[2025] - UKI - LOA - FP&A Manager - Luxe

L'oreal Usa; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beauty company is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager in the UK. This role encompasses managing budgets, forecasts, and reporting processes while collaborating with various departments. The ideal candidate will have an accounting qualification and experience in FP&A within a consumer goods environment. Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for advancement offered.

Benefits

60% off company products

Private medical and dental insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience working in FP&A in a consumer goods environment.
• Ability to analyze financial results and provide insights to leadership.
• Experience managing a small team is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the budget, forecast, and month-end reporting processes.
• Partner with various stakeholders to ensure alignment on financial targets.
• Oversee FP&A consolidation for the division.

Skills

Financial analysis

Communication

Analytical skills

Team management

Education

Accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP

Job description

We’re not just building brands; we’re shaping how the world experiences beauty—and it takes a lot of talent to do it. Intrigued? Keep reading, because this might just be the opportunity you’ve been searching for.

Our Luxury Products Division is looking for a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to join our UK & Ireland team. In this fast-paced and dynamic environment, you’ll have visibility over our 18 iconic brands and play a pivotal role in driving our business forward. If you’re ready to combine your financial expertise with strategic impact, this is your chance to shine.

A Day in the Life
As our FP&A Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our financial operations, reporting directly to the Head of Finance. Your day will be a mix of strategic planning, collaboration, and problem-solving. Here’s what you can expect:

• Lead Financial Excellence: Own the budget, forecast, and month-end reporting processes, providing actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with marketing controllers, legal teams, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on divisional targets and ROI-driven decision-making.
• Drive Consolidation: Oversee FP&A consolidation for the entire division, ensuring accuracy and transparency across all financial reporting.
• Own Multi-Brand P&L Lines: Take accountability for key financial lines, including global brand royalties, while building trends and partnering with legal teams.
• Innovate & Improve: Continuously evaluate and enhance financial reporting processes to boost efficiency and clarity.
• Lead Ad Hoc Projects: Be the go-to leader for special projects within the FP&A function, driving innovation and strategic impact.

Every day is an opportunity to make a tangible difference, working with some of the most talented minds in the industry.

As Financial Planning & Analysis Manager you will:

• Ensure accurate budget, forecast, and month end reporting. Analysing financial results, trends, and variances to provide insights to Finance and Senior Leadership
• Partner with a large number of stakeholders across the business (both finance and non-finance) and participate in cross functional projects to drive ROI.
• Be responsible for FP&A consolidation for the total division, working closely with our marketing controllers
• Be accountable for the Multi-brand P&L lines
• Be the leader of ad hoc projects within the FP&A function
• Be the liaison between the Head of finance and the marketing controllers to ensure the Advertising & Promotions Expenses for the total division are well aligned with our targets
• Continuously evaluate and improve financial reporting and consolidation processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency
• Support strategic decision-making through the provision of accurate financial information and ROI analysis
• Monthly calculation of global brand royalties, building the trend for the business unit and business partnering the legal team on these costs.

WHO YOU ARE

• Experience working with various teams from a complex, global matrix structure with multiple reporting lines
• High level of exposure to the senior leadership team, experience of partnering to Exec level
• An accounting qualification either ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Worked previously within FP&A in a consumer goods/retail environment
• Strong communication skills to build effective partnership with your stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and can deal with a lot of data
• Advanced competency in Excel, Power BI and SAP
• Drive to progress, this is a mid level role where there is lots of room for progression
• Experience managing a small team or persons (preferred but not essential)

WHAT WE OFFER

Our industry-leading award-winning benefits package shows how much we value our people. We know they're at the heart of L'Oréal's success, so we offer a fair and competitive package to help you thrive.

Enjoy perks like money-saving offers, free mortgage advice, share options and an enhanced pension plan. Love our brands? You'll get up to 60% off iconic names like YSL, CeraVe, Armani, Kiehl's and Garnier! Because health matters, we offer private medical and dental insurance, discounted gym memberships, and onsite mental health support. We also provide enhanced family leave for all and up to 4 weeks of paid fertility leave, so you can prioritise what matters most.

Learning is in our DNA at L'Oréal. We'll help you master your role, build skills, and access top-notch leadership programs and monthly expert talks. And there's lots more too!

WHO WE ARE

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €29 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet. Experience the excitement of agility to shape the future of beauty; where diversity and purpose come together to create meaningful impact.

Our Corporate Division supports the 4000+ strong workforce in the UK & Ireland. It’s a fast-paced and dynamic environment when you’ll have visibility over our 4 Divisions and play an integral role in moving our business forward. Our founder Eugène Schueller once said that “a company is not walls and machines, it’s people, people, people”. Joining our corporate teams means joining the world leader in beauty, at the cutting edge of innovation. But above all, it means becoming part of a team of talented and inspiring people.

HOW WE RECRUIT

At L’Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition or disability, or any other protected status. When we look for talent, we welcome difference - different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and perspectives. The beauty we find in our differences gives us the freedom to go beyond. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal.

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