Paula's Choice Skincare

Where Trust Leads, Bold Ideas Grow, and Community Thrives Paula’s Choice, a global skincare leader founded in 1995, empowers individuals to define beauty on their own terms through science-backed products. Our mission comes to life through four core values that guide our actions, decisions, and impact: - Build Trust: We set the standard for skincare, transparency, and shared knowledge. - Be Bold: We lead through innovation and by challenging the status quo. - Act with Kindness: We operate with respect and care—for our customers, colleagues, and the planet. - Create Community: We believe in the power of connection—whether educating customers, supporting each other, or giving back, we grow stronger together. Our team spans North America, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, and the broader APAC region, collaborating globally to drive innovation. We offer space to thrive—personally, professionally, and through our comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being at every stage: - Generous paid time off, including time off to volunteer - Learning and development resources to support personal and professional growth - Wellness benefits like meditation app memberships, product discounts, and free samples of our amazing products - Most roles are fully remote (roles that are required to be at our Seattle HQ can be found in the details section of this job post) - Great location – for roles that are hybrid or fully onsite, we’re in the heart of Seattle’s beautiful International District  - Did we mention we’re a dog-friendly office?  Our culture encourages continuous learning and is fueled by connection, curiosity, and cross-functional collaboration. Whether onsite, remote, or hybrid, we stay connected through shared initiatives that bring our teams together. If you’re inspired by transparency, driven to make an impact, and eager to help foster community—we’d love to have you join us. How you’ll have an impact at Paula’s Choice: Reporting to the Senior Finance Director, North America, this role will support the Marketing team at Paula’s Choice North America and provide Global supervision and support of our Chief Marketing Officer. The essence of this role is to provide guidance and financial insights to the Marketing team, while owning and optimizing Brand and Media investments ($100m budget). By delivering accurate budget planning, forecasting, and performance insights, this role ensures marketing and Media investments are aligned to brand strategy, growth targets, and profitability goals. The Marketing Finance Manager will play a critical role in connecting brand ambition with financial rigor—partnering closely with Marketing and Finance teams to drive disciplined investment decisions across media investments, campaigns, and key brand launches. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, DTC-led, premium beauty environment and is passionate about maximizing the impact of brand and media spend in a high-growth business. As a Marketing Finance Manager, a typical day might include a mix of the following: - Budget Management & Business Partnering: Develop and own financial forecasts and monthly reporting. Provide variance analysis and clear insights to senior management, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and required course correction. Drive cost efficiency through optimizing spend across channels. - Financial Control & Compliance: Review agency contracts, media plans, and marketing invoices. Manage accruals, provisions, and prepayments for marketing costs. Provide financial controls and ensure compliance with internal policies. - Campaign Performance Analytics: Establish tracking mechanisms to analyze effectiveness of media and brand campaigns through assessing ROI, cost efficiency, and contribution to brand and commercial objectives. Support post-campaign reviews with data-driven insights and recommendations. - Brand Innovation Support: Partner with Marketing and Global teams to provide financial modeling for key brand launches and major initiatives. Track key financial metrics related to innovation performance, including P&L impact, margin analysis, and forecast accuracy, ensure alignment to overall budget guardrails and company strategic goals and ROI targets. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (R&D, Marketing, SC) to align on assumptions, evaluate the financial viability of new product development and innovations. The Details: - Location: We are based in Seattle, WA. Local candidates are preferred, but flexible to location. - Hours: Typical PST business hours - Physical requirements: Ability to handle long periods of both sitting & screen time - Travel requirements: Less than 3% What you’ll bring to the table: - 8+ years of experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or marketing finance, preferably within beauty, FMCG, or DTC-led businesses - Strong financial and analytical acumen, excellent level of computer literacy (incl. Excel, PowerPoint) - Ability to translate marketing and media performance into financial insights - Proven experience partnering cross-functionally in a fast-paced, high-growth environment - Strong communication skills with the ability to influence non-finance stakeholders - Act to remove basic blocks to progress without waiting for others to do it What can help you really stand out: - Experience supporting DTC-led premium beauty brands - Experience managing brand and media investment budgets - P&L ownership and marketing budget governance experience Approximate Salary Range Based on Experience and Location: $130,000 - $145,000 USD/annually #LI-NG1 Paula’s Choice Skincare determines the pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data. We evaluate external and internal equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company. Our posted salary range is based on national data and may be refined for a candidate's region/town/cost of living. For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. The exact base salary is determined by various factors including experience, skills, education, geographic location, and budget. This position is also eligible for participation in the company discretionary bonus plan. Paula’s Choice Skincare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other classification protected by Federal, State or Local law. We are committed to create a workplace that is inclusive of all. Where everyone feels empowered to bring their full authentic self to work. Please note: At any time, with or without notice, Paula’s Choice reserves the right to add/delete/change the position’s requirements. If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at careers@paulaschoice.com. This email is intended for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses. We take your privacy seriously. For details please see our Privacy Notice.

