Manager, Employee Cost COE

Estée Lauder Companies; Melville (NY); On-site; USD 88,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Retirement savings plans

Paid leave programs

Job summary

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. is seeking an experienced Finance professional to support the Employee Cost COE – a role focused on accounting, planning and governance of global employee compensation costs.

You will model, report and analyze data, develop tools, and drive continuous improvements across multiple cost areas, partnering with HR, Master Data and senior leadership. Based in Melville or NYC, with a base salary and a strong bonus program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA/Masters a plus.
• 5+ years of Finance or Accounting, with process reengineering and project management experience.
• Excellent analytical capabilities to translate data into Executive level insights and metrics
• Advanced Excel, OneStream skills a must.
• Proficiency in SAP, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g.: Power BI).
• Ability to work/analyze/build efficient models, analyses and reports.
• Experience in leading, aligning, and engaging on team vision.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills required, including direct interaction with Senior Management.
• Ability to work under pressure of tight deadlines and multitask.

Responsibilities

• Support all activities related to the Employee Compensation Cost Capability pillar including accounting and planning
• Actively engage in the Employee Compensation Cost/Analytics meetings providing customer service for all related platforms and dashboards to various business units
• Manage processes associated with assigned areas of responsibility including monthly, quarterly and annual expense monitoring, accrual and journal entry requirements, reconciliations; analysis of results and comprehensive reporting adhere to deadlines
• Manage Employee Compensation Cost reporting for executive management
• Under guidance of leadership, develop and monitor modeling tools related to employee compensation cost across productivity, demo and MOH/DL
• Assist with development and monitoring of employee compensation cost and headcount policies and practices including governance of account usage, taxonomies and planning guidelines
• Managing updates and quality assurance across all data sources, Dashboard and reporting including access controls
• In conjunction with leadership and team members, provide for continuous improvement in processes including develop, monitor and report trend analysis, benchmarking, other metrics and KPIs providing analysis and insights, as applicable for realization of efficiencies
• Collaborate with Managed Service Resources who support the capability pillar
• Drive and engage interaction with members of other functions including Human Resources and Master Data Management resulting in outcomes that support common objectives
• Support Cross-functional requests for employee cost, headcount and productivity analysis and reporting
• Special projects and ad-hoc analysis as requested

Skills

Analytical thinking

Executive-level reporting

Communication

Multitasking under pressure

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting

CPA/Masters

Tools

SAP

Power BI

OneStream

Excel

Job description

About the Company

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Description

This role will support the Employee Cost COE – Support capability lead and team to provide best practices for accounting and financial planning, guidelines and governance for managing the Company’s global employee compensation costs across actual, estimate, plan and LRP. Assist with identifying best practices within the global processes and ensure proper operationalization of the guidelines. This role will manage accounting and planning for selected employee cost areas as assigned, as well as modeling, reporting, analysis and insights for capability management and customers to action, monitoring key metrics, development and implementation of tools/applications in support of continuous improvements; automate, improve and make processes efficient. Creation and management of financial modelling and visualization. Cross train with team to serve as backup and support as required. Lead and support dd hoc projects and assignments.

• Support all activities related to the Employee Compensation Cost Capability pillar including accounting and planning
• Actively engage in the Employee Compensation Cost/Analytics meetings providing customer service for all related platforms and dashboards to various business units
• Manage processes associated with assigned areas of responsibility (e.g.: NA fringe benefits and vacation and Global Fiscal bonus) including monthly, quarterly and annual expense monitoring, accrual and journal entry requirements, reconciliations; analysis of results and comprehensive reporting adhere to deadlines
• Manage Employee Compensation Cost reporting for executive management
• Under guidance of leadership, develop and monitor modeling tools related to employee compensation cost across productivity, demo and MOH/DL
• Assist with development and monitoring of employee compensation cost and headcount policies and practices including governance of account usage, taxonomies and planning guidelines
• Managing updates and quality assurance across all data sources, Dashboard and reporting including access controls
• In conjunction with leadership and team members, provide for continuous improvement in processes including develop, monitor and report trend analysis, benchmarking, other metrics and KPIs providing analysis and insights, as applicable for realization of efficiencies
• Collaborate with Managed Service Resources who support the capability pillar
• Drive and engage interaction with members of other functions including Human Resources and Master Data Management resulting in outcomes that support common objectives
• Support Cross-functional requests for employee cost, headcount and productivity analysis and reporting
• Special projects and ad-hoc analysis as requested

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA/Masters a plus.
• 5+ years of Finance or Accounting, with process reengineering and project management experience.
• Excellent analytical capabilities to translate data into Executive level insights and metrics
• Advanced Excel, OneStream skills a must.
• Proficiency in SAP, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g.: Power BI).
• Ability to work/analyze/build efficient models, analyses and reports.
• Experience in leading, aligning, and engaging on team vision.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills required, including direct interaction with Senior Management.
• Ability to work under pressure of tight deadlines and multitask.
• Flexibility to adapt to the changing needs and direction of Senior Management.
• Excellent organization, writing and listening skills
• Role will be based in Mellville or New York City based on final team member selections

Pay Range

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $87,550.00 to $143,800.00. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

Benefits

In addition, The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance), wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

• health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
• wellness and family support programs
• life and disability insurance
• retirement savings plans
• paid leave programs
• education-related programs
• paid holidays and vacation time
• and many others.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices.

Michigan Applicants: Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for employment must notify the company in writing of the need for an accommodation within 182 days after the date the person with a disability knew or reasonably should have known that an accommodation was needed.

Philadelphia Applicants: Philadelphia's Fair Chance Hiring Law

Rhode Island Applicants: The company is subject to chapters 29-38 of title 28 of the general laws of Rhode Island and is therefore covered by the state's workers' compensation law.