AVP FP&A - Cartier South America

Role Overview

Lead all finance activities for Cartier South America (SA), including the Latin American countries, Caribbean, Mexico and Brazil. The role is responsible for supporting business development and driving financial performance while ensuring compliance, a strong internal control environment and alignment with Cartier and Group directives and local regulations. The role will be a strategic business partner to the Cartier SA President and CEO and to the South America business through collaborative relationships with the brand teams locally and centrally and the Americas region functional teams.

These partnerships and comprehensive financial support will enable strategic decision‑making to optimize Cartier SA’s fixed cost leverage, profit and cash flow. This position is based in Miami to create proximity to the Cartier SA President and CEO, allowing for the business partnership, more agility and faster decision‑making. The role reports to the VP of FP&A for Richemont.

• Drive the monthly close process through collaboration with business partners, managing deadlines, ensuring accurate financial results, monitoring phasing, and analyzing trends.
• Create sales analysis to monitor evolution and trends as well as understand key drivers.
• Conduct balance sheet reviews, budgeting & forecasting, particularly regarding customer deposits, current liabilities, accounts receivable, inventory, stock provisions, sales return provisions, and compliance.
• Provide timely variance analysis to business partners, highlighting potential risks and opportunities.
• Prepare and distribute month‑end reporting to brand management, including insightful commentary. Work with FP&A team members to continually evolve relevant reporting to meet brand needs.
• Work closely with brand personnel to drive the rolling forecast, latest estimate and annual budget processes to ensure timely and accurate submissions, including detailed work papers and commentary. Support the brand during annual strategic plan presentations.
• Monitor headcount and work with the HR team to drive personnel cost controlling and accurate reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Manage the Latin America financial statements and consolidate the financials for Latin America, Mexico and Brazil.
• Support business development activities and control fixed costs to optimize the region’s profit and cash flow.
• In collaboration with Marcom Directors, monitor A&P and drive cost controlling and accurate reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Management – Prepare capital approval requests (CAR), including detailed P&Ls, supporting commentary, and relevant comparatives to brand KPIs. Provide guidance on appropriate policies and forms, as well as insight on P&L specifics based on brand and/or regional CAPEX, sales, personnel and profitability metrics. Collaborate with all key stakeholders, including local and central brand teams, commercial, finance, store planning, construction, real estate and accounting.
  
  Track CAPEX spending by project vs. budget and related CAR; collaborate with brand teams for transparency and reconciliation. Identify and communicate potential issues.
• Regional Strategic Planning – Ensures successful implementation of key strategies defined by ExCo for Cartier South America region. Accountable for leading the Cartier South America annual Market Action Plan process from concept to implementation. Responsible for ensuring Cartier South America’s strategic priorities are met; ensures objectives and KPI’s are clearly defined.
• 360 Activation Plans & Regional Meetings Support (on content).
• Monitor accuracy of daily results, design new reports according to brand’s needs and follow‑up performances.
• Regional Project management orchestration.
• Operational Support & Internal Controls – Primary point of contact for brand/Richemont regarding invoice coding, approval matrix, non‑stock purchase orders, and other operational concerns. Drive a strong internal control environment, with appropriate risk mitigation, including communication to brand, monthly reviews, and follow‑up to ensure compliance, as well as meaningful feedback on control…