SEPHORA Looking for Senior Manager, Finance at San Francisco Bay Area Full Time

Finance Department

Beauty is serious business. Our accountants, analysts, and managers balance the bottom line with multiple budget priorities and revenue streams. These talented, passionate, and meticulous financial professionals keep their eyes on our numbers to report, plan, and advise—to act as true partners to the business and keep our amazing growth on track.

Your role at Sephora:

As a Senior Manager of Finance, you will be responsible for supporting financial planning and analysis and for our Capital and Real estate activities. You will be expected to lead and provide business planning support, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis. Build significant leadership skills and financial acumen to help drive growth strategies, financial reporting, and analysis insight. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Finance, you will assist and engage business partners in strategic financial initiatives where necessary.

In addition, you will:

• Oversee all components of budget/forecast for all expenses related to Capital & Real estate. Monitor and review spending, identify trends/issues and lead resolution of problems.
• Oversee monthly reporting and financial close by attending monthly close meetings, assisting with reconciling budget and forecast variances to actual results
• Lead the entire capital request process to ensure proper financial analysis are performed (ROI) when required and deadlines are met.
• Manage the expanding volume of Real estate and store enhancement capex: mostly driven by a new priority project.
• Create brand new analysis and ROI model from scratch for new priority project.
• Manage Supply Chain / FSC and LP capex on top of real estate capex
• Manage relationship with our external provider Finario for capex and CER approval workflow
• Manage quarterly capex reporting and hindsighting, ensuring reports are delivered on time and that any variances to forecast are identified and investigated.
• Lead all real estate financial analysis (New stores, relocation, expansion, remodel analysis)
• Manage business partners relationships to understand each business area and provide financial thought partnership.
• Apply overall analytical skill and experience becoming a highly valued business partner working closely with stakeholders to solve problems as well as challenge the status quo.
• Monitor and review capex spending, identify trends/issues and lead resolution of problems.
• Manage a team of 2 and successfully develop the team through coaching, feedback, exposure and stretch assignments.
• Demonstrate our Sephora values of Passion for Client Service, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect for All, Teamwork, and Initiative.

We’re excited about you if you have:

• At least 7+ years of experience in a financial role. Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business highly preferred as well as familiarity with accounting principles and financial statements
• Experience in Retail or ecommerce industry preferable
• Advanced expertise with Excel applications (interactive excel, macros) and experience with SAP and SAP Business Objects preferred
• Dynamic, independent, creative and highly motivated person who works well as a team member with non-financial personnel and executive level personnel
• Must demonstrate strong strategic, analytical, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Experience leading and developing teams required
• Thrives on an environment that is fast-paced, rapidly changing, and customer service-oriented