Financial System Analyst, North Asia and SEAA

Job description

About the Role

At CHANEL, Finance is a strategic partner to the business. As Financial System Analyst, you play a critical role in enabling this partnership by ensuring our financial systems—particularly CRAFT and its integrated ecosystem—deliver accuracy, scalability, and insight across the APAC region.

You act as a bridge between Finance stakeholders and technical teams, translating complex business and functional requirements into robust system solutions. Through close collaboration with markets, global teams, and external partners, you support both day‑to‑day system operations and strategic enhancements, ensuring financial systems continue to evolve in line with CHANEL’s business ambitions.

This role is ideal for a professional who combines strong financial acumen with systems thinking, and who is energized by solving complex problems through technology, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What Impact You Can Create at CHANEL

In this role, your work directly shapes how Finance operates and makes decisions. You will:

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Enable data‑driven financial planning, analysis, and decision‑making by ensuring CRAFT and connected systems (D365, COUPA, CONCUR, Workday) are reliable, scalable, and well‑designed

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Translate Finance strategy and operational needs into effective system functionality, improving efficiency, transparency, and user experience

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Drive process simplification, automation, and standardization across markets while balancing global consistency and local requirements

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Support high‑quality system delivery by ensuring strong requirements definition, testing discipline, and post‑implementation stability

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Contribute to successful change adoption through clear documentation, training, and stakeholder engagement

Through your impact, Finance teams across APAC are empowered to focus less on systems constraints and more on value creation for the business.

You Are Energized By

You thrive in environments where business and technology intersect. You are motivated by:

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Translating complex financial and operational needs into clear, structured functional specifications

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Partnering closely with Finance stakeholders to understand objectives, challenge assumptions, and co‑develop system‑enabled solutions

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Working across integrated platforms and understanding end‑to‑end financial processes, from planning and controlling to reporting

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Collaborating with developers, vendors, and support teams to deliver high‑quality, well‑tested solutions

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Driving continuous improvement through Agile ways of working, automation opportunities, and system optimization

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Supporting users through system enhancements, change, and adoption in a multi‑market, cross‑cultural environment

What You Will Bring

Functional & Business Knowledge

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Solid understanding of financial planning, analysis, controlling, and reporting processes

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Strong experience translating business requirements into functional designs and system configurations

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Ability to conduct impact assessments across interconnected financial platforms

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Knowledge of change management, user adoption, and stakeholder engagement in systems environments

Technical & Systems Expertise

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Systems thinking and solution architecture capability

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Experience with financial systems implementation, enhancement, or administration

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Strong skills in requirements gathering, documentation, testing, and quality assurance

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Data analysis and reporting knowledge, with focus on integrity, reconciliation, and usability

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Exposure to Agile delivery models and collaboration with developers and external vendors

Professional Experience & Qualifications

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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related disciplines

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MBA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification is an advantage

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3–5 years of relevant experience in financial systems, finance transformation, controlling, or audit

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Hands‑on experience supporting or delivering system projects in complex environments

Personal Effectiveness

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Analytical and structured problem‑solver with strong attention to detail

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Results‑oriented, accountable, and comfortable operating in ambiguity

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Clear, professional communicator able to influence across functions and cultures

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Curious and committed to continuous learning and improvement

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.