Finance Controller (Maternity Cover)

POSITION: Finance Controller (Maternity Cover)

DEPARTMENT: Finance

LOCATION: Central London

REPORTS TO: Senior Financial Controller

PURPOSE

• Financial controlling responsibility on a multi‑brand scope for the LVMH Beauty division UK & Ireland.
• Be a key business partner of the beauty division by providing insightful reports and analysis to support decision making and by challenging the departments when needed using smart benchmark & market analysis.
• Identify business risks & opportunities and alert or give constructive advice to business managers.
• Drive cost optimisation initiatives and processes’ improvement.
• Ensure LVMH Group rules’ compliance and appropriate usage of Company’s assets.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Management

• Strong interaction with the Teams of the Shared Services (Operations, Finance, HR, IT) and third‑party logistics provider.
• Support to the UK CFO and Head of controlling.
• Strong interaction with the international Headquarter teams.
• Participate in monthly meetings.

Budget & Strategic Plan

• Pro‑actively prepare and manage budget planning and review process, in line with HQ requirements and timetable.
• Preparation of Landings.
• Co‑ordinate all operations teams input to Budget.
• Review & Challenge all elements of Budget.
• Prepare Budget Book, all analysis such as Source of changes, and financial elements of the Budget presentation.

Monthly Closing / Reporting

• Prepare monthly reporting for parent company in a timely and accurate way.
• Prepare monthly management reporting with executive summary for all relevant department heads.
• Provide detailed monthly analysis of costs & analysis of main variances.
• Work with the Accounting Team, such as review of “parked outstanding/invoices” review of outstanding Purchase Orders, participate to the analytical allocation of invoices.

Business Analysis

• Analyse the overall delivery of Company financial targets on a regular basis and report back to the business with recommendations as necessary.
• Support the teams in monitoring expenditure.
• Analysis of logistics costs drivers and allocations with a view to find optimisations for all Maisons.
• Assist the management team in ad‑hoc business and finance control projects.

Internal Control and IT

• Participate in the implementation of Finance/ IT projects for the controlling functions.
• Reinforce internal control requirements and implement procedures as necessary.
• Continually seek to improve processing efficiency and controlling capabilities of the Company.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Profile: At least 5‑year experience in a similar position within an international group, preferably in FMCG, retail, luxury business. Solid accounting knowledge. Interest in beauty & retail.

Key Competencies:

• Autonomous, organized
• Self‑motivated with a “can do” attitude
• Analytical mind
• Ability to adapt and be flexible to the changing environment and business needs
• Team player
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, team player
• High levels of persuading and influencing skills.

IT Skills: Excellent Excel skills; Experience with an ERP (SAP is a plus).