Pernod Ricard Looking for Finance Manager, SG&A at New York, NY Full Time

The position of Finance Manager, SG&A is a critical role in Pernod Ricard North America and Pernod Ricard USA organizations. As the primary Finance Business Partner to the organization on all regional and domestic SG&A topics, the key objective are (i) to ensure proper control governance of SG&A, (ii) provide analysis and understanding of SG&A drivers, and (iii) organize tools and processes needed to monitor, understand, and make decisions impacting SG&A.

Major Responsibilities

SG&A Management

• Develop a reforecast cadence with budget holders to ensure we can track risks and opportunities across all departments / teams on a monthly basis
• Develop / strengthen processes to ensure SG&A controls are in place (covering all key spends including fees, temps, severances etc..)
• Bring a zero-based budget mindset to all cost management and a readiness to question and challenge spend
• Monitor, analyze and deliver the SG&A target, including tracking and analyzing of the monthly performance vs latest RF in a timely manner
• Maintain systems and approval routes up to date based on latest DoA and team changes
• Scope: USA, NA Operations

SG&A Reporting

• As needed, ensure booking of all SG&A entries for monthly close either by own team or other stakeholders
• Ensure accurate, on time and reliable SG&A reporting including issue of monthly pack to each team and relevant stakeholders to provide visibility to all stakeholders on their YTD spend vs. allocated affordability
• Publish monthly CODI slides to provide high level update to CODI on SG&A evolution and key areas of concern / focus
• Publish twice a month T&E Trackers
• Ensure full reconciliation between internal systems and group system (cost center mapping, hierarchies updates, teams grouping…) and share relevant reports
• Scope: USA, NA Operations, Conviviality US, IT NA

SG&A North America Reporting and Analysis

• Consolidate and challenge SG&A lines across the region through detailed analytics, benchmark between markets and teams
• Publish regional Monthly reports as well as quarterly reforecast regional reports
• Scope: USA, NA Operations, Conviviality US, IT NA

SG&A North America Reporting and Analysis

• Consolidate and challenge SG&A lines across the region through detailed analytics, benchmark between markets and teams
• Publish regional Monthly reports as well as quarterly reforecast regional reports
• Scope: USA, Canada, NA Operations

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Other

• Work in collaboration with HR and Accounting to ensure overall process and work is efficient and clear to reach agreed upon goal
• Own Non-Recurring P&L line by tracking the monthly evolution and working on quarterly reforecast in collaboration with HR, Tax and accountings teams
• Collaborates with Operation Excellence team on all transformation initiatives and systems development needed. Work with IT to ensure systems, process, tools are set-up in order to ensure smooth planning cycles and updates needed from latest SG&A reporting requirements
• Manage and develop one direct report, ensure clarity on roles and responsibilities as well as clear development plans and career mapping
• Manage the relationship with Paris HQ, Canada, NA Ops and N. America Accounting teams

Requirements

Experience / Background:

• Minimum 5+ years in a financial planning and analysis or SG&A focused analytical role with demonstrable career progression
• High level of comfort with planning, budgeting, and forecasting, navigating and managing a financial P&L, delivering insight-driven commercial analysis
• Experience in relationship management and driving improvements in process and ways of working
• Industry experience preferable but not essential

Skills:

• A true business partner, able to confidently interact with other departments and understand and balance key priorities and needs of all stakeholders
• Strong prioritization skills, with the ability to manage numerous and competing work streams simultaneously, to tight and often overlapping timelines
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels to a diverse range of stakeholders
• Understand market dynamics and be able to clearly articulate strategic priorities for the business from both a finance & commercial perspective
• Strong accounting & reporting skills
• High attention to detail, while maintaining sight of the big picture and understanding of “why”
• Strong influencing skills, proactive in challenging current ways of working in order to achieve better results in a more efficient manner

Person Specification:

• Personable, with ability to interact across multiple functions and levels within the organization delivering a high level of customer service
• Highly motivated with a “roll-up the sleeves and get the job done” mentality, can work with autonomy
• Accountable and takes responsibility for own outputs and outputs of immediate team; Can prioritize and make clear choices
• Growth mindset, with openness to change
• Good relationship building and communication skills; able to drive collaboration across teams

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• MBA preferred

Estimated Travel: Limited – position is office based. 1-2 weeks per year as needed for seminars or company events