🚀 Finance Director DACH (m/w/d)

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We are looking for a Finance Director (m/f/d) DACH , who will be responsible for the continuous development and optimization of the brands for the DACH Region.

Your responsibilities:

• Prepare and review with management P&L; analyze by account, by marketing activity and by door.
• Monitors key financial ratios, including but not limited to, DSO inventory months cover, ROIC and productivity.
• Set financial goals for brands (with BD/GM) and for the company with GM.
• Prepares and reviews with the Brand Managers and Sales Director complete and accurate information on the budget sales and expenses and input covering all areas.
• Offers unique insights into the organization borne from a deep understanding of the business, the market and the forces that drives the business.
• Uses insights to lead and influence change at a strategic, tactical, team and individual level across the organization.
• Develops and implements solutions to address actions emanating from insights, either to mitigate critical risk or capitalized on opportunity.
• Manages the efficient delivery of major, planned, new, high impact financial and business services program and projects across organization.
• Monitors and reports significant change in retailer trading terms including base margins, bonification, discounts, and payment terms.
• Monitor performance against budget and account; analyze variances, alert national Sales.
• Responsible for the overall protection of company assets, particularly inventory and receivable.
• Prepares and reviews product category profitability statistics.
• Reviews and reconciles forecast to business plan.
• Provides leadership, guidance and management to employees.

Qualifications

• Over 8 years of professional experience in a global company, preferably in the luxury, cosmetics or FMCG industry
• At least 5 years of management experience with a focus on managing, coaching and developing employees
• Successfully completed business studies
• Experience in all areas of finance
• Experience of working in a complex, internationally operating company
• Very good understanding of the industry and a good network of distributors, retailers, advertising agencies and other business partners.
• Very good German and English language skills