Role Description Paula's Choice is seeking a Global Director of Controls and Financial Operations to lead the oversight, implementation, and continuous improvement of our financial control environment across the organization. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll serve as the steward of our controls framework while remaining deeply engaged in execution. You'll balance compliance rigor with business partnership, ensuring our controls enable growth rather than constrain it—acting as a trusted partner to the business, not a policeman. As Director of Global Controls and Financial Operations, a typical day might include a mix of the following: - Oversee the global financial controls framework, ensuring alignment with Unilever's corporate governance standards and applicable regulatory requirements across all markets. - Manage corporate audit processes, SOX compliance, and regular Big4 audits, while driving continuous improvement in control maturity across regions. - Directly manage accounting operations and financial reporting functions for North America and Australia, with two direct reports: an Accounting Manager and a Financial Reporting and Controls Manager. - Assess and elevate control maturity across APAC and other regions where standards lag behind North America and Europe. - Own day-to-day execution—building financial models, drafting control documentation, proposing process improvements, and driving adoption across the organization. - Champion AI adoption within the controls and accounting function, leading the transition of manual reconciliations and repetitive control activities to AI-driven processes. - Partner with business leaders to translate controls into business language, identifying and mitigating financial and operational risks. - Ensure compliance with Unilever's broader corporate requirements while maintaining Paula's Choice's operational agility and speed. Qualifications - 8-12 years of progressive accounting and financial controls experience, ideally in a multi-region or multinational environment. - Big Four audit or corporate controls background is a strong plus. - Comfort with financial systems and tools—NetSuite, data platforms, and Excel modeling should feel natural. - A balance of strategic thinking and practical execution. - Understanding that controls serve the business. - Ability to work across cultures and regions. - Strong communication skills. - Genuine curiosity about AI and automation in finance. - Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action. Requirements - Experience leading within a DTC-led premium brand. Benefits - Generous paid time off, including time off to volunteer. - Learning and development resources to support personal and professional growth. - Wellness benefits like meditation app memberships, product discounts, and free samples of our amazing products. - Most roles are fully remote. - Great location for hybrid or fully onsite roles in Seattle’s beautiful International District. - Dog-friendly office. Company Description Paula’s Choice, a global skincare leader founded in 1995, empowers individuals to define beauty on their own terms through science-backed products. Our mission comes to life through four core values that guide our actions, decisions, and impact: - Build Trust: We set the standard for skincare, transparency, and shared knowledge. - Be Bold: We lead through innovation and by challenging the status quo. - Act with Kindness: We operate with respect and care—for our customers, colleagues, and the planet. - Create Community: We believe in the power of connection—whether educating customers, supporting each other, or giving back, we grow stronger together. Our culture encourages continuous learning and is fueled by connection, curiosity, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Edit and produce short‑ and long‑form video content across channels including social, paid media, e‑commerce, email, and brand campaigns • Design and animate motion graphics that align with Paula’s Choice brand standards, typography, and visual language • Create motion systems for recurring content formats (product education, routines, testimonials, launches) • Apply strong pacing, rhythm, and storytelling to elevate clarity and engagement • Partner with Brand Design, Copy, Social, and Marketing to interpret briefs and deliver polished, on‑strategy assets • Collaborate early in campaign planning to identify motion‑first opportunities and creative efficiencies • Participate in creative reviews, contributing ideas and solutions that strengthen the final output • Ensure all video and motion assets adhere to the Paula’s Choice Brand Book and visual identity guidelines • Maintain a high bar for craft, consistency, accuracy, and attention to detail—especially in educational or science‑led content • Adapt assets for multiple formats and platforms while preserving intent and quality • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing timelines and priorities in a fast‑paced environment • Organize project files, templates, and motion libraries to support scalability and team efficiency • Stay current on motion design, editing tools, and platform best practices to continuously evolve our content

• Designing high-performing digital assets that support DTC growth initiatives across the full ecommerce funnel, including acquisition, conversion, and retention. • Collaborating closely with Brand, Marketing, and DTC teams to strategize, refine, and optimize both new and existing collateral. • Driving the creative process from concept through execution while ensuring assets align with brand guidelines and the broader DTC strategy. • Collaborating with the creative team to maintain brand consistency while adapting creative to meet the needs of different customer touchpoints and channels. • Identifying opportunities to improve creative production workflows, scale asset creation, and increase team efficiency. • Providing creative support to team members across campaigns, launches, and ongoing marketing initiatives. • Staying up to date on digital design trends, ecommerce best practices, and emerging tools that help elevate performance-driven creative. • Other responsibilities as assigned by your manager.

