Product Specialist — Financial Consolidation, Planning & Reporting

Overview

Richemont is a Swiss-based luxury goods group comprising a portfolio of prestigious maisons across jewellery, watches, writing instruments and leather goods. As part of a global luxury conglomerate, the group combines heritage craftsmanship with sophisticated retail, wholesale and digital operations, operating within a matrix organisation that values long-term brand stewardship, quality and discrete client service.

Role & Responsibilities

• Act as the product owner for group-level financial consolidation, planning and management reporting systems — define roadmap, prioritise requirements and coordinate releases.
• Translate finance business requirements (consolidation, forecasts, statutory and management reporting) into technical specifications and configuration tasks for IT and external vendors.
• Lead system implementations, upgrades and integrations (ERP, consolidation engines, planning tools and BI platforms), ensuring data lineage, reconciliation and controls.
• Drive end-to-end data governance and quality for financial flows feeding consolidation and planning processes; implement reconciliations and validation rules.
• Design, develop and maintain management reports, dashboards and financial models in collaboration with FP&A, statutory accounting and local controllers.
• Provide second- and third-line operational support to finance users, produce release notes, and deliver user training and documentation.
• Manage relationships with external technology vendors and internal stakeholders (Finance, IT, Audit, Risk) to ensure timely delivery and compliance with accounting standards.
• Monitor performance of consolidation and planning processes and propose continuous-improvement initiatives to streamline month-end and forecasting cycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline; professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA) preferred.
• Strong technical understanding of consolidation and planning solutions and their integration with ERP systems.
• Solid knowledge of consolidation and reporting standards (IFRS and local GAAP) and group consolidation processes.
• Proven ability to act as a bridge between finance and IT, with experience in stakeholder management across multinational organisations.
• Fluency in business-level English; additional language skills (French) advantageous.

Skills

Experience

Significant hands-on experience (typically 5+ years) in financial consolidation, group reporting or FP&A systems within a multinational environment; demonstrable track record of leading implementations or major upgrades of consolidation/planning/reporting platforms.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field; professional accounting certification preferred.

Culture

Richemont combines artisan craftsmanship and creative excellence with the rigour of a global corporate structure. Employees operate in a collaborative, high-expertise environment that values long-term thinking, quality of execution and respect for heritage while encouraging digital transformation and cross-functional cooperation.