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About the Role:

The SEAA region comprises markets that demonstrate tremendous potential for growth and will focus on deepening our footprint and brand growth through enhanced clienteling, and strengthening capabilities and infrastructure.

To bring to life the strategic intent of SEAA, the Business Finance function will be agile and dynamic, founded on insights from advanced analytics and tools, proactive business partnering with the aim to influence strategic decision where possible.

With the ever-changing business environment and technologies, there have been significant changes in the role of the Business Finance function, as it pivots towards a more predictive and analytical future as opposed to descriptive analysis.

We shall no longer just report the news but help make the news - connecting internal and external insights and proactively driving and shaping the governance of the local, regional and global agendas to make informed business decisions.

Being the Head of Business Finance, SEAA, you will be acting as the functional CFO in working with the regional stakeholders by acting as their sounding board, advocate and challenger and building a strong understanding of their business strategies. You will also be working in strong partnership with the market Business Finance team in delivering their mission of the function.

Impact You Can Create in the Role:

• Partner with market business finance to ensure the global guidelines are cascaded to the markets by taking into consideration local relevancy.
• Lead the effort around Medium-Term Planning (MTP) and responsible for the heavy lifting.
• Explain the Budget and MTP guidelines, why certain decisions are being made, share best practices etc.
• Be the sounding board and challenger to the markets and offer coaching to them in delivering their mission.
• Partner with the regional stakeholders to develop and maintain financial modelling, perform ROI analysis, provide forecasts, and budgets to support operational and strategic planning.
• Provide dedicated support on Property & Portfolio through the lens of business finance.
• Stay abreast with industry trends and intelligence, and best practices such as macro factors and recommend appropriate course of strategic actions.
• Break down Global guidelines to adhere to regional guidelines and targets.
• Consolidate and submit all the different reports to the global teams of good quality and accuracy and in a timely manner.
• Work in strong collaboration with the Sustainability Performance team for North Asia and SEAA to enable CSRD for SEAA.
• Orchestrate the consolidation of the budgeting and forecasting plan across SEAA.
• Assess and improve financial processes and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Prepare presentations for regional / global leadership teams and stakeholders communicating financial performance and strategic recommendations.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators and financial metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.

You are Energised by:

• Work in strong collaboration with the market business finance teams to establish systematic approach in performing financial modelling, to maintain consistency in tracking data and translating insights for decision making.
• Being the advocate to the SEAA market and acting as the key enabler to their business strategies.
• Foster a strong business finance community with the market business finance teams and act as the sounding board and challenger to them.
• Support market business finance to elevate their capabilities, from executional to being a true strategic partner to the business.

What You Will Bring:

• Concrete experience with proven track record in the capacity of Business Finance gained from sizeable companies.
• Demonstrate strategic financial planning and leadership skills in coaching and fostering a team for professional growth.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a team-oriented environment along with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges.
• Outstanding analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to think critically and creatively, and exercise good judgment.
• Ability to quickly grasp new concepts and work in a high-performing culture with time-sensitive deadlines.
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills in English, including an ability to communicate complex subjects to a less technical audience.
• Good commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Well versed with data and to ride on data to inform decision making.
• Visionary, Holistic thinking and able to connect the dots.
• Be innovative in looking for new ways of doing things with out-of-the-box thinking.

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to Chanel.

The SEAA region will encompass Australia and New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the export markets of Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. This region represents markets with tremendous growth potential, focusing on deepening our footprint, brand growth through enhanced clienteling, and strengthened capabilities and infrastructure.

To realize the strategic intent of SEAA, the Business Finance function must be agile and dynamic, leveraging insights from advanced analytics and tools, and engaging in proactive business partnering to influence strategic decisions where possible.

In the ever-changing business environment and with advancing technologies, the role of the Business Finance function has evolved significantly. It is now pivoting towards a more predictive and analytical future, moving beyond descriptive analysis.

We will no longer just report the news but actively shape it. By connecting internal and external insights, we will proactively drive and shape the governance of local, regional, and global agendas to inform business decisions.

The mission of the Business Finance Manager is to provide Smart Analytics that can be turned into actionable insights, enabling management to effectively solve business problems. Smart analytics are:

• Relevant: Making a difference, especially in making predictions.
• Timely: Relevant now.
• Faithful: Complete, neutral, and error-free.
• Verifiable: Replicable and verifiable.
• Actionable: True to what it claims to represent and beneficial to the user.
• Understandable: Quickly comprehensible by those familiar with the situation.

Impact You Can Create In The Role

• Oversee the overall governance, end-to-end process, and development of budgets and forecasts.
• Oversee all cost variances and exposures to help CHANEL manage its margin and economic expenses.
• Combine functional and commercial depth of experience to challenge business partner viewpoints and assumptions.
• Design and perform ad-hoc analysis, incorporating checks and balances to ensure data integrity.
• Review and challenge KPIs and results.
• Monitor financial and operational performance via KPIs and automated/self-serviced reports to support business decision-making.
• Analyze and explain variances between budgeted and actual financial results.
• Articulate the reasons and financial consequences of management decisions with medium and long-term implications.
• Act as a subject matter expert and apply innovative system implications to support data quality and improve business performance.
• Facilitate the assessment, development, and implementation of technological tools.
• Support and coach others in the functionality and application of technological tools.
• Proactively seek innovative solutions to optimize the process of data analysis and modeling.

Specific Coordination & Consolidation:

The Business Finance Manager will support to provide a transversal, holistic and accurate translation of the performance and financial position of the Region.

To achieve this, the Business Finance Manager will:

• Conduct consolidation activities to provide accurate and timely information to management.
• Monitor and enforce the adoption of budget and forecast guidelines.
• Serve as the point of contact for Global teams on forecast and actuals topics.
• Work closely with the Finance Systems team to align reporting needs with system support.
• Provide transversal ad hoc analysis across functions and markets to business partners, working closely with the respective Business Finance teams.
• Consolidate, measure, and challenge SMG&A expenses in the region.

You are Energised by

• Actively engaging key stakeholders across regional functions, business divisions, and market Business Finance teams to maintain consistency in data tracking and translate insights for decision-making.
• Serving as the think tank and data center to generate accurate and insightful financial recommendations for initiatives that contribute to regional growth.

What You Will Bring

• A university degree in Finance/Accounting, Business Administration, or related disciplines is preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting, financial planning, and analysis concepts and principles.
• Extensive experience in the finance department of a multinational company.
• Strong background in Controlling and Budget Analysis, with hands-on experience in finance systems. Experience in IT Controlling, Budget Analysis, and IT financial management methodologies is a plus.
• A rigorous, organized approach and a strong sense of service.

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to Chanel.