The ideal candidate combines strong financial and analytical capabilities with a commercial mindset and an ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. This individual will play an important role in understanding the drivers of brand performance, identifying opportunities and risks, and helping business leaders make informed decisions.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a strategic finance partner to e.l.f. Brands leadership and cross-functional teams, providing financial insights and recommendations that support growth and profitability.
- Lead key elements of brand financial planning, including annual operating plans, forecasts, long-range planning, and ongoing performance management.
- Develop a deep understanding of e.l.f. Brands performance and underlying drivers, including revenue, gross margin, marketing investment, operating expenses, and profitability.
- Partner closely with sales and commercial teams to evaluate customer and channel performance, retail opportunities, promotional activity, new distribution, and other growth initiatives.
- Establish milestones, KPIs, and sensitivity cases connecting strategic choices to P&L, balance sheet, and cash outcomes.
- Analyze actual performance versus plan and forecast, identify key business drivers and trends, and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
- Communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely to both finance and non-finance audiences, including senior leadership.
- Develop strong cross-functional relationships and establish Finance as a proactive, solutions-oriented partner to the business.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field; MBA or other advanced degree a plus.
- 5+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally within CPG/beauty, retail, or another high-growth consumer environment.
- Experience in brand FP&A or commercial finance strongly preferred. Experience evaluating retailer/customer economics, channel performance, promotional investments, distribution opportunities, or other customer-level growth initiatives would be particularly valuable.
- Demonstrated experience with financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and financial modeling.
- Strong understanding of P&L drivers and the ability to connect commercial and operational activity to financial performance.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with business leaders and influencing decisions through financial analysis and insights.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to move between detailed analysis and the broader strategic picture.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to distill complex analyses into clear recommendations.
- Comfortable operating with speed, ambiguity, and evolving priorities in a high-growth environment.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities; experience with financial planning, BI, and/or ERP systems preferred.