Open Jobs Senior Executive, Business Controller

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Sephora SEAs omni channel business spans over 8 countries (Australia India Indonesia Malaysia New Zealand Singapore Thailand and the Philippines) with 100 stores and boasts some global flagships such as ION and Raffles City in Singapore F88 in Kuala Lumpur and Pitt Street in Sydney. Sephora SEA is experiencing rapid growth in the region with new store openings and business channels (i.e. Click and collect and marketplace).

The Opportunity

As a Senior Executive Business Controller you will play a critical role in supporting the Regional Business Controller in tracking analyzing and communicating commercial performance across Southeast Asia and Oceania. Your primary focus will be on sales trends and gross margin dynamics contributing to planning forecasting and performance optimization initiatives across markets.

This role requires close collaboration with country finance teams the regional and global finance organization and cross-functional stakeholders including Category Management Retail Digital Revenue Growth Management (RGM) and Data & BI teams. You will be responsible for delivering accurate actionable insights that inform both strategic and operational decision-making at the regional level.

Key Responsibilities

• Sales & Margin Reporting
  • Prepare weekly and monthly sales and gross margin reports across countries channels and categories.
  • Conduct deep-dive analysis to identify key trends performance drivers risks and opportunities.
  • Partner with country finance teams to validate inputs and ensure alignment with regional reporting standards.
• Forecasting
  • Review analyze and validate daily phasing of commercial targets versus budget ensuring alignment with recent trends upcoming events and commercial strategy.
  • Consolidate country budget submissions and review monthly sales and KPI phasing (traffic conversion rate AVB) ensuring consistency with commercial priorities.
  • Reconcile and align submissions between regional and global reporting systems to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Ad Hoc Analysis & Strategic Support
  • Provide ad hoc analytical support to the Regional Business Controller and regional leaders on commercial performance sales KPIs margin evolution and related topics.
  • Translate findings into meaningful insights and actionable outputs for senior leadership.
  • Contribute to regional business reviews and presentations with clear data-driven inputs.
• Data & Reporting Process Improvement
  • Collaborate with the Data & BI team to improve data accuracy structure and automation of reporting tools and dashboards.
  • Recommend and implement improvements to enhance the tracking and analysis of commercial performance indicators.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelors degree in Finance Business Economics or a related field.
• 35 years experience in business analysis commercial finance FP&A or a related role ideally within a regional or multinational environment.
• Solid understanding of sales margin and key retail/commercial KPIs (e.g. traffic conversion average basket value discounts).
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI) or SQL a plus.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with finance commercial and operational teams ideally across multiple countries.
• Strong communication and presentation skills able to turn data into insights and influence decision-making.
• Detail-oriented hands-on and proactive with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced matrixed organization.

Here you will find:

• Community in which authenticity is embraced and the strength of our differences fuels our collective spirit.
• Culture of empowerment learning & growth that offers you the tools space and opportunity to learn innovate and lead.
• Work that brings fulfilment from delighting clients every day to inspiring our industry at large every action makes a difference.

It is in the Sephora DNA to champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty. You can be yourself because you are what sets us apart. Join us and belong to something beautiful.

Sephora is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. We do not discriminate in recruitment hiring training advancement or other employment practices. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.