Fashion&Accessories Manufacturing Controller

Role

The F&A Manufacturing Controller will be part of the Group Business Control Department in Bellevue.  Main responsibilities are to assure a reliable and periodic financial data flow, completed with savvy remarks, to view and anticipate any trend the figures may show. The candidate will also ensure that F&A manufacturing related subjects are compliant with Group and IFRS policies and provide good expertise and guidelines for manufacturing controlling related topics.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Coordinate alignment of F&A manufacturing entities’ financials to Group accounting policies and procedures
  • Assist new entities to adopt Group Framework,
  • Help Maisons to get an industrial controlling set up
  • Provide guidance to entities to streamline their financial processes,
  • Identify and prioritise areas for improvement,
  • Lead enhancements projects to align operational financial processes, KPIs across and within entities.

• Support the Group F&A Industry team in defining and implementing the manufacturing strategy
  • Assist the Group F&A Industry & Services team in assessing the financial implications of strategic projects. Prepare business cases, evaluate impacts, and establish recommendations. Participate in the implementation of projects,
  • Take part in acquisition projects and lead the financial due-diligence, acquisition accounting and post-merger integration,
  • Supervise the controlling teams in Richemont F&A manufacturing entities,
  • Assess and validate F&A manufacturing CAPEX requests.

• Collaborate to the monitoring of manufacturing entities’ performance and ensure compliance of financial statements with Group policies and procedures
  • Analyse manufacturing entities’ financials and ensure compliance with Group accounting policies and procedures,
  • Monitor performance, establish monthly production KPIs and prepare results presentations to management (Manufacturing cockpits),
  • Review standard cost structure,
  • Monitor variances,
  • Carry out Group Other Margin Movements (OMM) summary, providing visibility on key drivers of deviations noted,
  • Prepare F&A MCC monthly executive summary.

• Assist in preparing budgets and forecasts (LE) in collaboration with the manufacturing units and follow-up on variances.
  • Participate in the preparation and presentation of budgets and forecasts (mandatory slides to be prepared and reviewed),
  • In collaboration with the Group Financial Planning and Analysis team, provide targets and recommendations with regards to manufacturing budgets,
  • Final sum-up slides for Analyst presentation.

• Participate in Anaplan and SAP Manufacturing roll-out projects
  • Liaise with Maisons and IT regarding system optimizations and process improvements,
  • Be contact point for any manufacturing subject related to SAP development.

Candidate’s profile

Soft Skills

• Ability to present complex topics in a concise way;
• Team player with ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement opportunities;
• Self-motivated and autonomous with capability to work independently;
• Reliable, communicative, diligent, and analytically minded.
• Willing to travel in Europe (mostly Italy) (up to 25% annually)

Technical Skills

• Very good understanding of the F&A manufacturing cost elements;
• Very good knowledge of P&L cost structure based on standards costs and deviation;
• Knowledge of reporting requirements under IFRS;
• High knowledge of SAP R/3 (modules CO-FI-PM-PS), BW and SAP Analytics;
• Knowledge of Anaplan is a plus;
• Data Analytics and reporting competencies;
• Knowledgeable in Italian law (labour and corporate law)
• Familiar with internal control requirements for a manufacturing unit.

Background

• At least 10 years of experience in the controlling field in an industrial environment (in F&A Leather would be a plus)
• University degree in finance and/or economics;
• Post graduate degree with specialisation in costing a plus;
• Fluency in Italian and English (French is a strong plus).