Financial Controller — Fragrance & Beauty

Overview

Chanel is an independent, family-owned global luxury house renowned for haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, and beauty and fragrance. As an employer, Chanel combines exacting craftsmanship and creative ambition with rigorous commercial discipline, offering career paths across product, retail and corporate functions in a privately controlled organisation.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close and preparation of accurate local and management financial statements for the Fragrance & Beauty business; ensure timeliness and integrity of P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
• Own forecasting, budgeting and rolling reforecast processes; deliver insightful variance analysis and KPIs to support senior management decision-making.
• Manage statutory and management consolidation requirements in accordance with IFRS and local reporting standards; liaise with Group finance and external auditors.
• Provide proactive business partnering to commercial, marketing and supply chain stakeholders to translate commercial performance into financial actions and margin optimisation.
• Design, implement and monitor internal controls and SOX/Compliance requirements related to financial processes.
• Drive month-end efficiency and automation initiatives; maintain and optimise financial systems and reporting tools.
• Supervise, mentor and develop a small finance team; coordinate with shared service centres and regional finance colleagues.
• Support pricing, promotional analysis, inventory valuation and cost accounting specific to the fragrance and beauty category.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent; Master’s degree or advanced professional qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA) preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS and local Dutch accounting principles; experience with consolidation and statutory reporting.
• Track record of effective stakeholder management and commercial partnering within consumer goods or luxury retail contexts.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a small finance team and to manage relationships with auditors and central finance functions.

Skills

Experience

Typically 5+ years of progressive finance experience in multinational corporates, ideally within FMCG, cosmetics or luxury retail, including hands-on month-end close, consolidation and business partnering responsibilities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; Master’s degree or professional accounting qualification (ACCA/CPA/CIMA) preferred.

Culture

Chanel’s workplace culture blends artisanal creativity with disciplined commercial rigour. Employees operate in a high-expectation environment that values discretion, craftsmanship, cross-functional collaboration and a client-centered approach distinctive to luxury brands.