VIE Financial Controller

Job description

VIE Financial Controller – May 2025

Mission

Chanel Benelux is the distribution entity for the three divisions of the House (Fragrance & Beauty, Fashion, and Watches & Fine Jewellery) in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. As Financial/Business Controller, you will be part of our Benelux FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Department, based in Brussels, Belgium. This is a one-year contract renewable for one year.

Main responsibilities

Fashion and Watches & Fine Jewellery

You will provide direct support to the FA and W&FJ Financial Controller on the following tasks.

Business Controlling

·  Submission of Sales & Stock forecast into our internal reporting tool (i.e. FAST) for FA and W&FJ
·  Loading of financial forecasts into our European consolidation tool (I.e. CRAFT)
·  Reporting of Headcount and FTEs in the dedicated system (GPM)
·  Analysis of FA and W&FJ actual expenses vs forecast
·  Monthly reconciliation of W&FJ sales and reporting of sales details to the W&FJ BI team
·  Calculation of W&FJ sales by distribution channel, by line and by month
·  Analysis of W&FJ sell-in and sell-out figures
·  Elaboration of the W&FJ budget presentation

Internal Control

·  Monthly review of cash payments in Fashion boutiques in relation to legal and internal requirements
·  Monthly monitoring of cycle count reports (reconciliation, review of exceptional movements, RFID results…)
·  Monitoring of product loans and quarterly checks on Press and W&FJ stock

F&B, Reporting and Presentations

·  Responsible for monthly F&B turnover communications to Europe in collaboration with the Sales team, to the EBI team, and to third parties
·  Analysis and ad hoc support on the F&B division and on Corporate topics
·  Maintenance of the three-division Weekly Turnover PowerBI and communication to the Direction Committee with detailed comments on the weekly performance
·  Preparation of presentations on the turnover of the three divisions for the Management Committee or for the Benelux employees

Systems

·  Process and tools optimization, development of new analysis and reporting tools for the FP&A Department (SCORE for HR, SMG&A Dashboard…)
·  Support on automation and simplification internal projects (“Finance of the Future”)

Profile

·  Graduate with a Master degree from Business school or University
·  Successful corporate first experience: 1-3 years in Controlling or Audit
·  Available starting from February 2025

Skills

·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and French. Dutch is a plus.
·  Very good knowledge of MS-Office, especially Excel.
·  Good knowledge of PowerBI and PowerQuery.

Qualities

·  Inquisitive, curious and detail-oriented
·  Business understanding, strategical thinking
·  Positive, enthusiastic & team-oriented, with leadership potential
·  Proactive, dynamic and with a spirit of continuous improvement

The candidate must fulfil the VIE conditions

·  Age: Be between 18 and 28 years old at the time of application.
·  Nationality: Hold citizenship of a European Economic Area (EEA) country.
·  Residency: Must not have previously participated in a VIE or VIA (Volontariat International en Administration).

See https://mon-vie-via.businessfrance.fr/ for further information.

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.