Director Of Finance jobs in United States

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REPORTING TO: Finance Director.

Position Purpose

To lead the financial planning and controlling department, coordinating a team of 4 people. To oversee the overall financial performance of the Middle East region (6 retail countries and 7 legal entities), through insightful analysis, proactive risk management, and providing decision support to both local management and the headquarters in France.

Key Accountabilities

1. Financial Planning Oversight: Manage and improve key financial planning processes.
2. Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the development of annual budgets, estimates, in collaboration with retail managers and department heads.
3. Business Review Support: Assist in the preparation of market-level business reviews.
4. Weekly and Monthly Reporting & Analysis: Deliver accurate sales and financial reports, including KPIs. Provide insightful analysis of variances against budget and prior year performance.
5. Profitability Management: Investigate and address significant budget overspends and deviations, recommending corrective actions. Conduct gross margin and stock depreciation analysis, offering optimization strategies. Analyse market performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
6. Team Development: Coach and mentor finance team members.
7. Project Leadership: Lead financial projects as required.
8. Process Improvement: Optimize existing financial processes and tools to support business development.
9. Pricing process Coordination
10. Financial Modelling: Develop financial models.
11. Capital investments preparation, submission and assessment

Skills, Qualifications And Personal Attributes

• Master’s degree in Finance or Business Administration
• 10+ years as a Finance Leader in multinational and large-scale companies; experience in retail preferred
• Strong analytical and financial skills
• Proven success as a team leader
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to influence at various levels
• Dynamic, agile, proactive, problem solver, team player
• Fluent in English; French is a plus
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills are mandatory
• Expert knowledge of SAP & Power BI is a plus

What You Will Find Here

• A community where authenticity is embraced, and our differences fuel our collective spirit
• A culture of empowerment, learning & growth, providing tools, space, and opportunities to learn, innovate, and lead
• Work that brings fulfillment—whether delighting clients daily or inspiring our industry, every action makes a difference

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