PWS Core BU Finance Lead na Logitech

Logitech is the Sweet Spot for people who want their actions to have a positive global impact while having the flexibility to do it in their own way.

BU FINANCE LEAD - Personal Workspace Core BU

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Team: BG Finance 

The PWS Core BU Finance Lead serves as a critical financial partner in aligning and executing financial strategy, while ensuring strong controls over the financial planning, analysis and reporting functions. The role is designed to provide key financial insights to support the business's growth and profitability that are consistent with the Business Group’s (BG) strategies and more generally the interest of the Company overall. The candidate will play a key role in offering an unbiased and independent view on the business and the decisions that need to be taken. 

In this role, you will primarily interact with the PWS FP&A Lead, Financial Analysis Lead, BU Leads & Teams, Corporate finance. From a functional side, there are frequent interactions with Regional Finance, Operations, and other functional teams.

From a commercial standpoint, the position will give you an opportunity to work in close contact with the realities of world famous names from the consumer electronics industry. You will live daily with the pace of innovation, technology, product design and the demands of the international financial markets.

With a fast-moving, innovative culture and strong balance sheet, Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people in a natural, intuitive way to the digital experiences they care about. 

We’re looking for the right person to join our finance team. Is that you?

Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning

• Support short-term and long-term financial planning to ensure accuracy and alignment with business objectives.

• Provide financial insights, identify key drivers, risks, and opportunities, and deliver recommendations to PWS Finance and PWS Leadership

• Develop and maintain detailed forecasting models, structured across clusters and product categories, BUs for comprehensive analysis 

• Conduct scenario planning and in-depth scenario to assess the financial implications of strategies and external factors, supporting informed decision-making.

• Collaborate closely with Business, Operations, and cross-functional teams to update forecast and reflect initials, actual business performance and market conditions & trends. 

• Financial In-Quarter & Quarter Close Review 

• • Analyze and review financials statements to identify key drivers, variances and trends impacting business performance

  • Deliver detailed insights and root cause analysis of variances

  • Support the preparation of comprehensive presentations for stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment with corporate objectives

• Financial Reporting and Compliance

• • Oversee the preparation and ensure accuracy of financial statements

  • Ensure that all financial reporting and business operations adhere to relevant accounting standards, regulations and internal controls (Royalty Contract, Inventory Reserves, Deferred Revenue etc.)

  • Manage relationships with auditors and regulatory agencies

• B2B Team Coordination 

• Act as the key financial liaison between the PWS and B2B teams, ensuring clear and effective communication

• Facilitate collaborative decision-making process to drive alignment &  seamless coordination on B2B channel strategy execution and commercial planning for the PWS categories

• Strategic Analytics 

• Provide essential financial insights to guide strategic decisions, including pricing strategies and portfolio optimization (SKU management, End-of-Life planning)

• Analyze market trends, competitor financials, and risks to drive informed initiatives

• Monitor, analyze and report the marketing investment budgets, and local operating expenses of the category and regions

• Collaborate with Operations & R&D to optimize costs, improve margins, control spending and inventory drivers (COGS, E&O, freight, rework, etc.)

• New Product Introduction (NPI)

• Evaluate and prioritize new product introductions based on their potential contribution to the long-term strategic plan and overall business objectives

• Leading the preparation and approval of Business Case Financials for all gates

• Collaborating with Regions to gather and validate key assumptions for BCFs

• Challenging business partners to set ambitious yet achievable targets that align with the long-term goals of the business and the overall company financial targets

• Ensure effective tracking and reporting of NPI performance by preparing and presenting comprehensive scorecards to senior management

Key Qualifications:

For consideration, you must bring the following minimum skills and experiences to our team:

- Minimum 4-6 years of finance experience, including at least 2 years in the capacity within the FP&A function.

- Experience in early-stage startups and/or high-growth companies.

- Exceptional budgeting, financial modeling, and scenario analysis skills,

- Ability to self-start and self-direct work in an environment with minimal direction

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present financial

information to all management levels

- A team player with an entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit

- Advanced Excel Skills (power user).

With a fast-moving, innovative culture and strong balance sheet, Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people in a natural, intuitive way to the digital experiences they care about. Video conferencing, working remotely, creating and streaming content, and gaming are long-term secular trends driving our business. Today all of them have accelerated, making Logitech more relevant to customers than ever before. 

Logitech is the sweet spot for people who are passionate about products, making a mark, and having fun doing it. As a company, we’re small and flexible enough for every person to take initiative and make things happen. But we’re big enough in our portfolio, and reach for those actions to have a global impact. That’s a pretty sweet spot to be in and we’re always striving to keep it that way.

 “All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.”  

If you require an accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at +1 510-713- 4866 for assistance.

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Across Logitech we empower collaboration and foster play. We help teams collaborate/learn from anywhere, without compromising on productivity or continuity so it should be no surprise that most of our jobs are open to work from home from most locations. Our hybrid work model allows some employees to work remotely while others work on-premises. Within this structure, you may have teams or departments split between working remotely and working in-house.

Logitech is an amazing place to work because it is full of authentic people who are inclusive by nature as well as by design. Being a global company, we value our diversity and celebrate all our differences. Don’t meet every single requirement? Not a problem. If you feel you are the right candidate for the opportunity, we strongly recommend that you apply. We want to meet you!

We offer comprehensive and competitive benefits packages and working environments that are designed to be flexible and help you to care for yourself and your loved ones, now and in the future. We believe that good health means more than getting medical care when you need it. Logitech supports a culture that encourages individuals to achieve good physical, financial, emotional, intellectual and social wellbeing so we all can create, achieve and enjoy more and support our families. We can’t wait to tell you more about them being that there are too many to list here and they vary based on location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

If you require an accommodation to complete any part of the application process, are limited in the ability, are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us toll free at +1-510-713-4866 for assistance and we will get back to you as soon as possible.