Strategic Sales Finance Lead

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L'Oréal Full time

Estimate salary AU$140,000 - AU$160,000 per annum.

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Controller to lead our sales finance team. As a key member of our commercial leadership team, you will be responsible for managing the daily sales, monthly sales forecast and supporting budget/planning process. You will report to the Senior Commercial Controller and manage trading terms and customer contracts. This role requires strong analytical skills, business acumen and excellent communication skills.

About the Job:

  • Business planning & optimization: Assist in preparation of Brand and Customer Budget/quarterly revised budget and monthly sales forecast.
  • Monitor in-month tracking sales and discount/promotions based on customer contract and trading terms.
  • Manage cost of sales and gross margin.
  • Ccustomer/commercial contracts and trading term management: maintain large volume of customer/commercial contracts and trading terms. Validate renew and new contracts and manage through P&L.
  • Business partnering: Using L'Oreal knowledge as well as market & financial expertise to understand, improve & challenge overall effectiveness of the business
  • Projects: lead and be part of all projects of commercial and leading financial projects relating commercial and category.
  • Assist in monitoring of in-month tracking gross-to-net and gross margin.
  • Internal Control: Ensure group norms are respected at all times.
  • End-to-end deal-to-cash management with customers
  • Provide finance training and development to commercial team and other stakeholders.

About You:

  • CA/CPA qualified with minimum years post-qualified experience in large organization and ideally FMCG industry while not essential.
  • A commercial mindset demonstrating practical business acumen with experience providing business insights
  • You will be required to work well under pressure with multiple competing deadlines and changing challenges.
  • Ability to review high volume information output for accuracy and plausibility, detecting and reconciling anomalies quickly
  • SAP experience and Advanced Excel skills must have with experience of data analysis and modelling.
  • Strong Communication skills – written and verbal and sound presentation skills
  • Highly organized with prioritization skills.

About the Division:

Our Professional Products Division provides hair care and hair colour products and services to salons across Australia. Our brands include Kerastase, L'Oreal Professionnel, Redken, Pureology and Matrix. We partner with hairdressing salons, offering products made from the best technologies and offer superior training which is at the forefront of trends.

About L'Oréal:

L'Oréal Australia is part of the L'Oréal Group – the world’s largest pure beauty company with over years of history and experience. We are a passionate team in a growing market, working to deliver our mission of Beauty for All through our local portfolio of brands.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs or disability.

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