Senior Associate Group Finance Project

Job description / Role

Inspire | Exhilarate | Delight

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality - bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse - the Groups innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Their collective efforts have earned the Group the Great Place to Workregistered certification in several markets.

Sustainability is at the core of the Groups strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Womens Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

What youll be doing

As a Senior Associate - Group Finance (Projects), you will play a key role in the Groups financial planning, forecasting, consolidation, and performance management activities, while also supporting Group Finance projects aimed at strengthening governance, controls, and business processes.

The role is highly project-driven, requiring hands-on support of multiple finance initiatives, alongside support for management and financial reporting, including data validation, variance and trend analysis, to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of Group-level financial information.

In this role, you will support strategic decision-making through meaningful insights and scenario analysis, translating financial data into clear and actionable business implications.

You will also collaborate closely with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Business Units, Legal, Finance Leadership, and the wider organization to enable timely, consistent, and well-informed decision-making across the Group.

Your responsibilities will include the below:

Planning, budgeting & forecasting

• Assist in the aggregation of budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans across entities.
• Review financial submissions from Business Units to ensure accuracy and alignment to assumptions.
• Support scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and financial modelling.

Group performance reporting

• Prepare monthly performance packs, dashboards, KPIs, and variance analyses.
• Provide commentary and insights on revenue, margin, overheads, and cash performance.
• Support presentation materials for leadership performance reviews.

Financial analysis & insights

• Conduct deep-dive analysis on Group-level trends, cost structures, and investment performance.
• Develop insights that support strategic decisions and performance improvement initiatives.
• Support business cases, capital requests, and ad-hoc financial studies.

Data management & governance

• Validate data from ERP, BI systems, and consolidation platforms.
• Maintain data integrity across cost centers, P&L lines, and reporting structures.
• Ensure adherence to Group FP&A standards, reporting frameworks, and control requirements.

Cross-functional collaboration

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  Coordinate with other business teams to resolve finance related issues facing the Group, providing recommendations and ensuring projects are followed through.
• Proactively identify areas where Group Finance can add value and drive innovation.

Continuous improvement & digitalization

• Enhance financial reporting tools, templates, and modelling frameworks.
• Drive simplification and standardization across Group FP&A processes.
• Critically analyze existing finance processes (and adjacent ones) to identify improvements.

What youll need to succeed

• You hold a bachelors degree in finance, accounting, economics, data analytics, or a related field.
• You preferably hold an ACCA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• You have 3-5 years of experience in FP&A, accounting, or professional services roles.
• You preferably have prior experience with a Big 4 firm.
• You have exposure to multiple finance projects.
• You have strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• You have advanced Excel skills with solid financial modelling capabilities.
• You have experience with ERP systems, BI tools, and financial reporting platforms.
• You possess excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge the status quo.
• You are highly adaptable and have the ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity.

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

We invite all applicants to apply

It takes diversity of thought, culture, background, differing abilities and perspectives to truly inspire, exhilarate and delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

About the Company

The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the groups success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Groups competitive edge in todays market.

By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.