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Richemont · 9 hours ago

AVP FP&A - Cartier South America

Richemont is a luxury goods company that values diversity and inclusion among its employees. They are seeking an AVP of Financial Planning & Analysis for Cartier South America to lead finance activities across the region, support business development, and drive financial performance while ensuring compliance with regulations.

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Responsibilities

Drive the monthly close process through collaboration with business partners, managing deadlines, ensuring accurate financial results, monitoring phasing, and analyzing trends
Create sales analysis to monitor evolution and trends as well as understand key drivers
Conduct balance sheet reviews, and budgeting & forecasting, particularly regarding customer deposits, current liabilities, accounts receivable, inventory, stock provisions, sales return provisions, and compliance
Provide timely variance analysis to business partners, highlighting potential risks and opportunities
Prepare and distribute month-end reporting to brand management, including insightful commentary. Work with FP&A team members to continually evolve relevant reporting to meet brand needs
Work closely with brand personnel to drive the rolling forecast, latest estimate and annual budget processes to ensure timely and accurate submissions, including detailed workpapers and commentary. Support the brand during annual strategic plan presentations
Monitor headcount and work with the HR team to drive personnel cost controlling and accurate reporting, budgeting and forecasting
Manage the Latin America financial statements and consolidate the financials for Latin America, Mexico and Brazil
Support business development activities and control fixed costs to optimize the region’s profit and cash flow
In collaboration with Marcom Directors, monitor A&P and drive cost controlling and accurate reporting, budgeting and forecasting
Prepare capital approval requests (CAR), including detailed P&Ls, supporting commentary, and relevant comparatives to brand KPIs. Provide guidance on appropriate policies and forms, as well as insight on P&L specifics based on brand and/or regional CAPEX, sales, personnel and profitability metrics. Collaborate with all key stakeholders, including local and central brand teams, commercial, finance, store planning, construction, real estate and accounting
Track CAPEX spending by project vs. budget and related CAR; collaborate with brand teams for transparency and reconciliation. Identify and communicate potential issues
Ensures successful implementation of key strategies defined by ExCo for Cartier South America region
Accountable for leading the Cartier South America annual Market Action Plan process from concept to implementation
Responsible for ensuring Cartier South America’s strategic priorities are met; ensures objectives and KPI’s are clearly defined
Monitor accuracy of daily results, designs new reports according to brand’s needs and follow-up performances
Primary point of contact for brand/Richemont regarding invoice coding, approval matrix, non-stock purchase orders, and other operational concerns
Drive a strong internal control environment, with appropriate risk mitigation, including communication to brand, monthly reviews, and follow-up to ensure compliance, as well as meaningful feedback on control documentation
Ensure compliance aspects are respected in all financial activities
Complete ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support the broader finance team as needed
Align with the North America team on financial strategies and reporting to drive best practices benefitting the South America business

Qualification

FP&A experienceFinancial analysisBudgetingForecastingSAP experienceAccounting principlesMS-Excel proficiencyPower BI knowledgeAnaplan experienceAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsDetail-orientedTeam playerProblem-solvingAdaptability

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or other relevant field
10 to 15 years of FP&A experience, preferably in a large, multinational, publicly-traded company environment
Fluent in English, with French, Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus
Deep background in finance and accounting principles
Strong business acumen and ability to exercise sound judgment in all situations
Technology proficiency with knowledge of and ability to leverage technology and digital tools to support and drive continuous improvement and optimize financial processes for efficiency
Extensive knowledge of MS-Excel, Analysis, and PowerPoint
Exceptional analytical skills and ability to interpret qualitative as well as quantitative information
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work with all levels and functions within the organization, adapting communications and deliverables to diverse audiences in a matrixed organization
Entrepreneurial spirit, results oriented, ability to deal with ambiguity and manage multiple priorities in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
Curious nature with the ability to be proactive and problem-solve, as well as flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances
Detail-oriented with keen time management skills; able to dive deep into specifics while keeping an eye on the bigger picture
Ability to work both independently and as a team player; hands-on approach and comfortable taking on big and small tasks alike

Preferred

Luxury and/or retail company experience a plus
Experience with SAP and Anaplan a plus
Power BI, Looker and/or SAP Analytics Cloud helpful

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision programs
Health savings and flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability benefits
401(k) with employer match
Paid time off
Wellness reimbursement benefit
Access to the employee assistance program
Volunteer days off

Company

Richemont

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Richemont is a holding company that produces and sells jewelry, watches, leather goods, pens, firearms, clothing, and accessories.

H1B Sponsorship

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2024 (9)
2023 (1)
2022 (7)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$15.26M
Key Investors
Third Point
2024-06-20Undisclosed· $15.26M
2021-11-08Undisclosed

Leadership Team

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Burkhart Grund
Group Chief Financial Officer
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Jérôme Lambert
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Board Member
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