AVP- Operations Finance, NLR Plant

Job Title: AVP- Operations Finance, NLR Plant

Division: Consumer Products Division

Location: N. Little Rock, AR

Reports To: VP- Manufacturing

Who We Are

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.

At L'Oréal Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain.

At L’Oréal, our Finance teams turn data into insights and risk analysis into solutions while ensuring the Group’s financial performance is top notch. We have a diverse range of expertise at L'Oréal Finance, including Financial Planning & Controlling, Internal Audit, Mergers and Acquisitions, Treasury, Tax and Consolidation. We bring numbers to life! Come join our dynamic team!

What You Will Do

Plant CFO responsible for providing controller leadership and partnership to both Plant Operations and Finance at the NLR Arkansas Plant as well as liaising with DO Leadership and the Logistics teams to drive Value Creation.

• Manage entire Plant P&L costs, developing budgets/trends and recommending corrective courses of action.
• Provide financial leadership and strategy as it relates to Value Creation.
• Improve Gross Margin by driving organizational accountability and performance on added value and productivity metrics.
• Ownership of the financial integrity and data accuracy.
• Ensure adherence to all Logistics/Manufacturing internal controls, providing training and developing best practices as needed.
• Liaise with the proper teams to improve Health of Inventory (HOI), reduce E&O and drive sustainability.
• Partner with the relevant teams to improve Cash Flow via HOI.
• Collaborate with Plant Operations on Sustainability initiatives.
• Manage the financial close process including ownership and reconciliations of relevant Balance Sheet and P&L lines.
• Participate in benchmark studies with Global DGO Manufacturing.
• Develop financial reports to support effective expense management.
• Provide monthly analysis of Plant performance metrics versus budget, trends, and prior years.
• Lead special projects and/or participate on project teams as needed.
• Develop strategy with Plant Leadcom to meet short term business objectives and support long-term growth.
• Lead the development of risk management strategies.
• Ensure financial practices align with L’Oréal’s best practices.
• Report operationally to Plant Manager and financially to CPD Operations Finance VP.
  
  

Required Qualifications

What We Are Looking For:

• Degree in Finance or Accounting required
• 10 Years of Finance experience
• Team leadership and development
• Analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive problem solving
• Strong strategic/forward thinking skills
• Ability to influence business partners
• Self-Directed
• Capacity to optimize financial resources
• Experience in presenting to all levels of stakeholders
• Some travel required
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP preferred
  
  

What’s In It For You

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
• Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
  
  

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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