Manager, Finance

Revlon Corporate•New York, NY

4d•$110,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Manager, R&D and Innovation is a key finance business partner to Global R&D, Product Development, and Innovation teams. The role leads gross margin and margin-accretion analysis, product profitability evaluations, and financial assessments of new product development initiatives. It develops business cases for product launches and line extensions, supports innovation-pipeline evaluation and stage-gate decisions, and builds commercial models incorporating market-share and category-growth assumptions. The position also quantifies the financial benefits of formula harmonization and complexity-reduction initiatives, helping balance growth opportunities with margin, productivity, and profitability objectives. Working closely with R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Brand Finance, the Finance Manager provides actionable insights to support innovation investments and commercialization strategies. The role also supports financial planning and reporting for the R&D and Innovation organization, including budgeting, forecasting, month-end analysis, and management reporting. This is a hybrid role. Employees are expected to work from the New York office three days per week and may work remotely the remaining days. The base pay range is $110,000 to $130,000 per year; offered pay may vary based on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and location. Certain positions may also be eligible for short-term incentives. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of FP&A, Commercial Finance, Brand Finance, Innovation Finance, or related experience.
Advanced financial modeling and scenario-analysis skills.
Experience building business cases for new products, innovation projects, or commercialization initiatives.
Strong experience with gross margin analysis and product profitability evaluation.
Demonstrated experience evaluating margin accretion or dilution for new products, line extensions, and innovation portfolios.
Experience quantifying financial benefits from complexity reduction, formula harmonization, value engineering, or SKU rationalization initiatives.
Experience developing market-share and growth estimates and translating market assumptions into volume, revenue, margin, and cash-flow forecasts.
Experience supporting new product development, product launches, or innovation initiatives.
Experience supporting stage-gate governance and conducting pre-launch, launch, and post-launch financial assessments.
Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills.
Advanced Excel and financial analysis capabilities.
Legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa support.

Nice To Haves

Finance support of R&D, Product Development, Innovation, or Portfolio Management organizations.
Experience with innovation-pipeline management and stage-gate processes.
Experience with consumer products, beauty, or other SKU-intensive environments involving formula, packaging, and portfolio complexity.
Experience with finite product costing, commercialization analytics, and launch-performance tracking.
Supply Chain Finance, R&D Finance, or Commercial Finance experience.
MBA, CPA, or CMA.

Responsibilities

Lead gross margin analysis and product profitability assessments for innovation and new product development initiatives.
Assess margin accretion and dilution for new products and line extensions, including mix, pricing, cost, cannibalization, and portfolio impacts.
Quantify complexity-reduction benefits across formulas, ingredients, packaging components, SKUs, and manufacturing processes, including savings, working-capital, and service-level implications.
Evaluate formula-harmonization opportunities and develop financial scenarios balancing cost savings, product performance, regulatory requirements, and commercialization risk.
Build business cases for new product launches, including revenue forecasts, investment requirements, ROI analysis, payback modeling, and margin assessments.
Estimate market share, category growth, distribution, velocity, pricing, and cannibalization for line extensions and new products, translating commercial assumptions into revenue, gross margin, and cash-flow scenarios.
Perform pre-launch and post-launch financial assessments, including readiness, launch investment, volume and margin delivery, forecast accuracy, line-trial expense, new-product capital investment, and corrective-action recommendations.
Develop financial models to support innovation-pipeline evaluation, portfolio prioritization, and long-range growth planning.
Manage the financial workstream within the innovation stage-gate process by establishing financial deliverables and decision criteria, validating assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing go, hold, revise, or stop recommendations.
Partner with R&D, Product Development, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to evaluate commercialization opportunities and investment trade-offs.
Analyze post-launch performance against business-case expectations and recommend actions to improve future innovation returns.
Support Design-to-Value, formulation, packaging, and productivity initiatives through financial analysis and profitability assessments.
Prepare executive-ready reporting, presentations, and recommendations for senior leadership.
Manage the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and monthly spending analysis for the R&D and Innovation organization.
Prepare month-end reporting, analyze actual results versus budget and forecast, and provide actionable recommendations to business partners.
Partner with functional leaders to identify spending risks and opportunities and ensure accurate financial projections.
Support long-range planning activities and resource-allocation decisions for R&D and Innovation investments.
Drive forecasting, budgeting, month-end reporting, and variance analysis for supported functions.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their families.
Company-paid basic life insurance.
Company-paid short-term disability insurance, commencing upon hire and providing a portion of base salary for up to 26 weeks if disabled.
Long-term disability.
Supplemental life insurance.
Flexible spending accounts.
Critical illness insurance.
Group legal coverage.
Identity theft protection.
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.
Three weeks of vacation, prorated in the first year based on hire date; vacation depends on role.
Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Certain positions may be eligible for short-term incentives.