Temporary Junior Brand Controller

LA PRAIRIE -
The Luxury skincare house where audacious innovation has cultivated a pioneering approach to beauty. 
A place where heritage and creativity are infused with the values of care, passion, entrepreneurship and excellence.
A place where dedicated and diverse professionals each contribute to an inspiring and unique environment. 
A place for careers to grow and flourish and where our sustainable foundation nourishes talents and futures.

LA PRAIRIE. CREATE A BEAUTIFUL IMPACT.

In this role you will support the business and the manager with business controlling & sales analysis.

How you will create a beautiful impact:  

1. Business Controlling & Sales Analysis

• Analyse and present sales performance of various collections and products across different regions.

• Preparation and Ownership of monthly sales analysis reports

• Sales analysis and reporting on trends and evolution at both net sales and retail sales level

1. Developing analysis to support business decisions

• Liaising closely with product/brand development teams to analyse expected margins for new launches and product innovations.

• Working with product/brand development teams to estimate sales potential for new products.

• Develop analysis for various business cases to evaluate product performance including effectiveness of key initiatives

1. Controlling of Global Brand Team budget

• Controlling of Global Brand Team budget including update of periodic forecasts in the budgeting tool.

• Tracking of actual versus budgeted spending for various teams.

• Communicate periodic budget updates to the teams and understand the reasons for variances which may impact future forecasts

• Support the annual forecast process with various budget and sales forecast analysis

1. Support Director Controlling in reviewing marketing budget allocations of the regions and affiliates to ensure:

• the budget allocation and actual spending are aligned with the global strategy, and:

• the reporting is in line with reporting structure and group controlling guidelines

1. Develop tools for tracking of ROI for various initiatives both from a product launch and sales perspective and other activation initiatives of the brand department

2. Monthly / Periodic closing and other accounting/finance tasks:

• Analysis of SAP data to review the actual spending versus budget month on month

• Variance analysis for quarterly closing and forecast update

• Support the annual closing process, work with individual teams to prepare the year end expense accruals

1. Others:

• Business partner to brand team, problem solving in various scenarios as the situation may be

• Work on various adhoc analysis related to sales evolution etc., as may be required

What you need to have to be our next audacious and creative talent:

• 3-5 years of experience in Finance Controlling and Business / Sales analysis

• Good understanding of basic accounting functions and processes

• Previous experience in retail or luxury or skin care/cosmetics industry preferred.

• Analytical mindset and ability to work well with numbers

• Detail oriented, Good business acumen

• Ability to work well within a team, particularly as a business partner to support business teams.

• Driven, keen to take initiative, problem solving mindset

• Advanced excel skills

• Experience of working with ERP (SAP preferred) and business intelligence systems (e.g. Qlikview)

Duration: 12 month temporary contract

Why your journey with us will be unique: 

• We care about our employees’ well-being: we contribute to the cost of your health insurance

• In addition to your 25 working days holidays, overtime is compensated with 8.5 additional days off

• Exclusive access to our staff boutique at HQ to purchase our amazing products at a discounted price and with the help of a Beauty Advisor

• We recognise the importance of flexible work: you can work from home for up to 2 days a week

• A brand new office location in the centre of Zurich coming in 2024

The world of La Prairie is just a few steps away:

1. Application with CV + Cover Letter (recommended!)

2. 1st online interview with HR and/or Hiring manager

3. Additional interviews onsite with the Hiring Manager and other from the business.

To all recruitment agencies:

La Prairie does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs portal, We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

At La Prairie we work on creating a diverse & inclusive culture by having a balanced population and an open, safe, trusting and accepting culture. We believe that diversity in our talents is the strength of our house and we are supporting professional equality for everyone. We welcome applicants with and from diverse background.