Finance Manager - Perfume & Beauty

Responsibilities: Business Controlling • Prepare, challenge and consolidate budgets and forecasts in collaboration with local and central teams. • Act as a key business partner to the General Manager, drive achievement of financial targets and proactively communicate risks and opportunities versus objectives. • Lead monthly closing processes in coordination with central accounting. • Analyze variances between year-to-date results and budget, and prepare year-to-go analyses. • Monitor and control all regional budgets. • Analyze and report sell-out performance. • Define, implement and monitor key performance indicators. • Design and optimize tools and processes for accounting and finance topics. • Follow up on the regional investment process. Tax and Accounting • Partner closely with the central accounting team to ensure timely supplier payments and effective customer payments and credit control. • Contribute to the production of financial statements. • Serve as the regional contact point for headquarters on customer and vendor contracts. Internal Control & Compliance • Implement and adapt Group internal control rules and procedures to local and business requirements. • Communicate internal control standards and provide training to local teams. • Ensure transparent reporting to headquarters and drive related action plans. IT & Systems • Act as the primary regional contact for headquarters IT teams to support the smooth rollout of IT projects o Interfaces with customers (EDI) o Interfaces with central systems, and external providers Pricing • Ensure a coherent pricing strategy across the region, balancing local and global requirements. • Maintain and formalize the customer price structure database. • Issue price lists in collaboration with central controlling team. Team Management • Manage 2 collaborators to be in line with Hermès management values Profile: • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field • Minimum 10 years of experience in business controlling • Fluent English and proficiency in French is an advantage • Experience in the Perfumes & Cosmetics sector, retail or wholesale is a strong asset • Solid understanding of retail principles and practices • Good knowledge of basic accounting principles • Strong analytical skills combined with commercial acumen • Highly organized, proactive and able to work effectively under tight deadlines • Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative team-player approach • Strong IT proficiency, including advanced Excel, PowerPoint, TM1 and SAP