Permanent Contract - Financial Analyst

Position Overview: The Financial Analyst will be directly reporting to the Business and Operations Manager and will be responsible for expenses controlling, budget construction and administrative topics.

Function Responsibilities EXPENSES FOLLOW UP

• Invoices treatment
• Validate and control the codification of the expenses in the accounting softwares (My Easy Order and Share)
• Coordinate with the suppliers, Area Sales Managers and the Accounting department with the compliance of the House in terms of invoice treatment
• Monitor the expenses follow up
• Update the expenses follow up files daily.
• Ensure the budget respect and achievement by challenging the Area Sales Managers and providing visibility to Management.

MONTHLY / YEARLY CLOSING

• Responsible for the monthly accruals
• Monitor the expenses status and codes in the software (My Easy Order)
• Compile the accrual files and supporting documents in collaboration with the Area Sales Manager.
• Ensure budget achievement.
• Analysis of the monthly closing
• P&L construction and analysis of the closing vs Budget / YTD and YTG vision
• Reconciliation of the software data’s and the internal follow ups.
• Produce relevant analysis of the financial state of the region and provide recommendations to top management.

BUDGET CONSTRUCTION

• Responsible of Budget templatesUpdate and improve the work templates for each budget revision: Capex, Beauty Consultant, Office Charges
• Consolidate the Area Sales Manager version
• Participate to the Budget strategy
• Participate to Budget meetings with Area Sales Manager and Management
• Provide input regarding the financial strategy of the region
• Coordinate the monthly breakdown of the Budget and
• Provide efficient templates to the Area Sales Managers
• Challenge the Area Sales Managers to ensure a relevant and balance breakdown.

SANITARY REGISTRATION

• Ensure the registration of all our fragrances in our local markets by consolidating the client’s needs and coordinating with the Sanitary registration department

Position Requirements

• Minimum Education Required: Master degree
• Minimum Years Experience Required: Minimum 3 year in management controlling and finance.
• Luxury goods or Fragrance & Beauty is a plus.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Fluency in English, French and Spanish are a plus
• Excellent computer skills and software skills: excellent with MS Office, Excel and Powerpoint
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Leadership and diplomacy: able to collaborate well with others and work as a team while also able to be autonomous
• Proactive: able to find solutions and come up with recommendations
• Strong interest in Fragrances & Beauty and Hermès core values

"Créateur, artisan et marchand d’objets de haute qualité, Hermès est, depuis 1837, une maison française, familiale et indépendante qui emploie près de 25 185 collaborateurs dans le monde. Animé par un esprit d’entreprendre continu et une exigence constante, Hermès cultive la liberté et l’autonomie de chacun grâce à un management responsable. L’entreprise perpétue la transmission de savoir-faire d’exception par un ancrage territorial fort dans le respect des hommes et de la nature – source de matières d’exception. Seize métiers artisanaux irriguent la créativité de la maison dont les collections rayonnent dans près 300 magasins dans le monde."