Manager, Finance

The role

The Finance Manager, R&D and Innovation serves as a finance business partner for Global R&D, Product Development, and Innovation teams. This role performs gross margin analysis, product profitability evaluation, and financial assessment of new product development initiatives. The position also manages budgeting, forecasting, and month-end analysis for the R&D and Innovation organization.

What you will do

• Lead gross margin analysis and product profitability assessments.
• Assess margin accretion and dilution for new products and line extensions.
• Quantify complexity-reduction benefits across formulas, ingredients, and packaging.
• Evaluate formula harmonization opportunities and develop financial scenarios.
• Build business cases for new product launches including ROI and payback modeling.
• Estimate market share, category growth, and translate assumptions into financial scenarios.
• Perform pre-launch and post-launch financial assessments.
• Develop financial models for innovation pipeline evaluation and portfolio prioritization.
• Manage the financial workstream within the innovation stage-gate process.
• Manage the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and monthly spending analysis.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of FP&A, Commercial Finance, Brand Finance, Innovation Finance, or related experience.
• Advanced financial modeling and scenario analysis skills.
• Experience building business cases for new products, innovation projects, or commercialization initiatives.
• Strong experience with gross margin analysis, and product profitability evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating margin accretion or dilution for new products, line extensions, and innovation portfolios.
• Experience quantifying financial benefits from complexity reduction, formula harmonization, value engineering, or SKU rationalization initiatives.
• Experience developing market-share and growth estimates and translating market assumptions into volume, revenue, margin, and cash-flow forecasts.
• Experience supporting new product development (NPD), product launches, or innovation initiatives.
• Experience supporting stage-gate governance and conducting pre-launch, launch, and post-launch financial assessments.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills.
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis capabilities.

Nice to have

• Finance support of R&D, Product Development, Innovation, or Portfolio Management organizations.
• Experience with innovation pipeline management and stage-gate processes.
• Experience with consumer products, beauty, or other SKU-intensive environments involving formula, packaging, and portfolio complexity.
• Experience with finite product costing, commercialization analytics, and launch performance tracking.
• Supply Chain Finance, R&D Finance, or Commercial Finance experience.
• MBA, CPA, or CMA.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Company-paid basic life insurance policy.
• Company-paid short-term disability insurance.
• Long-term disability.
• Supplemental life insurances.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Critical illness insurance.
• Group legal.
• Identity theft protection.
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan.
• 3 weeks of vacation (pro-rated for 1st year).
• Twelve paid holidays.

Before you apply

• Revlon is unable to sponsor or transfer employment visas for this role.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa support.

About the company

Revlon is a leading global beauty company with a portfolio of iconic brands including Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, Almay, and American Crew. The company provides high-quality product innovation in color cosmetics, skincare, hair color, personal care, and fragrances.