Financial Controller Travel Retail Europe

The L'OCCITANE Group is a global, natural and organic ingredient-based cosmetics and well-being products maker, producer and retailer. The Group is built on strong values of entrepreneurship, team work, respect and authenticity. It is committed to developing products that are environmentally friendly and sustainable.
The Group has eight brands: L'OCCITANE en Provence, Melvita, Erborian, L'OCCITANE au Brésil, LimeLife, Elemis, Sol de Janeiro and Grown Alchemist.
With a presence in 90 countries, our products are distributing in more than 3,000 stores in the world.
L’OCCITANE Group’s mission is to “empower entrepreneurs and communities to cultivate natural beauty and well-being and regenerate nature”. L’OCCITANE is also committed to sustainability for business, people & the planet, as well as respect of human rights, ethics principles and labour protection. All employees at L’OCCITANE must therefore implement the company’s mission and integrate the social, environmental, economic and legal effects of their actions in their day-to-day job. In practice, this means that any employee at L’OCCITANE shall contribute to growing sales, regenerating nature, caring for our consumers & partners and supporting our employees.

**CONTEXT & MISSION**:
Following the recent acquisition of two new brands, the Travel Retail channel of L’Occitane Group is building its multi brand structure. In this context, we are looking for a highly motivated Finance Controller to join our Finance team in Geneva. Working closely with all the operational teams (sales, marketing, customer service), you will be in charge of leading the Budget/Reforecast/Closing processes, bringing all the needed support to the GM and the Finance Director to lead the activity, and conducting ad hoc studies.

This position is based in our Headquarters (Plan-les-Ouates), reporting to our Finance Director.

**MAIN RESPONSABILITIES**:
You will be in charge of the following responsibilities for all the brands of the Group:

- Manage the Budget and Reforecast process for Travel Retail channels in the respect of the deadlines:

- Net Sales per client
- Margin calculation
- Operating expenses related to the businesses included in the scope (marketing expenses, CAPEX investments, etc.)
- Presentation to the top Management
- Manage the monthly closings in the respect of deadlines:

- Overall review of Actual PnL vs. Budget/Reforecast/LY
- Accrual review and follow-up
- Ensure the relation and the good communication with the accounting department
- Gross margin and operating profit analysis
- Perform and communicate to Management monthly analysis of results with variance explanations
- Support the development of controlling procedures (in cooperation with the Accounting department and operational teams): purchase orders, capex expenditures, rebilling, etc.
- Maintain the database of clients’ information (commercial conditions, currency, etc.)
- Provide the financial support to commercial and marketing team (expenses follow-up, margin analysis by sku, negotiation preparation, free products tracking, ad-hoc requests, etc)
- Develop, implement, and follow new KPIs
- Validate ROIs for new point of sales, validate and maintain database for new kits launching

**HOW YOU CAN FIT**:

- Master Degree in Business, Finance or related discipline
- 4-6 years experience in finance roles (financial/business controller)
- French fluent with very good English knowledge
- MS office skills with Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Experience with SAP is an advantage
- Experience with TM1 Cognos or any equivalent of reporting and forecasting tool is an advantage
- Good level of autonomy and communication
- Strong analytical and organization skills, critical thinking
- Reliable, rigorous, and pragmatic (attention to detail but with a global picture mindset)
- Business oriented and open mindedness (be able to work with different departments)

**Starting date : ASAP**

**Permanent contract**

L’OCCITANE is an equal opportunities employer. This means that, when making decisions about our employees’ careers with us, our main considerations are their ability to do their jobs and develop in their roles. One way we cultivate change is by creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and organizational culture. As part of this, we are committed to building an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment where everyone feels respected and valued. We recruit positive-minded people who share our core values - entrepreneurship, team spirit, leading by example and authenticity - and our commitment to sustainability.