Senior Finance Associate

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Work certification in several markets.

Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

What You'll Be Doing

You will be expected to:

• Support the monthly closing process, preparation of journal entries, compilation of financial statements and analysis of financial activity
• Prepare operating budgets based on historical figures or estimated revenue and expense reports
• Review the purchase cycle and analyse the Cash Flow and stock position on a regular basis to provide corrective actions if necessary
• Coordinate with the commercial team to ensure timely accounts receivable collections and ensure prompt payments to key suppliers, while maintaining a healthy cash flow position
• Establish analytics frameworks and preparing presentations on actuals, budgets, and reports
• Analyse and provide recommendations on monthly financial figures from business units, comparing them to budget and prior year results, and issue reports as required by management
• Provide analysis and recommendations on annual and revised budgets, challenge assumption and propose revisions
• Run GAP analysis to maintain financial standards as budgeted and process revisions
• Prepare and monitor the performance of internal rate of return (IRR) studies for proposed outlets and new products
• Manage new ideas and creative solutions; be highly analytical and detail oriented
• Create clear, engaging, and professional presentations using PowerPoint
  
  

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics or any related field.
• From 2-3 years of experience in finance
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and business partnering skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to analyse data effectively and translate insights into compelling presentations.
• A good communicator—comfortable interacting with stakeholders at all levels and able to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders
• Experience in distribution and/or retail would be a plus
• Finance qualification is a plus!
  
  

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.