Senior Treasury Operations Analyst — Liquidity Planning

Overview

Chanel is an independent, privately owned global luxury house revered for couture, ready-to-wear, accessories and fragrance. As a highly curated employer, Chanel combines artisanal craftsmanship and creative leadership with rigorous commercial and operational disciplines across international markets.

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and refine short‑ and medium‑term cash forecasting models and liquidity dashboards for multi‑currency operations.
• Own daily cash position reporting and perform intraday and end‑of‑day reconciliations across bank accounts and cash pools.
• Design and execute liquidity optimisation strategies, including cash sweeps, notional pooling and intercompany funding arrangements.
• Coordinate with regional treasury, FP&A and local finance teams to consolidate forecasts and stress‑test liquidity under multiple scenarios.
• Manage bank connectivity and payments lifecycle issues, liaising with banking partners and IT to resolve SWIFT/payment exceptions.
• Implement and maintain treasury systems and automations (TMS integrations, interfaces, Excel/VBA macros, SQL extracts).
• Ensure robust internal controls and SOX‑compliant processes for cash movements, bank mandates and authorization matrices.
• Prepare management reports and presentations for Treasury leadership, highlighting liquidity risks, trends and recommended actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related discipline; MSc or relevant professional qualification desirable.
• Strong technical proficiency in cash forecasting, liquidity management and treasury operations.
• Demonstrable experience with treasury management systems, bank connectivity (SWIFT) and ERP treasury modules.
• Advanced Excel skills including VBA; working knowledge of SQL or data‑visualisation tools preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across corporate finance, regional teams and banking partners.
• High attention to detail and proven capability to enforce and improve internal controls.

Skills

Experience

A minimum of 5–7 years of progressive treasury experience within a multinational corporate environment, with substantive exposure to liquidity management, cash forecasting and treasury systems implementation or optimisation.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field; postgraduate degree or treasury/finance professional credential preferred.

Culture

Chanel’s workplace reflects a fusion of creative excellence and exacting operational standards; employees are expected to balance discretion and entrepreneurial thinking with rigorous process discipline. The finance and treasury teams operate in a collaborative, high‑performance environment that values technical mastery and cross‑functional partnership.