Job Title: Manager – Finance, A&P HQ Media & Digital
Division: PPD
Location: Hudson Yards, NY
Report to: Director, A&P HQ Finance
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.
At L’Oréal Professional Products, our mission is to support hairdressers and develop the hair industry sustainably and lead the digital transformation of our industry with a customer-centric approach. Our brands portfolio includes L’Oréal Professionnel, Kérastase, Redken, Matrix, Pureology, Mizani and Shu Uemura.
What You Will Do:
As a Finance Manager within L'Oréal's Professional Products Division (PPD), you will play a crucial role in the financial planning, reporting, and analysis across all brands within the portfolio. This highly visible role centers on managing and optimizing media and digital investments, requiring strong collaboration with various internal teams and stakeholders. The position will have a transversal focus overseeing Total A&P spend Redken & Pureology and will be a key partner to the brand controller and total business on multiple different projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide financial guidance and support to brand finance leads, identifying risks and opportunities through proactive budget management and regular business partner meetings.
- Lead discussions and alignment on Fuel Budgets across all PPD brands, encompassing media, brand engagement, DDX, and website costs.
- Manage total Brand A&P Consolidation for Redken & Pureology and align with Brand controller on all A&P Investments.
- Own and manage the successful implementation of multiple critical digital projects focused on optimizing divisional spending and strategic investment. This includes: BetIQ ROI analysis, influencer agency ROI spend optimization, NEO Implementation and the creation and maintenance of media/digital dashboards.
- Provide comprehensive monthly reporting to business partners, ensuring accurate alignment of actuals with planned spend.
- Consolidate and analyze media and digital spending for all PPD brands, collaborating with the teams and Brand Controllers.
- Maintain A&P budgets and trends in our reporting system, Compass. Develop ad-hoc analyses to support data-driven decision making.
- Serve as a key business partner PPD Brand Media & Brand Engagement Teams and Corporate CDMO. Ensure alignment with brand controllers on all A&P investments.
- Ensure accurate expense classification according to L'Oréal Finance Norms. Track financial performance of strategic projects against the business plan.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: 4-6 years of experience in finance or accounting. Prior experience within media and/or digital investments preferred.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Accounting.
- Skills:
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated business acumen and leadership capabilities.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); expert-level Excel skills required. Experience with Power BI and data visualization dashboards a plus.
Salary range: $98K-$140K
