HEAD OF EUROPE CONTROLLING (M/W)

Poste

THE CONTEXT

Since 1947, the men and women of Parfums Christian Dior have embodied the founding "couturier-perfumer's" unique spirit of excellence, creativity and expertise, both in France and throughout the world. Our House is an open and highly-focused collective, a leader that thrives on the creativity of all its stakeholders. Our collective passion and our heritage, full of authenticity and dream, make us move forward and reinvent ourselves.

By revolutionizing the codes of French style and luxury through perfumes, and combining tradition with daring makeup and innovative skincare, we are reinventing every day the Dior style and its compelling, joyful and absolute beauty. Our stimulating missions give our employees the opportunity to develop new skills, overcome spectacular challenges and reveal their talent.

To go further, with Dior.

YOUR IMPACT

The PCD Europe Team is part of PCD WORLDWIDE, in charge of managing all its European subsidiaries to implement and apply business measures to obtain and/or sustain business leadership.

Within the PCD Europe Team, the HEAD OF CONTROLLING Europe is in charge of supporting the finance director as business partner of the general management of Team Europe.

The position is based in Neuilly Sur Seine.

Missions

As HEAD OF CONTROLLING Europe, you will be assisting the FINANCE DIRECTOR in planning, analyzing, reviewing, steering and anticipating the financial performance of PCD in Europe to allow the general management to foster business leadership and improve financial results. You manage one junior controller and one intern (to be hired) and ensure finance team act as a business partner of Team Europe and of our finance staff in our subsidiaries. In a context of lower topline opportunities, the head of controlling has a huge role to play assisting the Regional Director Committee in transforming the business to enhance efficiency and deliver additional profit.

Your main assignment will be focused on FINANCIAL CONTROLLING.

• SALES & P&L CONTROLLING
  
  

YOU REPORT AND CONSOLIDATE ACTUAL SALES PERFORMANCE VS OBJECTIVES AND LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ANALYSING BY PERIOD, MARKET, PRODUCTS AND FRANCHISES, CHANNELS, RETAILERS (WITH FOCUS ON COMMERCIAL TERMS)

YOU LIAISE MONTHLY WITH SUPPLY CHAIN TO ALIGN MARKET OUTLOOKS WITH LOGISTIC FORECASTS

YOU REPORT AND CONSOLIDATE ACTUAL PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT VS OBJECTIVES AND LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ANALYSING OF TRADE TERMS BY MARKET AND BY RETAILERS, GROSS MARGIN, OPEX BY NATE (MEDIA, PAYROLL ETC) AND OPERATING PROFIT

YOU CONTROL OPEX BUDGETS OF REGIONAL STRUCTURE (TEAM EUROPE)

• BUDGETING/FORECASTING
  
  

YOU TARGET FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES BY MARKET

YOU LIAISE WITH CENTRAL FINANCE AND MARKETS TO COORDINATE PROCESS ACCORDING TO DEADLINES AND ACT AS FIRST LEVEL OF SUPPORT

YOU CONTROL COMPLETION, CORRECTNESS, QUALITY AND CONSOLIDATION OF KEY DATA (SALES, OPEX, MEDIA, CAPEX, P&L, KPI)

• BUSINESS PARTNERING & TRANSFORMATION SUPPORT
  
  

YOU ACT AS BUSINESS PARTNER FOR ALL RELEVANT INTERLOCUTORS (IN PARTICULAR TEAM EUROPE, CENTRAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE TEAM AND FINANCE TEAMS OF EUROPEAN SUBSIDIARIES) WHICH ARE UNDER CHALLENGE IN THIS NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND NEW ECONOMIC CONTEXT. YOU HELP BUILDING THE FUTURE OF THE REGION IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MONITORING, NEW BUSINESS MODELS DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

YOU ACT AS A KEY INTERLOCUTOR FOR COMMERCIAL TEAM BUILDING STRONG ANALYSIS ON RETAILERS TRADE TERMS, DISTRIBUTION LEVEL, RETAILERS CLUSTERISATION

• SYSTEMS
  
  

YOU PARTICIPATE TO FP&A AND BUSINESS MONITORING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENTS IN LINE WITH REGIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DIVISION PROJECTS

YOU BRING YOUR EXPERTISE TO DEVELOP NEW AUTOMATIZED DASHBOARD TO MONITOR THE ACTION PLANS FOR MORE EFFICIENCY

Profil

Who You Are

• BUSINESS SCHOOL GRADUATE WITH AT LEAST 7 YEARS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN CONTROLLING, PREFERABLY IN THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY OR CONSUMER GOODS AFTER 3 YEARS IN AUDIT
• SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCIAL REPORTING, ANALYSIS AND PLANNING
• FIRST MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE APPRECIATED
• FLUENT IN ENGLISH
• BUSINESS ORIENTED
• AMBITIOUS
• FLEXIBLE, OPEN MINDED, SOLUTION DRIVEN
• STRONG COMMUNICATION AND SOFT SKILLS
• VERY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF CONTROLLING TOOLS (SAP, EXCEL AND OTHER SYSTEMS)
  
  

Information à l'attention des candidats

WHAT CAN WE OFFER ?

• A challenging role in a fast moving, ambitious environment, with daily learning opportunities and passionate team members.
• A competitive package, from compensation, benefits to perks
• Beyond this role, your development is a pillar of our ambition. Parfums Christian Dior, as part of LVMH, offers a Career perspective with a worldwide presence and continuous growth within 75 distinguished Houses.
  
  

WISHING TO APPLY?

A comprehensive recruitment process involving HR and Management for the role will enable you to receive a full perspective on the opportunity and ambition.

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