotion KPIs and leverage to forecast future performance and evaluate various promotional options.
• Provide financial insight on Inventory in Trade and perform SISO analysis
• Lead the account audit and internal controls process, validate promotional events are set-up properly, provide financial approval, and support internal and external audits.

• Partner with sales on A/R management, ensuring deductions stay current and invalids are resolved in a timely manner.

Education/Experience: 

• 8-10 years of experience in finance preferred. Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required. MBA/CPA preferred.
• Consumer products industry experience preferred. 

 Skills:

• Strong computer skills required; must have expert-level experience with Excel and Word.
• Financial reporting experience and use of SAP, Hyperion, Oracle or similar systems highly desirable.
• Must possess strong analytical and problem solving skills, business acumen, leadership skills, oral and written communication skills, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.
• Must have the ability to interact with all levels of management.

Salary range: $138K-$200K