Consultant, FPA & Controlling, TEMP

Provide Financial Planning, Analysis, and Controlling for Guerlain’s US-based business. This is a Temporary role lasting 5-6months.  ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE – REPORTING RELATIONSHIPSInternal                                                               Reports to: VP, Finance and operationally to brand General ManagerPositions Supervised: NonePeers: Other LVMH Directors/Managers, direct partner to Sr Mgr Sales DevelopmentInternal Partners: All departmentsExternalExternal Partners: Vendors, Suppliers, Agencies, Finance team (Paris)Act as a partner to the local General Manager.Partner daily with VP Omnichannel Sales to monitor business trends and identify risks & opportunitiesProactively monitor yearly and monthly financial targets in collaboration with the team.Construct and monitor budgets (Revised 1), three-year plan (2027-2029) and forecasts (sales outlooks and landing).Provide accurate financial information to support management in their decision-making process.Provide monthly analysis on financial risks & opportunities by assessing current trends with key performance indicators.Lead monthly closing for the company.Perform detailed budget vs. actual variance analyses for P&L lines and ledger accounts monthly.Compute accruals with logical and explainable back-ups for each month-end closing.Analyze balance sheet accounts and formalize reconciliations to make sure our accounts are clean.Learn and understand components and processes involved in each P&L line.Challenge costs and allocations of costs.Report financial information to France headquarters in a timely manner.Validate the local income statement and balance sheet.Clear account receivable balances every month.Perform other financial analysis related to the current business or related to new projects.Work closely with the Business Partnership Center: Accounting, IT, Forecasting, Purchasing, Customer Service, etc.Approve internal ePO and purchase orders.Code invoices and control invoicing flows.Keep approval workflows up to date for AX and Medius systems.Effectively manage relationship and communication (e.g. tariffs updates, etc.) with HQ based in Paris.Assist on related ad hoc reports/projects.Conduct all other job-related activities.