Finance Manager, Lighter Category

Finance Manager, Lighter Category & Manufacturing

Clichy, FR, 92611

BIC

Hybrid

Description:

Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.

Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.

Reports to : Senior Manager, Finance – Lighter Category & Manufacturing

What You’ll Do

• Support financial steering for manufacturing sites, including budgeting, forecasting, standard costing, CAPEX monitoring and operational performance analysis.

• Consolidate manufacturing results and clearly articulate key variances, risks, opportunities and operational value drivers.

• Contribute to category planning, monthly closing and performance reviews through robust data preparation, constructive challenge and concise commentary.

• Partner with Manufacturing Finance teams to align assumptions, ensure consistent reporting and deliver high-quality financial inputs on time.

• Develop business cases, monitor innovation initiatives and provide ad hoc analyses that support finance and business leadership decisions.

• Improve reporting tools, financial processes and governance across Manufacturing and Category Finance.

Projects You’ll Work On

• Category and manufacturing planning cycles, including Operating Plan, rolling forecasts and risks and opportunities reviews.

• Standard-cost and manufacturing-variance analysis, with a focus on improving operational performance and financial transparency.

• CAPEX and innovation business cases, from financial assessment through post-investment follow-up.

• Reporting simplification and Power BI-enabled performance dashboards for Finance and business stakeholders.

Key Success Indicators

• Reporting excellence: Accurate, complete and on-time delivery of closing, forecast and planning outputs.

• Forecast quality: Improved forecast accuracy and early identification of material risks and opportunities.

• Actionable insights: Clear financial commentary that translates operational drivers into decision-ready recommendations.

• Business partnership: Strong stakeholder confidence and effective coordination across Category, Manufacturing and Finance teams.

• Value creation: High-quality business cases and disciplined follow-up of CAPEX, innovation and performance initiatives.

• Continuous improvement: Measurable simplification, standardization and automation of reporting and finance processes.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in finance and a good accounting knowledge (IFRS).

• Five to seven years of relevant experience in financial controlling, FP&A or manufacturing finance.

• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, standard and product costing, and variance analysis.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and deliver reliable, consistent and timely financial information.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills is mandatory

• Experience with JDE, Oracle (HFM) and Power BI is a plus.

• Fluent English is required; proficiency in French is preferred.

What We’re Looking For

You are rigorous, analytical and highly organized, with the ability to connect financial outcomes to operational drivers. You work effectively in an international and cross-functional environment, take ownership and maintain a high standard of reliability. You communicate complex financial information clearly and translate detailed analysis into concise recommendations for senior finance and business stakeholders.

BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.