CDI- Controlling Manager

LVMH; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

LVMH Métiers d’Art, based in Paris, seeks a senior finance professional to lead industrial controlling and act as a strategic partner to manufacturing entities across the perimeter. You will strengthen controlling frameworks, harmonize costing methods, and drive performance reporting, budgeting and multi-year planning.

You will manage monthly closings, develop financial models, monitor cash flow and capex, and support strategic initiatives with robust analytics.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in industrial controlling within a manufacturing environment
• Experience as finance business partner and able to challenge financial and operational stakeholders
• Strong analytical capabilities with ability to translate data into actionable recommendations
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to present complex insights clearly
• Fluent in French and English; Italian/Spanish/Portuguese a plus

Responsabilités

• Industrial Controlling: act as strategic finance partner to the entities within scope, identify synergies and support continuous improvement
• Strengthen analytical structures and controlling frameworks to improve visibility and decision-making
• Budget and Strategic Planning: lead the budget process and develop multi-year plans
• Improve monthly reporting quality and impact; prepare activity notes and reporting materials
• Monitor cash flow and capex trends; drive financial models for strategic initiatives
• Lead projects to enhance financial processes and performance monitoring tools using BI solutions

Connaissances

Industrial Controlling

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Performance monitoring

Financial modelling

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Formation

Master's degree

Outils

BI software

Description du poste

Founded in 2015, LVMH Métiers d'Art, a specialized division within the LVMH Group, plays a crucial role in safeguarding and advancing the supply of raw materials for its fashion houses.

Active globally in leather, exotic leathers, high-quality metal hardware, LVMH Métiers d’Art not only contributes to the creation of luxury products but also plays a crucial role in preserving artisanal heritage, ensuring traditional skills are passed down to future generations and fostering a sustainable ecosystem of craftsmanship.

Comprising 17 industrial companies, LVMH Métiers d'Art employs approximately 2,600 individuals, with a significant presence across Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, and Singapore. These companies typically share a cultural heritage rooted in family ownership, are agile due to their smaller scale, boast efficient decision-making processes, and exhibit a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Job Responsibilities

• Industrial Controlling:
• Act as a strategic finance partner to the entities within the scope, bringing a transversal perspective to identify synergies, share best practices, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strengthen analytical structures and controlling frameworks to improve visibility, consistency and decision-making
• Review, challenge, and help harmonize costing methodologies, stock valuation principles, and industrial controlling practices across the perimeter.
• Standardize industrial variances, monitor action plans, and ensure corrective measures are implemented.
• Coordinate and consolidate industrial performance reporting, with a focus on revenue, cost structure, margins, and key operational KPIs, to provide clear, actionable and decision-oriented insights to MdA Management.
• Financial Reporting & Activity Monitoring:
• Participate in monthly and annual closing operations, ensuring reliability, consistency and relevance of reported figures
• Improve the quality, consistency, and impact of monthly reporting by preparing comprehensive activity notes, as well as quarterly and annual financial reporting materials.
• Conduct ad hoc financial and operational analyses to support decision-making and identify risks, deviations and performance improvement opportunities.
• Monitor cash flow and Capex trends, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and business needs.
• Contribute to the production of management reporting with a strong focus on clarity, accuracy, and business relevance.
• Drives the development of financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives and business growth
• Monitor financial performance against budget, forecast, and strategic targets, raise alerts where needed and challenge recovery plans.
• Budget and Strategic Planning:
• Lead and coordinate the budget process (including revisions) for the assigned perimeter, including the preparation of supporting materials and presentation of key assumptions and conclusions
• Challenge local assumptions, cost trajectories, and business scenarios
• Support entities in developing robust multi-year business plans and relevant scenarios.
• Build financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives and business development.
• Integrate eco-transformation decisions into financial projections
• Support the monitoring of financial performance against budget, forecast, and strategic targets, ensuring clear visibility on risks and opportunities
• Various Projects:
• Evaluate, monitor, and challenge continuous improvement and operational excellence projects, ensuring the robustness of assumptions, effective delivery of expected benefits, and their accurate financial translation into reporting.
• Lead initiatives to enhance financial processes and performance monitoring tools, leveraging BI solutions, and ensuring data reliability and transparency across all Métiers and headquarters functions.
• Drive productivity and industrial efficiency projects, supporting their financial evaluation and tracking their impact on value creation.

Profile

Experience: Minimum of 8-10 years of professional background, including significant exposure to industrial controlling in a manufacturing environment; prior experience in audit is a plus. Proven ability to operate as a finance business partner and to challenge both financial and operational stakeholders in a constructive and credible manner. Demonstrated track record in performance improvement, transformation projects, and financial support to operational decision-making Skills: Strong expertise in industrial controlling, with solid experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and performance monitoring. Strong analytical capabilities, with the ability to move from detail to synthesis and translate data into actionable recommendations. Hands-on, rigorous, and pragmatic approach, with high standards in terms of reliability and data quality. Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to present complex financial insights and strategic recommendations clearly and effectively. Ability to work in a decentralized, international, and evolving environment. Proficiency in French & English; fluency in Italian, Spanish or Portuguese is a plus. Education: Master’s degree in business, Management, Engineering, or a related field Location: The position is based in Paris and requires travels