Role Description The Creative team serves as the visual catalyst for Paula’s Choice, shaping how millions of customers discover, engage with, and shop our brand across our direct-to-consumer ecosystem. As a Graphic Designer, you will play a key role in driving growth across our DTC channels by creating high-performing creative that supports acquisition, conversion, and retention. You’ll help bring the Paula’s Choice brand to life across our owned digital experiences - from ecommerce and lifecycle marketing to paid media. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with ecommerce, growth, and brand teams to design compelling, conversion-focused creative that enhances the online customer journey and strengthens our direct relationship with consumers. This role blends creative ideation with performance-driven execution. You’ll leverage strong design skills, digital expertise, and an understanding of the ecommerce funnel to deliver creative that both elevates the brand and drives measurable results. A typical day might include a mix of the following: - Designing high-performing digital assets that support DTC growth initiatives across the full ecommerce funnel, including acquisition, conversion, and retention. - Collaborating closely with Brand, Marketing, and DTC teams to strategize, refine, and optimize both new and existing collateral. - Driving the creative process from concept through execution while ensuring assets align with brand guidelines and the broader DTC strategy. - Collaborating with the creative team to maintain brand consistency while adapting creative to meet the needs of different customer touchpoints and channels. - Identifying opportunities to improve creative production workflows, scale asset creation, and increase team efficiency. - Providing creative support to team members across campaigns, launches, and ongoing marketing initiatives. - Staying up to date on digital design trends, ecommerce best practices, and emerging tools that help elevate performance-driven creative. - Other responsibilities as assigned by your manager. Qualifications - 3+ years of professional graphic design experience, ideally in a fast-paced DTC, ecommerce, or digitally native brand environment. - Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or equivalent experience. - Strong portfolio demonstrating digital marketing, ecommerce, and performance-driven creative. - Professional experience with graphic animation and incorporating video into assets. - Proven ability to develop creative across multichannel digital campaigns. - Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). - Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools, emerging creative technologies, or 3D design software. - Strong understanding of how creative supports ecommerce performance, including conversion, engagement, and retention. - Ability to prioritize effectively and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines. - Exceptional time management and problem-solving skills. - Strong production skills with an ability to take direction and collaborate effectively across diverse teams. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to understand project goals and clearly articulate design concepts. Requirements - Location: We are based in Seattle, WA. While we prefer local candidates, we are flexible on location. - Hours: Typical PST business hours, some flexibility required. - Physical requirements: Ability to handle both sitting and screen time for long periods of time. - Travel requirements: Minimal travel may be required for team meetings or events. Benefits - Generous paid time off, including time off to volunteer. - Learning and development resources to support personal and professional growth. - Wellness benefits like meditation app memberships, product discounts, and free samples of our amazing products. - Most roles are fully remote (roles that are required to be at our Seattle HQ can be found in the details section of this job post). - Great location – for roles that are hybrid or fully onsite, we’re in the heart of Seattle’s beautiful International District. - Dog-friendly office.

• Develop and own financial forecasts and monthly reporting. Provide variance analysis and clear insights to senior management, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and required course correction. Drive cost efficiency through optimizing spend across channels. • Review agency contracts, media plans, and marketing invoices. Manage accruals, provisions, and prepayments for marketing costs. Provide financial controls and ensure compliance with internal policies. • Establish tracking mechanisms to analyze effectiveness of media and brand campaigns through assessing ROI, cost efficiency, and contribution to brand and commercial objectives. Support post-campaign reviews with data-driven insights and recommendations. • Partner with Marketing and Global teams to provide financial modeling for key brand launches and major initiatives. Track key financial metrics related to innovation performance, including P&L impact, margin analysis, and forecast accuracy, ensure alignment to overall budget guardrails and company strategic goals and ROI targets. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (R&D, Marketing, SC) to align on assumptions, evaluate the financial viability of new product development and innovations.

