Overview
As the FP&A Manager for Gross Margin & Operations, you will serve as the primary finance business partner to the FP&A, Operations, and Supply Chain team. You will lead the end-to-end financial lifecycle of our products—from initial development and standard costing to production, logistics, and final margin analysis. Your mission is to provide the data-driven insights necessary to optimize global supply chain efficiency and protect business profitability.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Financial Planning & Analysis
• Performance Management: Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning cycle for Global Operations, providing deep-dive variance analysis of actuals vs. budget for production costs, freight, and departmental expenses.
• Standard Costing Ownership: Maintain and revalue global product cost standards. Analyze global cost variances and provide forecasting for financial consolidation and gross margin management.
• Inventory & Working Capital: Oversee the financial health of inventory. Develop quarterly excess and obsolete (E&O) risk analysis and manage provisions to ensure balance sheet accuracy.
• S&OP Integration: Function as the finance lead in the monthly Sales & Operations Planning process, aligning market demand with supply chain capacity and financial targets.
Decision Support & Business Partnering
• Executive Reporting: Prepare clear, insight-driven financial presentations for senior leadership, supporting the monthly business review cadence and ad hoc strategic requests.
• Product Lifecycle Finance: Determine costs for new product introductions (NPI), evaluating them against global brand strategy and margin targets to ensure long-term profitability.
• Omnichannel Profitability: Provide cross-channel and cross-functional views of profitability across Customers, Doors, Categories, and Commercial Lines to identify growth levers.
• ROI Modeling: Build and refine ROI models for key business initiatives (supply chain automation, 3PL shifts, or sampling programs) to drive investment decisions.
Actively contribute to the automation of FP&A workflows and the development of scalable reporting tools, helping shift the team’s time toward value-added analysis and storytelling.
Financial Control & Governance
• Month-End Leadership: Manage the month-end closing process for Operations & Inventory accounts, overseeing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations to ensure a “no surprises” close.
• Cash Flow Coordination: Partner with the Accounting team to support cash planning and optimize the timing of operational spend.
• Audit & Compliance: Support FP&A during internal and external audits, ensuring all processes meet global compliance standards.
Experience & Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/business
• Master, MBA or CPA preferred
• 5–7 years of progressive FP&A experience, with at least 2 years focused on Operations, Supply Chain, or Gross Margin finance in a consumer goods, beauty, retail, or fashion company
• Advanced Excel/Google sheet skills required (financial modeling, scenario analysis); experience building structured templates and executive-ready reporting packages preferred.
• Technical Proficiency: Deep understanding of standard costing, ERP systems (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics/Business Central, and/or QuickBooks), and advanced data visualization (Power BI/Tableau).
• Stakeholder Communication: Proven ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights for non-finance leaders (including Operations, Supply Chain, 3PL partners).
• Execution & Rigor: Track record of delivering high-quality, accurate work under deadline pressure; strong organizational skills and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and re-prioritize fluidly as business needs shift.
• Genuine enthusiasm for the beauty and luxury space and an understanding of what it means to operate within a founder-led, design-driven brand.
About us
Victoria Beckham Beauty is built on the promise of high-performance beauty through Victoria’s own discerning designer eye. Launched in September 2019, it is a digital-first, clean and cruelty-free beauty brand, designed to elevate your beauty routine. The brand offers a highly-edited collection of clean, inclusive skincare and makeup whilst building towards the entry into new beauty categories. Created for those seeking a simplified selection of clinically-validated, highly efficacious products in a refined luxurious experience, each product and touchpoint are an authentic extension of Victoria’s real-life discoveries and lifestyle. The award-winning formulas are guaranteed to deliver on the promise of Luxury Performance, Clean Beauty. Based in NYC, it operates as a Global Organization in partnership alongside the Victoria Beckham fashion label, based in London.
At Victoria Beckham Beauty, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply.
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