Financial Controller Required in Dubai

Financial Controller Required in Dubai ROLE & MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES Based in Dubai and reporting directly to ME-IS-A (Middle East / Indian Subcontinent / Africa) Finance Manager, the Controller will work closely with Guerlain Regional team, Guerlain HQ and Travel Retail LVMH P&C teams as « Business Partner » to monitor the global performance of the region for these channels. Main responsibilities will be : 1 – BUSINESS PLANS - Support decision making by preparing 5 years business plans for new potential openings. - Lead the process up until presentation to HQs and submission in the systems - Manage the stakeholders involved (Guerlain regional team, Guerlain HQ, Multi-brand regional TR team) leveraging the involved politics. 2 – BUDGETING - Ensure the consistency between financial objectives of D2C and Travel Retail ME-IS-A and Guerlain strategy. - Participate to the Budget and Revised processes in accordance with HQ requirements and timetables: build and validate hypothesis (Sell Out, Sell In, Operating Profit and CAPEX) with commercial teams. Prepare Budgets Presentations and Financial Packages. - Secure the achievement of targets assigned to the market: maintain cost control responsibility. Provide relevant reports and rationale with recommended actions plans to the business. - Participate to monthly topline re-estimations for next 3 months. 3 - CLOSING - Ensure monthly financial closings is done properly within HQ deadlines (from Sell – In to Operating Profit) and analyze variations vs last Budget exercises and previous years. - Prepare monthly P&L and balance sheet: Accountable for all P&L entries and source of change elements against comparable periods. Monitor evolution of Balance Sheet accounts - Monitor all OPEX costs and check that they are registered properly. Analyze G&A reinvoicing from other LVMH P&C brands. - Support monthly reportings to Management and Local, Financial, Commercial and Marketing teams. - Follow up Sell out performances - Manage all system reporting for his/her scope 4 - CONTROLLING -The Finance controller will provide financial advice to the Commercial and Marketing team on ad-hoc and business case analysis including: -BC Staff cost: Collect each month the BC salaries claims from the distributor, verify them and approve the amount to be paid by the Regional Office. Conduct analysis on profitability by country and by doo, alert Commercial department in case of drift - Analyze CAPEX requests and follow up of financial requests - Support on business analysis, cost tracking and ad hoc requests and projects -T&Es;5 – Internal Control - Ensure that LVMH accounting standards & internal control guidelines are respected - Participate to both external & internal audit processes when needed Relations - Day to Day work with operational teams : Travel Retail : Guerlain + Multi-brand commercial regional team, both based in Dubai + HQ travel retail team based in Paris D2C : retail regional team + HQ retail team based in Paris Finance : reports to regional finance manager with dotted line to Guerlain regional GM (both based in Dubai) - Key contact for all Financial Departments based in HQ : Controlling, Accounting, Consolidation, Internal control. Qualifications & Skills - University or Business School Master - Must have a previous experience of +/- 3 years spent in FMCG, Luxury or Audit environment - Fluent in English. French and/or Arabic are a plus - Excellent excel skills / advanced knowledge of financial systems (like Oracle, SAP, FC) NEED TO BE/HAVE - A team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced working environment - At ease to handle politics and wide variety of personalities - Fighter, challenges status quo, doesn’t wait to be challenge to be proactive - Meticulous with strong analytical thinking and business mind-set - Excellent communication skills (written & spoken) - Well-organized, sensitive to figures, detail-oriented and commitment to accuracy - Able to work independently, highly autonomous, work under pressure for tight deadlines - Able to work in a multicultural team APPLY FROM LINK BELOW https://ae.linkedin.com/jobs/view/financial-controller-at-guerlain-3476260811?