Role Description Reporting to the Senior Finance Director, North America, this role will support the Marketing team at Paula’s Choice North America and provide Global supervision and support of our Chief Marketing Officer. The essence of this role is to provide guidance and financial insights to the Marketing team, while owning and optimizing Brand and Media investments ($100m budget). By delivering accurate budget planning, forecasting, and performance insights, this role ensures marketing and Media investments are aligned to brand strategy, growth targets, and profitability goals. The Marketing Finance Manager will play a critical role in connecting brand ambition with financial rigor—partnering closely with Marketing and Finance teams to drive disciplined investment decisions across media investments, campaigns, and key brand launches. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, DTC-led, premium beauty environment and is passionate about maximizing the impact of brand and media spend in a high-growth business. A typical day might include a mix of the following: - Budget Management & Business Partnering: - Develop and own financial forecasts and monthly reporting. - Provide variance analysis and clear insights to senior management, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and required course correction. - Drive cost efficiency through optimizing spend across channels. - Financial Control & Compliance: - Review agency contracts, media plans, and marketing invoices. - Manage accruals, provisions, and prepayments for marketing costs. - Provide financial controls and ensure compliance with internal policies. - Campaign Performance Analytics: - Establish tracking mechanisms to analyze effectiveness of media and brand campaigns through assessing ROI, cost efficiency, and contribution to brand and commercial objectives. - Support post-campaign reviews with data-driven insights and recommendations. - Brand Innovation Support: - Partner with Marketing and Global teams to provide financial modeling for key brand launches and major initiatives. - Track key financial metrics related to innovation performance, including P&L impact, margin analysis, and forecast accuracy, ensure alignment to overall budget guardrails and company strategic goals and ROI targets. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: - Collaborate with cross-functional teams (R&D, Marketing, SC) to align on assumptions, evaluate the financial viability of new product development and innovations. Qualifications - 8+ years of experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or marketing finance, preferably within beauty, FMCG, or DTC-led businesses. - Strong financial and analytical acumen, excellent level of computer literacy (incl. Excel, PowerPoint). - Ability to translate marketing and media performance into financial insights. - Proven experience partnering cross-functionally in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. - Strong communication skills with the ability to influence non-finance stakeholders. - Act to remove basic blocks to progress without waiting for others to do it. Requirements - Experience supporting DTC-led premium beauty brands. - Experience managing brand and media investment budgets. - P&L ownership and marketing budget governance experience. Benefits - Generous paid time off, including time off to volunteer. - Learning and development resources to support personal and professional growth. - Wellness benefits like meditation app memberships, product discounts, and free samples of our amazing products. - Most roles are fully remote (roles that are required to be at our Seattle HQ can be found in the details section of this job post). - Great location – for roles that are hybrid or fully onsite, we’re in the heart of Seattle’s beautiful International District. - Dog-friendly office.

• Define and lead the North America marketing strategy in alignment with global brand priorities and regional commercial objectives. • Translate global campaigns into high-impact regional go-to-market plans, tailoring execution by retailer, channel, and customer while preserving brand integrity. • Own the North America marketing calendar, ensuring clear prioritization, sequencing, and cross-functional alignment across promotions, campaigns, and launches. • Establish clear points of view on where to invest, scale, test, or pull back based on performance and business needs. • Lead omnichannel marketing planning across channels with a strong digital-first mindset. • Partner with Media, Growth, and DTC teams to shape top- and mid-funnel strategies, paid media priorities, and creative inputs that drive measurable results. • Contribute to performance marketing creative strategy, ensuring assets are optimized for channel, audience, and objective. • Implement and brief local (non-global) campaigns, including channel launches and retailer-specific initiatives. • Own marketing performance tracking and deliver weekly and monthly executive readouts on media, sales, and campaign results. • Serve as a central connector across Sales, Brand, Media, Digital, PR, Influencer, Creative, and Education teams. • Share regional plans, learnings, and performance with Global and ANZ partners.

