We have a suitable opportunity in the Consumer Product Division for the position of Business Finance Analyst. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the business finance of one of the brands of Consumer Product Division of L’Oréal India. The Candidate must be a 2023 batch passout with experience in FMCG sector. The location of the job will be Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities:

- End to end financial responsibility of managing the Profitability of the brand

- Driving the Category Profitability

- Setting up and driving high standards of compliance in the operation areas

- Automation of processes

- Monthly Financial Closing and preparation of Trends and Budgets as per the Group calendar

- Full understanding of systems (SAP/DMS/Compass) flow and which P&L line item any decision impacts. Strong expertise in SAP is desired.

- Maintaining A&P Budgets and driving ROI mindset of spends

- Working very closely with marketing teams to enable them to achieve business results and objectives.

- Should be able to develop an overall understanding of the Division P&L

- Provide timely analysis and inputs to Division Controller and other stakeholders.

- Driving RGM mindset in the portfolio

- Working on Value Creation Projects

- Influencing Forecast meetings

Key Deliverables:

- Timely and Accurate Reporting

- Adherence to internal control norms and handling of audits

- Supporting Brand GMs and BBLs in decision making

- Improvement of Gross Margin

- Maintaining Category and Brand Profitability

- Develop an understanding of the overall P&L including all lines and support the Division Controller for decision making.

Key Competencies:

- Comfortable in handling multiple Systems (SAP/Compass/DMS/Agilepoint)

- Should be comfortable in handling ambiguity.

- AI fluency

- Must have good people skill to help network within the company.

- Should be able to leverage technology to scale up or make robust processes.

- Timely and accurate Decision making

- Value Creator

- Solution oriented and enabler

- Should have high level of accuracy and must respect timelines.

Key Relationships:

- Brand GMs

- Marketing Managers

- Commercial Teams.

- Marketing Controllers

- Corporate Finance

- Supply Chain

- Tax team

- Zonal Finance

- Finance Shared Service Team

Physical Demands (e.g. % travel):

- Travel will be need based.

Education:

- Chartered Accountant - 2023 batch

- MBA from Top Tier Colleges

Experience managing or analyzing personal data privacy would be an added advantage L’Oréal is committed to building a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. L’Oréal closely prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of the individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.