Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Estée Lauder Companies•Blaine, MN

13d

About The Position

The Estée Lauder Companies is the global leader in prestige beauty — delighting consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. We are the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance, and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in approximately 150 countries and territories. Infused throughout our organization is a passion for creativity and imagination — a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected — as we continue the bold work of our founder Estée Lauder. Description What You’ll Do You will be responsible for the Strategic Long Range Planning, Quarterly Brand Review, Global Revenue and Expense reports to Leadership and Senior Management, and NPL (New Product Launch) analyses for the global brand. This role will collaborate with brand senior leadership, functional teams, and various brand partners to recommend actionable strategic choices to deliver brand’s mission.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree – Accounting or Finance, MBA a plus but not required
5 years of FP&A experience
Strong analytical skills and solid hands-on experience in autonomously conducting financial data analysis and generating actionable insights.
Proven experience in hands-on financial modeling, partnering with business managers to translate strategic decisions and non-financial KPIs into financial projections.
Ability to collaborate and drive cross-functional consensus and strong communication and presentation skills necessary.
Ability to work under pressure of tight deadlines, organized, and able to manage multiple projects concurrently.
Ability to work independently and in groups.
Has experience using the following systems, OneStream, SAP and Hyperion

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in fast moving consumer products industry.
Preferred experience with data visualization in systems such as Power BI

Responsibilities

Assist in the preparation, review and management of the Global Category and Global Brand strategy, assumptions, competitive action & market share.
Develop Net Sales and P&L models by channel and market that deliver strategic priority and unlock brand’s growth potential.
Prepare Quarterly Brand Review, Investor Relations reports, and monthly reports to Senior Management in partnership with the Strategy team.
Manage the planning, analysis and reporting to Haircare Leadership of critical lines of the brand P&Ls including Net Sales, COGS and Advertising & Promotions investment across regions and channels.
Develop ad hoc reporting/analytics as necessary for resource planning and other business decision making purposes in partnership with the Global Brand team, corporate reporting, and the regions.
Assist in the review and management of Global P&Ls and COGS/Gross Margin, to be knowledgeable about the brand and provide a strong foundation for FP&A function
Partner with Strategic Finance, Global Value Chain, and Global Marketing to assess and optimize Gross Margin and ROI of New Product Launches.
Partner with Pricing team to analyze and recommend the strategic, financial and competitive impacts pricing will have on the Budget and LRP
Assistance with special projects/project management
Partner with the business teams to drive the development of financial models, tracking of franchises, category, sub-category and channels against KPIs.
Work directly with regions to understand drivers of business performance, planned tactics, and challenges