Coty is a world leader in beauty and home to an illustrious roster of cosmetic, skincare and fragrance brands. And our company has a mission: to challenge the definition of beauty, to encourage authenticity and celebrate diversity. Because to us at Coty, beauty isnt about conforming to somebody elses ideal. Its about inclusion and liberating everyone to shine in their unique way.
THE ROLE
Division: Travel Retail Asia Pacific
Job Title: Finance Intern
About the Role
FP&A Intern is a co-pilot role within the Travel Retail Finance function. The intern would be closely partnering with the finance team and the multi-functional team spread across the region. The incumbent will get exposure to working across functions and markets in an exciting and fast-paced environment of the duty-free world.
This role will assist with all end-to-end planning, reporting and analysis activities for the Cluster to deliver a high standard of reporting and analytical support to the business. Support includes financial, business and market analysis and special projects as required.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role you will be responsible for:
Financial Planning and Analysis (Capex -investments)
Drive Capex PR/PO creation request - (From receiving request, including budget top-up to successful PO creation)
Updating Capex tracker
Complete ad-hoc PR/PO creations according to deadline communicated
Ad-hoc support Vendor Master Updates
Budgeting and reporting
Assist the Brand Finance Controller with Budget management and tracking
Prepare and provide meaningful financial management information
Ensure reports are submitted in a timely fashion, completely and accurately, in particular the Monthly Business Update (MBU)
Coordinate Price approval tracking and prepare Price Change Report in a timely manner for submission to Compliance Team
Lead and/or participate in ad-hoc projects as required
WHAT YOULL BRINGESSENTIAL:
Able to commit for at least 6 months (July to December 2024) for a full-time internship.
Skilled in the use of MS Office tools including Outlook (or related email tool) Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Self-Motivated, with a strong work ethic and a sense of confidentiality.
Possesses cross-cultural awareness and high emotional intelligence.
Articulate, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Good balance of a professional attitude while having fun.
Strong interest in consumer goods, makeup and beauty products.
Strong desire to learn along with a strong sense of ownership.
Persuasive, resilient and flexible, able to easily adapt to new challenges.
Passionate, enthusiastic and driven to regularly follow-up with loose ends.
Able to thrive despite challenges while adopting a positive attitude under pressure.
DESIRABLE
Under Graduates with Finance/Accounting as major and interest towards FMCG/Luxury
Advanced knowledge of Excel, Well versed with SAP, Introduction to Hyperion preferred
Planning, organizing and coordinating able to plan and coordinate efforts both within areas of functional responsibility and across divisions and geographies.
Analytical capability strong analytical capabilities with a solid understanding of key business drivers and ability to add value to the decision-making processes of the business through high level, strategic analysis and insights
Leadership able to lead by example, inspire, motivate, engage, and drive results through others ensuring alignment to organisational priorities, goals and targets
Presentation skills ability to present and communicate with confidence.
Influencing skills able to demonstrate above average negotiation and relationship building capabilities.
Change leader able to embrace and accelerate change in a fast-paced environment and pioneer new ideas and approaches
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Understanding of interlinkage of financial systems
Basics of role as a Financial Planning and Analysis Professional
Role of Finance as business partners and custodians of the company