Assistant Manager, Fp&A

LVMH’s Perfumes & Cosmetics activities benefit from exceptional dynamism that relies on both the longevity and development of key lines, and on the boldness of new creations.

All are driven by the same values: a quest for excellence, creativity, innovation and perfect mastery of their image.

The brands cultivate what makes them unique and is guaranteed to make them stand out in a highly competitive global market. The success of the Perfumes & Cosmetics division depends on finding the right balance between major historic Houses such as Parfums Christian Dior, Parfums Givenchy, Acqua di Parma, Guerlain, and newer brands with strong potential like Kenzo Parfums, Fresh, and Make Up For Ever.

LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics invites you today to join its North America teams.

LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics is part of the LVMH Group.

Main priority: G&A/Support Functions FP&A

• Analyze financial data to discover underlying trends, track efficiency, and strive to continuously improve results for the Business Partnership Community.
• Ownership of allocation key construction & methodology which determines costs per brand
• Execute monthly closing activities consisting of reporting, reconciliations, and presentations featuring results and KPIs for review with site leadership.
• Monthly communication of BPC costs to brands
• Maintenance and tracking of Headcount and vacancies within the BPC organization.
• Actively contribute to action plans around efficiency improvements
• Contribute to the definition of ROI for major Capex/Opex projects
• Monthly-Quarterly review meetings with each BPC department head (Accounting/Purchasing/Regulatory/Payroll/Human Resources/Customer Management) to explore budget vs actual variances and collaborate on room for efficiencies.
• Work on ad-hoc analysis upon projects and specific needs from the leadership team
• Ability to communicate the capex actuals (authorized, committed, invoiced…) on a regular basis
• Enhance and create extensive financial reporting and data visualizations to accurately convey the overall picture and identify problem areas for investigation.
• Develop annual budget and revision processes using current year trends and future targets..
• Be the key finance contact for the Brand Controllers in terms of G&A costs & variance explanations

Additional Responsibilities: 10%

• Guarantee compliancy to our internal policy within the scope of work (internal control compliancy)
• Backup monthly financial closing process for logistics business units
• Assist monthly/quarterly communication of actual costs with HQs
• Monitor and report Capex process with accounting team (authorized, committed, invoiced…)
• Work on ad-hoc analysis upon projects and specific needs from the leadership team
• Assist with construction of semi annual reporting and presentations to Headquarters (Brands)

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, along with being analytical and being able to challenge internal partners
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required
• Strong team player and strong relationship builder
• 5+ years of experience in Finance or Supply Chain- Luxury goods industry, and/or retail related preferred. Project management experience a plus.

Located in East Brunswick, New Jersey corporate offices

Travel required based on needs of the business

LVMH Inc. uses the published salary range as a guideline to provide our employees with market competitive pay while allowing for flexibility to recognize and reward various levels of expertise, performance and tenure.

While the published salary range is a good faith reflection of the targeted salary level for the position, LVMH Inc. reserves the right to pay outside of the published salary range of $80,000.00 - $133,000.

This job description is intended to cover the core accountabilities of the position and is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.