Overview
What You’ll Be Doing
The Manager – Finance under Joint Ventures’ Management is responsible for leading the Finance function, analyzing risks, and guiding the business, to assist in the measurement, planning, and forecasting of activities and implications on the income statement and balance sheet. The Finance Manager will also be responsible for developing, interpreting, and implementing financial planning, budgeting, and control for the business unit.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a trustworthy relationship with the Business Units to drive financial management and processes.
- Support operations in preparing P&L projections, analysis of financial viability of new investments, and budget follow-up.
- Organize internal and external reporting; make constructive proposals and act as an internal consultancy to the Commercial Vice President, Business Unit Managers, and Vice President of Finance to monitor the business.
- Evaluate business proposals with complete analysis of economic impact on business.
- Analyze financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry, and economic conditions for use in making decisions.
- Assist in developing Financial Strategic Planning such as the 3-Y Plan Review purchase cycle and analyze the Cash Flow and stock position on regular basis to provide corrective actions if necessary.
- Prepare variance analysis and recommendations on monthly financial figures from business units compared to budget and last year and issue reports as required by the management.
- Follow up and control the capital expenditure budgets allocated to the business unit Monitor the cost structure of the companies’ business units and prepare business profitability analysis.
- Prepare and monitor the performance of internal rate of return (IRR) studies for proposed outlets and new products.
- Prepare the Monthly Tableau de Bord (TDB).
- Revise the budgets and close follow-up on: collections, payables, stock, sales, and net margin, challenge assumptions and propose revisions.
- Drive month-end closing by analyzing trial balances, and researching general ledger activity and variances to budget and prior year.
- Develop and improve processes related to expenditure, and appropriate financial methods to better evaluate and measure performance.
- Provide analytical support as required to various cross-function initiatives and ad hoc projects (e.g. preparing business plans, study of the cash flow and P&L).
- Instigate and participate in all process improvement initiatives related to the Business Unit.
- Participate in relevant projects and community activities as and when needed.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
- You possess 5 to 8 years of related experience.
- You are knowledgeable with IFRS and US GAAP principles.
- You possess a CPA, CMA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification.
- You possess a persuasive, confident, and agile personality with high stakeholder management skills.
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.
About Chalhoub Group
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.