Director, Finance Business Partner

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including:
Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M
· A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

The Director, Finance Business Partner provides strategic financial leadership and serves as a trusted adviser to leadership, partnering on cost management, investment strategies, and key financial decisions. This role leads end-to-end financial planning and forecasting, delivers insightful analysis and performance reporting, and drives continuous improvement in FP&A processes, systems, and reporting. Through close collaboration with senior stakeholders, the role translates financial data into actionable insights that support effective financial planning and inform critical business decisions.

• Lead the development and oversee the execution of the annual financial planning processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and long‑term financial planning
• Develop financial models to support business decisions, scenario analysis, and long‑term forecasting
• Proactively conduct in‑depth analyses to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations to support decision making.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, including variance analysis and financial performance metrics
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, systems, and reporting to enhance accuracy and efficiency
• Implement best practices in financial planning and analysis, leveraging technology and automation where applicable
• Partner with leadership to establish financial targets and KPIs and provide financial insights and support business planning and decision making
• Serve as a key financial adviser to leaders, offering guidance on cost management, resource allocation, and investment strategies
• Communicate financial results, forecasts, and key insights to senior leaders and other stakeholders

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, MBA and/or CPA preferred
• 7-10 years of experience
• Advanced Excel skills associated with large volumes of data, data management, and reporting
• Presentation skills with senior management
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Experience using the following systems: SAP, CPM, One Stream, Business Warehouse, and Tableau

• Storytelling with Data:
  Effectively communicating insights, trends, and complex information using data visualization techniques and compelling narratives.
• Driving Execution:
  Translating strategic priorities into actionable steps and effectively managing resources, timelines, and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Business Acumen:
  Leveraging an understanding of economic, financial, market, and industry trends to influence effective business strategies and tactics.
• Problem Solving:
  Identifying and understanding problems by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data and developing solutions based on available facts and probable consequences.
• Enterprise Mindset:
  Keeping the enterprise’s interest at the forefront of decision making; ensuring that self and others are in compliance with all regulations and act in accordance with the ethics and values of the enterprise.

• Acting as a Business Advisor/Building Partnerships:
  Building productive relationships with business partners and creating value by meeting current and emerging needs
• Strategic Influence:
  Using effective involvement and influence strategies to gain commitment to one’s ideas and persuade key stakeholders to take action that will advance shared…