Senior Financial Controller

Overview

Louis Vuitton is a leading maison of luxury leather goods, fashion and accessories, renowned for artisanal savoir‑faire and global brand prestige. As part of the LVMH group, the company combines entrepreneurial dynamism with rigorous governance and offers international career pathways within a matrix of Houses across fashion, leather goods and beyond.

Role & Responsibilities

• Prepare, validate and document consolidated financial statements for the group, driving efficiency and control across the month‑/year‑end close.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of financial information across an assigned perimeter (~100 legal entities) and act as the primary contact for tools and procedures.
• Design, maintain and distribute management and statutory reporting packages, including IS reporting used by the finance community.
• Lead and deliver extra‑financial reporting (sustainability/Taxonomy) requested by the Group and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and animate the finance community by creating and improving training modules (e‑learning, gamification) for domestic and international teams.
• Support the Finance leadership on cross‑functional and Group projects, including Phoenix transformation workstreams, tool testing and process redesign.
• Operate as subject‑matter expert on IFRS16: maintain impact calculation tools, reconcile Nakisa outputs, strengthen SyRUS/Nakisa controls, and provide zone/country support.
• Contribute to margin and financial statement analysis (consumption margin/management margin) and implement improvements in eliminations and analysis processes.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (Bac+5) from a business school or engineering school with specialization in finance, audit or management control.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience, ideally starting in audit (Big Four) and then within a large international group in similar control/reporting roles.
• Proven expertise in consolidation, management control, financial analysis and international accounting standards (IFRS).
• Experience in extra‑financial reporting and in driving Finance training and change across multi‑jurisdictional teams.
• Strong project management capabilities and proven capacity to lead tool implementations and cross‑functional initiatives.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are an advantage.
• High standards of rigor, reliability, analytical synthesis and collaborative team orientation.

Skills

Experience

Minimum 10 years of progressive experience; preferably an initial background in external audit followed by senior finance/control roles within a large international group.

Education

Master’s degree (Bac+5) in finance, audit, accounting or equivalent from a business or engineering school.

Culture

Louis Vuitton cultivates a culture of excellence, creativity and meticulous craftsmanship while operating within the LVMH group's rigorous corporate framework. The maison emphasises professional development, international mobility and inclusive practices, encouraging diversity and the integration of people with disabilities.