Senior Data & Automation Analyst — Finance

Location Villars-sur-GlâneFribourgSwitzerland
Type Other
Seniority Senior
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Richemont is hiring a Senior Data & Automation Analyst — Finance in Villars-sur-Glâne. Lead finance data pipelines, automation and reporting for the group.

Overview

Richemont is a leading Swiss luxury goods holding company comprising a portfolio of maisons across jewellery, watches, leather goods and lifestyle categories. As a global luxury group with internationally recognised maisons, Richemont offers a matrix of creative heritage, craftsmanship and commercial scale across multiple high-end brands.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain reliable financial data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes to consolidate transactional and reporting data for group finance and controlling.
  • Identify, scope and deliver automation initiatives across financial close, reconciliations, reporting and operational processes to increase efficiency and reduce manual interventions.
  • Develop and deploy interactive dashboards and management reports for finance stakeholders, ensuring proper data models and semantic layers for self-service analytics.
  • Ensure data quality, lineage and governance by implementing controls, validation rules and reconciliation procedures across source systems and analytical models.
  • Collaborate with Finance, IT, business process owners and external vendors to deliver integrations (ERP, APIs) and production deployments following change-control practices.
  • Lead testing, UAT and documentation for data and automation solutions; establish runbooks and operational support procedures.
  • Coach and mentor junior analysts; promote best practices in analytics, automation and data stewardship within the finance organisation.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Computer Science or a related discipline; master’s degree preferred.
  • Proven experience delivering end-to-end data and automation projects within a finance function or financial services environment.
  • Strong understanding of financial processes (close, consolidation, FP&A, reconciliations) and related control requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to liaise with technical teams (IT/ERP) and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills with the capacity to present complex analytics to senior finance leaders.

Skills

SQL Python Power BI Advanced Excel (pivot tables, Power Query) ETL/ELT design and data modelling ERP integration experience (e.g., SAP FI/CO) and API-based data integrations Robotic Process Automation (RPA) concepts and orchestration Data governance, reconciliation and control frameworks Agile delivery and stakeholder management

Experience

Senior-level experience (typically 5+ years) in finance analytics, data engineering or automation, with a track record of implementing finance-focused data solutions and process automations in multi-system environments.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering or a closely related field; a master's degree or professional certification in finance/analytics is advantageous.

Culture

Richemont fosters a culture anchored in craftsmanship, creativity and long-term brand stewardship. The organisation values cross-disciplinary collaboration between commercial, creative and technical teams and encourages a purpose-driven approach to luxury retail and manufacturing.