Senior Finance Manager

The Senior Finance Manager will report to the Director of Finance, and act as the key strategic business partner to marketing, sales, supply chain, and other key functions to drive profitable growth of the No7 brands. Leveraging finance systems and analysis tools and fostering a data driven analytical approach, this role will transform data into actionable insights that improve financial and operating performance. To do this the Senior Finance Manager will effectively and persuasively communicate analyses and recommendation to all levels of management. This role requires significant accuracy and attention to detail as well as creative problem-solving abilities. In summary, the individual will play a key role in driving the growth agenda of the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Commercial teams on financial implications of new and ‘changes to’ existing commercial arrangements, including pricing structure, trade strategy and promotional activities – all in collaboration with other cross functional partners.
• Lead portfolio/customer mix financial analysis and develop strategies to improve business performance across all P&L line items.
• Drive a cultural focus for return on investment on marketing spend. Leverage internally developed consumer analytics, econometric learnings, and post campaign performance data to track and monitor marketing spend effectiveness.
• Lead the financial evaluations of New Product Development (NPD) throughout various stages of the innovation lifecycle including post launch, working closely with Commercial and Marketing to understand business model and financial implications. Support and challenge (if necessary) category and rate-of-sale assumptions in analyzing and implementing business growth opportunities.
• Lead & participate in ad hoc strategic projects, process improvement initiatives and special requests, working with a “continuous improvement” mind-set
• Work closely with business partners to provide analysis to improve sales forecasting, drive top line margin through COGS and Trade analysis.
• Participate in Key processes: S&OP and Demand Consensus, 3 Year plan, Forecasting/Budget Plans, SKU Rationalization, and optimization of obsolescence.
• Work collaboratively with global finance team and Walgreens finance as required.

A bit about you:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting, MBA/CPA preferred
• 5 years of relevant experience with increasing responsibility; preferably in the Consumer-Packaged Goods or Beauty Industries
• Proactive agent of change, who is adept at building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across all levels in the business
• Resilient and flexible, with the ability to cope with a changing, fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; ability to handle multiple tasks through managing stakeholders, priorities and workload.
• Flexibility to not only synthesize data across different sources but utilize data and reporting to influence and drive commercial agenda and execute at a high capacity in a highly dynamic function
• Very proficient in Excel, including complex formulas, macros, and pivot tables in order to manipulate large amounts of data and build ad hoc Excel based tracking and forecasting models and templates
• Knowledge of IBM Planning Analytics and SAP would be beneficial
• Positive, collaborative attitude; a self-starter eager to make their mark on the business

A bit about us…

We are No7 Beauty Company, a division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, a modern consumer goods company with purpose, that combines the best of traditional companies with the vibrancy and pace of a new digital-first business. With operations in North America, Europe and Asia, we offer beauty products that consumers can trust wherever they are in the world. Since No7 launched in 1935, our iconic brand has been joined by equally strong characters in Liz Earle Beauty Company, Soap & Glory, Botanics, Sleek MakeUP and YourGoodSkin. All our brands have a deep understanding of what customers want because we’re great at listening. As part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, we have the rich insight of our own retailers and thousands of beauty advisors across our stores, so we can truly get to know our consumers and better meet their every skin need. Supported and encouraged by inclusive leaders, the people that make up our global teams are the beating heart of No7 Beauty Company. They’re not just passionate about beauty; it’s their innate enthusiasm to innovate that sets them apart and drives them to deliver the very best for our customers. Welcome to the next generation, welcome to No7 Beauty Company.

What we can offer you:

We offer the chance to work in a consumer led environment with the chance to make an impact on a global scale. With a truly entrepreneurial mind-set, we recognize the importance of a diverse workforce who work collaboratively with shared values and ambition. We invest in our people by challenging you and developing you, and provide a great local reward scheme including:

• Competitive Salary
• Annual discretionary bonus plan
• Employee Discounts

Diversity and inclusion is at the center of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. To learn more about our functions, explore our brands and find opportunities all over the globe please visit: https://www.no7company.com/careers.