Finance Business Partner (F&B)

Your role at Chanel:

We are looking for a new Finance Business partner to join our team on a maternity cover contract to manage the UK Region Fragrance & Beauty (F&B), Travel Retail, Canada, Export businesses and provide analysis and insights into the distribution channels to support strategic decision making. Working alongside the business finance team across distribution channels to lead the month end close of your respective markets, review cost centre reports and prepare journals. You will conduct review monthly meetings with key budget holders to review actuals and forecasts and work to improve data integrity to enhance FP&A reporting and generate and issue weekly sales reporting.

Within Finance you will promote process improvements through streamlining processes and system improvements while ensuring the accuracy of management reporting and budgeting.

What impact you can create at Chanel:

• Responsible for Travel Retail, Ireland and SA full P&Ls as well as following Canada.

• Responsible for the preparation of annual budgets and building strategic presentations with the Regional F&B Director and Head of F&B Finance who will present to the Managing Director for Budget approval followed by presenting Globally.

• Weekly and Monthly business updates (inc.revenue) providing insights to the F&B businesses.

• Maintain strong relationships with multiple business directors and Finance team to provide strategic support and ensure clear communication and collaboration within the team.

• Business analysis around business challenges or areas of development supporting business decision making along with the Omni-Channel Finance Manager.

• Business support, analysis and consolidation of Capital Expenditure Projects with Head of F&B to be presented to Fragrance & Beauty UK Region Managing Director

• Responsible for the preparation, review and challenging of business teams on the monthly management accounts and budgets for Export Markets and Travel Retail.

• Build a relationship with Canada Market and teams to provide strategic support and ensure clear communication and collaboration within the regional team.

• Ownership of data quality and maintenance within Location Tool and Regional BI Data

• Work closely with the systems, business, and financial accounts teams to improve processes and reporting as well as find efficiencies within the business

• Month End and closing reviews.

• Dotted line with Financial Accounting team

This is an impact-focused summary of the job and it’s helpful to note that responsibilities listed are not exhaustive; additional and more detailed duties will be shared during training stage.

What you will bring to the role:

• Completed financial qualification (ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent with 6+ years of working experience

• Team player with positive, growth mindset

• Flexible with good time management and professional confident demeanour when communicating with business teams

• Ability to trouble shoot, use own initiative and work autonomously when needed

• Strong excel skills with an understanding of financial systems

You are energised by:

Working collaboratively within a team to solve business problems and drive process improvements. Learning from others and stretching yourself to step out of your comfort zone while maintaining a high level of output.

What you would gain from this experience:

The opportunity to work with a dynamic Finance and business team and drive process, system, and business improvements.

Benefits at CHANEL 

Have been created to support you across your professional and personal life by offering you:  

• Physical Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance covering pre-existing medical conditions and ability to add family members, Online GP App with 24/7 appointments available within 24 hours and Cycle Scheme participation for a tax-exempt bike and/or accessories  

• Financial Wellbeing: Pension, Life Assurance and Retail Discounts across multiple retailers including Supermarkets, Gyms, Days Out and 100s more  

• Mental Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programmes and Other Support Lines  

• Lifestyle: Arts & Culture Ticket Discounts across major London attractions and CHANEL Product Discounts

• Employee Recognition: Service Awards Programme offering CHANEL Products, Retail Vouchers and Additional Holidays across milestones  

 *Benefits are eligibility dependent and subject to change at any time   

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.