Financial Controller

Overview

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750 experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touchpoint leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up The Greenhouse, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

Responsibilities

The Financial Controller is responsible for overseeing the monthly financial reporting and control cycle ERP Transformation Function, of the ERP Transformation Business Unit with a primary focus on leveraging and optimizing ERP systems' financial forecasting and reporting results.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drive the budget and revision processes by coordinating with other departments on information requirements.
• Refine management reporting to incorporate and evaluate required key performance indicators and follow business profitability.
• Coordinate and direct the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets, financial forecasts, core financial planning and analysis, proposal rates, profit plans, and schedules.
• Provide detailed monthly operating results and analysis of cost and analyze main variances.
• Assist the Senior Finance Manager in ensuring operational areas are managed efficiently, expenses are on target with projections, companies are operating within budget and Group internal control procedures are implemented.
• Develop and interpret statistical and accounting information to appraise operating results.
• Assist in establishing major economic objectives and policies for the Group and prepare reports that outline the Group's financial position in the areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and future operations.
• Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of divisions.
• Oversee, compile, and analyze daily operations and financial information of the finance department.
• Prepare and review weekly financial forecasts and long-range financial plans.
• Direct the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities to ensure compliance with corporate timelines.
• Act as finance advisory and make recommendations to allow the business to make informed strategic, managerial and operational decisions.
• Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly reporting.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• From 8 years of relevant experience in financial management, with a focus on ERP-driven environments.
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or any related field.
• Any Professional Finance qualification would be appreciated (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CMA).
• Proficiency in SAP is a must.
• Proven ability to work in a multinational matrix organization, demonstrating strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experienced in project management, with a track record of leading finance-related initiatives.
• Proven experience as a Financial Controller or Finance Manager, with expertise in ERP system implementation, optimization, and financial process enhancement.

What We Can Offer You

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We invite all applicants to apply. It takes diversity of thought, culture, background, differing abilities and perspectives to truly inspire, exhilarate and delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

Department: Finance & Treasury
Role: Finance Controller