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About the Role

As FP&A Director, you will cultivate strategic partnerships and provide executive financial leadership for two (2) of the Watch Brands locally, regionally, and centrally. You will gain an in-depth understanding of each brand's strategic imperatives to drive comprehensive financial processes, provide critical insights for strategic decision-making, and oversee the monitoring of key brand performance indicators (KPIs). You will be directly responsible for all financial activities (actuals, budget, forecasts, variances) for these two watch brands, including but not limited to advanced analysis to explain underlying business dynamics, proactive insights into cost optimization, as well as strategic reporting and commentary on results. As a senior member of the FP&A Watch Brands team, you will also champion and drive various cross-brand initiatives, ensuring a robust internal controls environment and compliance with regional, brand, and Group directives/regulations. This role demands superior interpersonal and influencing skills, with significant interaction amongst key stakeholders throughout the organization, including local and central brand leadership, as well as within Richemont Americas regional functions across the US, Canada, LATAM, Mexico, and Brazil.

Responsibilities

Lead the annual budget and forecasting processes, ensuring timely, accurate, and strategically aligned submissions, including comprehensive workpapers and executive commentary.
Partner closely with local brand presidents to shape and realize each brand’s strategic vision for the region, providing critical financial modeling during annual strategic plan presentation.
Strategically manage personnel costs planning in collaboration with brand management and HR, ensuring accurate budgeting/forecasting of personnel costs and headcount.
Lead advanced sales analysis to interpret evolution, trends, and key drivers, providing actionable insights for strategic growth and risk mitigation.
Oversee the monthly close process, collaborating with business partners, managing critical deadlines, ensuring accurate financial results, monitoring phasing, and analyzing trends to provide strategic commentary.
Manage comprehensive balance sheet and cash flow analysis as a basis for sound strategic budgeting/forecasting, including monthly phasing and long-term projections.
Deliver strategic variance analysis to business partners, highlighting potential risks and opportunities, and providing proactive recommendations for course correction or acceleration.
Present executive-level financial reporting to brand management, including insightful commentary and strategic recommendations.
Provide transversal review and analysis on various initiatives across brands to ensure compliance and consistency.
Lead the preparation of capital investment requisitions (CARs), including detailed P&Ls, supporting commentary, and relevant comparatives to brand KPIs.
Oversee and manage capex spending by project versus budget and approved capital investment requests; collaborate with brand teams for transparency and reconciliation.
Drive financial guidance for business development, optimizing costs to maximize regional brand profit and cash flow.
Provide strategic oversight for Advertising & Promotion (A&P) investments in partnership with local and HQ marketing teams, ensuring their optimization, accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and alignment with brand marketing initiatives and regional objectives.
Lead the consolidation of operating results across the Americas region, working with Mexico/Brazil finance teams, to provide a comprehensive regional overview for local brand management and ensure strategic alignment, consistency of regional best practices, brand objectives, Richemont policies, internal controls, and compliance.
Serve as the primary strategic partner for brands and Richemont regional functions regarding invoice coding, approval matrix, non-stock purchase orders, and other operational concerns, driving efficiency and compliance.
Champion and enforce robust internal controls, including communication to brands, monthly reviews, and follow-up to ensure compliance, as well as providing meaningful feedback on control documentation and process improvements.
Complete ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support broader finance team and executive leadership as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or other relevant field.
MBA or Master's degree preferred.
10-15+ years of FP&A experience, preferably in a large, multinational corporate environment.
Proven track record of leading financial planning and analysis responsibilities, preferably within the luxury and/or retail industry.
Deep expertise in accounting and finance principles, with a strong understanding of financial modeling and valuation.
Advanced technology proficiency with knowledge of and ability to leverage technology and digital tools to support and drive continuous improvement and optimize financial processes for efficiency.
Superior strategic and analytical capabilities, with the ability to interpret complex qualitative and quantitative information, synthesize key insights, and translate them into actionable business strategies.
Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial concepts to diverse audiences, including executive leadership.
Proven ability to influence, collaborate, and build strong relationships with executive leadership and cross-functional teams within a complex, matrixed organization.
Curious nature with aptitude to be pro-active and problem solve, flexible to adapt to changing circumstances.
An entrepreneurial, results-driven strategist who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, expertly balancing strategic vision with meticulous detail and strong time management.
Ability to work both independently and as a collaborative team player, comfortable taking ownership of large or small initiatives and contributing to team goals.

Skills

Financial modeling
Valuation
Excel
Analysis
PowerPoint
Power BI
Looker
SAP
Anaplan

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

10-15+ years of FP&A experience

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or other relevant field
MBA or Master's degree

Salary/Compensations

$175,000 – 195,000

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision programs
Health savings accounts
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability benefits
401(k) with employer match
Paid time off
Wellness reimbursement benefit
Employee assistance program
Volunteer days off

About the Company

Richemont, one of the world leaders in the luxury sector, has various Houses specializing in jewelry, watches and high-end accessories.
Each Maison proudly embodies a tradition of style, quality and craftsmanship and Richemont strives to preserve the heritage and identity specific to each of them.
At Richemont Americas, we aspire to reflect the ever-changing world around us.
We are proud to employ talent from many different backgrounds, experiences, and identities to build a continually evolving, inclusive community where the diversity of our colleagues and clients is rich and celebrated.
We believe when inclusion is fully embraced and empowered, creativity and knowledge emerge to deliver excellence, advancing the community that is uniquely Richemont Americas.

Equal Opportunity

At Richemont Americas, we aspire to reflect the ever-changing world around us. We are proud to employ talent from many different backgrounds, experiences, and identities to build a continually evolving, inclusive community where the diversity of our colleagues and clients is rich and celebrated. We believe when inclusion is fully embraced and empowered, creativity and knowledge emerge to deliver excellence, advancing the community that is uniquely Richemont Americas.