Role Description The Director of North America Marketing will own the development and execution of the North America marketing strategy, translating global brand vision into regional growth across e-commerce, digital and retail channels. This role sits at the intersection of brand, commercial performance, and executional excellence, with accountability for driving awareness, demand, and revenue while maintaining the highest standards of brand consistency and operational rigor. This leader will partner closely with Global Brand, Media, Sales, Digital, and Creative teams, serving as a key connector between North America and Global. The ideal candidate is both strategic and detail-oriented, highly fluent in numbers and performance analysis, and deeply experienced in digital-first, omnichannel marketing. A typical day might include a mix of the following: - Own North America Marketing Strategy & Execution - Define and lead the North America marketing strategy in alignment with global brand priorities and regional commercial objectives. - Translate global campaigns into high-impact regional go-to-market plans, tailoring execution by retailer, channel, and customer while preserving brand integrity. - Own the North America marketing calendar, ensuring clear prioritization, sequencing, and cross-functional alignment across promotions, campaigns, and launches. - Establish clear points of view on where to invest, scale, test, or pull back based on performance and business needs. - Drive Omnichannel & Digital Growth - Lead omnichannel marketing planning across channels with a strong digital-first mindset. - Partner with Media, Growth, and DTC teams to shape top- and mid-funnel strategies, paid media priorities, and creative inputs that drive measurable results. - Contribute to performance marketing creative strategy, ensuring assets are optimized for channel, audience, and objective. - Implement and brief local (non-global) campaigns, including channel launches and retailer-specific initiatives. - Performance, Analytics & Commercial Rigor - Own marketing performance tracking and deliver weekly and monthly executive readouts on media, sales, and campaign results. - Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence - Serve as a central connector across Sales, Brand, Media, Digital, PR, Influencer, Creative, and Education teams. - Share regional plans, learnings, and performance with Global and ANZ partners. Qualifications - 10+ years of experience in brand, digital, or omnichannel marketing within beauty, consumer goods, or a similarly fast-paced category. - Proven experience owning marketing performance, and results, with strong financial and analytical acumen. - Deep understanding of digital commerce and performance marketing, including paid media, conversion, and optimization. - Exceptional attention to detail, with a high bar for accuracy, clarity, and executional excellence. - Strong strategic thinking paired with the ability to execute and deliver in complex, cross-functional environments. - Confidence using data to challenge assumptions, make trade-offs, and influence senior stakeholders. - Experience partnering with global teams and adapting global strategies for regional success. - Passion for building brands that earn trust through science, transparency, and results. Requirements - Location: We are based in Seattle, WA. While we have a strong preference for local candidates, we are flexible to location. - Hours: Typical PST business hours, but with flexibility to global time zones as needed. - Physical requirements: Ability to handle both sitting and screen time for long periods of time. - Travel requirements: Less than 10%. Benefits - Generous paid time off, including time off to volunteer. - Learning and development resources to support personal and professional growth. - Wellness benefits like meditation app memberships, product discounts, and free samples of our amazing products. - Most roles are fully remote (roles that are required to be at our Seattle HQ can be found in the details section of this job post). - Great location – for roles that are hybrid or fully onsite, we’re in the heart of Seattle’s beautiful International District. - Dog-friendly office.

• Design and implement global demand, supply, and inventory strategy and execution plans that deliver business objectives, enable new product launches, and support growth. • Drive, own, and implement an end-to-end S&OP process, aligning commercial plans, financial targets, and operational capacity. Facilitate monthly S&OP cycles that unify demand, supply, inventory, and financial data into a single business plan; evolve S&OP maturity as the business grows. Partner with commercial teams to ensure a robust sales forecast translated into a meaningful demand forecast and executable demand/supply plans with documented assumptions and risks; report forecast accuracy. • Establish inventory strategies that optimize working capital while protecting service levels across channels and geographies. Define and govern safety stock policies, replenishment parameters, and slow/obsolete (SLOB) protocols. Improve inventory turns and provide clear visibility into inventory health and risk; own quarterly inventory review analysis and presentations to the CFO, CEO, and SVP of Global Operations. • Develop and nurture relationships with key suppliers to achieve quality, reduced lead times, and on-time-in-full (OTIF) delivery at optimal cost. Report quarterly on inventory accuracy, liabilities, OTIF, and improvement initiatives. Collaborate with Procurement and Quality on supplier performance, lead-time reduction, cost management, risk mitigation, material liabilities, and vendor onboarding/off-boarding. • Lead continuous improvement to enhance supply chain efficiency. Streamline workflows, reduce manual work, shorten lead times, lower costs/volatility, and improve forecast accuracy and planning cycle times. • Integrate sustainability objectives into supply chain operations to reduce carbon footprint and waste while promoting ethical practices and lower environmental impact. • Proactively identify and mitigate supply risks (e.g., material shortages, capacity constraints, geopolitical issues). • Own the design, implementation, and maintenance of fit-for-purpose planning data, analytics, insights, and processes, including ERP optimization and planning software enhancements. Ensure data accuracy for bills of materials, scrap rates, and active bill of material (BOM) items. Provide monthly KPI/risk reporting to executive leadership. • Lead, motivate, inspire, and develop a US-based remote team to achieve high performance and strong engagement; foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and collaboration.