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Head of Financial Planning Analysis

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About Soleil Collective

Backed by Gauge Capital, Soleil Collective is building a portfolio of leading high-growth brands specializing in sunless tan, suncare, and bodycare products. Soleil accelerates growth and improves profitability with sales, marketing, operations, and strategic management expertise. We have completed two acquisitions to date: Loving Tan and Coco & Eve. Loving Tan is the category leader in prestige tanning, delivering the most natural-looking tan. Proudly made on Australia’s famed Gold Coast, the professional quality, natural olive tone, and flawless application are beloved by A-listers, creators, and beauty lovers alike. Coco & Eve’s story starts in Bali, among the island’s volcanic beaches and lush rainforests. The brand enables you to glow up with sun-kissed, skin-loving tan products and deliciously scented, efficacious haircare—all formulated with the best tropical Balinese ingredients. We are actively searching for additional brands that fit with our portfolio and vision, with a goal of $200+ million in USD sales through organic growth and acquisition within the next 3-4 years. About the role

The Head of Financial Planning & Analysis will be responsible for developing accurate forecasts and budgets, preparing insightful financial analysis, and supporting strategic decision-making for our sales, marketing, operations, and business development teams. This role leads the FP&A function and will own standards and best practices for financial reporting and analysis. The role reports to the Chief Financial Officer with two direct reports located in Singapore. It will also collaborate closely with the Global Controller and partner cross-functionally with the commercial, operational, and global leadership teams. Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain insightful financial standard reports and dashboards for commercial and operational stakeholders, providing clear summaries of performance against targets. Conduct in-depth analysis of business performance, including variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods. Identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and provide recommendations for improvement. Prepare ad-hoc financial analysis to support key business decision making and strategic initiatives. Lead the development of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plans for commercial revenue, expenses, and KPIs. Serve as a trusted financial partner to the business unit and cross-functional leadership team, providing financial guidance to achieve business objectives. Support operations KPI tracking and scorecarding. Identify margin enhancement activities and prepare analysis that drives action while supporting the implementation and tracking results. Support pricing strategies and initiatives through financial modeling and analysis, ensuring profitability and competitiveness. Evaluate financial impact of new product launches, new marketplaces, geographies, channels and customers. Evaluate ROI performance of sales and marketing programs and initiatives, providing recommendations for optimizing resource allocation and maximizing returns. Identify and implement process improvements with a continuous improvement mindset to deliver faster, more accurate, more impactful insights to business partners. Support the implementation and serve as a subject-matter expert of NetSuite ERP. Lead analytics-tool deployments and evaluate other software solutions to enhance FP&A capabilities. Be a trusted business advisor to the business unit and collaborate with the accounting team. Translate complex financial data into actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders and spread financial literacy. Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred. Minimum of 5-7 years of progressive FP&A experience, preferably within global consumer goods companies. Proven track record of developing and implementing FP&A that drives results. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills with the ability to see the big picture and drive long-term value creation. Proven ability to develop and maintain complex financial models in Excel or Google Sheets. Strong understanding of accounting principles. Experience with financial planning and reporting systems, with hands-on experience in NetSuite. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders, including non-financial audiences. Willingness to work across global time zones and outside of normal business hours. Demonstrated leadership skills with experience managing a dispersed team; change management experience. Strategic mindset with the ability to be hands-on in a start-up environment. Highly collaborative with a cross-functional mindset; self-motivated to work independently when needed. Thrives in a dynamic, evolving environment and embraces change as an opportunity. High integrity, professionalism, and discretion.

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