Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate SG&A

Job Description

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• “Can Do” Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It’s our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $78,378- $97,972 per year based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for a month in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab, Ole Henriksen.

Kendo Brands has a hybrid work model with three days in office and two days remote each week.

Summary

Sr Financial Analyst, Corporate SG&A – reports to Director, FP&A. This role will support the financial planning and analysis of Kendo’s Corporate SG&A and Capex by providing guidance, strategic insight, and information to facilitate decision making. Further, this role will monitor and control all related expenses, as well as manage month end close, and budget/forecast cycles.

Responsibilities

• Monthly/Periodic Reporting: Prepare and deliver spend reporting with meaningful analysis. Meet monthly with business partners to review financial results and forecasts. Collaborate to identify any business risks and/or opportunities and recommend corrective action.
• Budgets/Forecasts: Work closely with departments’ leadership to ensure appropriate investment and resource allocation in line with business expectations. Participate in monthly rolling forecast and budget revisions processes.
• Special Projects/Ad Hoc Support & Analysis: Execute high-quality and timely analysis as required. Create ad-hoc financial models to assist with strategic initiatives. Facilitate meetings and discussions with other cross-functional partners on process improvements.
• Expense Management: Perform month end close activities, including the review and preparation of expense accruals. Monitor and control all aspects of Corporate SG&A expenditures.
• Communication: Act as liaison between Finance and leadership to communicate and ensure achievement of established targets. Work with other cross-functional partners to ensure clear understanding of strategies and alignment on shared areas of responsibility.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of financial and analytical concepts, practices, and procedures in wholesale business.
• Bachelor’s Degree is required, preferably with a major in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in finance with emphasis on budgeting, forecasting, planning, analysis, and strong modeling skills.
• Advanced Excel and strong PowerPoint skills.
• Systems aptitude and process mapping skills. Preferred experience with AX, BI, with ability to learn and adapt to in-house system applications.
• Must possess excellent analytical, conceptual, communication and interpersonal skills in addition to the ability to think creatively.
• Must work well in a fast paced, team-oriented, dynamic and matrix environment.
• Must be curious, accurate, and detail oriented.