Vice President - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Chalhoub Group

Chalhoub Group

Verified Company

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 week ago

Posted by:

Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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Description

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East.

The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories.

More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart.

Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally.

This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing.

The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced leader to join the Group as VP, Accounting.

This position is responsible for building out a first-class Shared Services function overseeing the delivery of shared services including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, fixed assets, IFRS 16 and reporting throughout the Group across GCC, Europe, the Americas and Asia.

This role will report to the Group CFO and work closely with Finance divisions and executive stakeholders across the Group.

The role will help the Group to drive efficiency and scalability to support the rapid growth of the business.

To be successful you should be driven to succeed, highly organized, and have excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

You should have deep knowledge and experience in best practice accounting/finance automation strategies, processes optimization, ERP and other software, and project management and you should be familiar with the workings and interrelations of different departments and functions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Leadership:

Work closely with the CFO and executive team to develop and execute strategies that supports the company's Group Strategic goals.
Lead the Accounting team to develop and manage a comprehensive roadmap of strategic initiatives, using a systematic approach to balance immediate requirements with our longterm strategic vision.
Define the endstate for a bestinclass service organization.
Exceptional conceptual and analytic problemsolving capabilities to support both operational and strategic decision making.

Operational Leadership:

Develop and implement strategies to streamline the overall Accounting and Shared Services Center function maximize efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining quality standards and is accountable for its successful implementation per the timelines outlined within the plan.
Accountable for the successful implementation of the Accounting and Shared Service Strategy per the timelines outlined within the plan.
Strong leadership and team management skills with proof points of being a handson executor.
Develop and implement accounting policies and procedures to enhance internal controls and streamline financial operations.
Build and lead a highperforming accounting team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and professional development.
Collaborate with Finance, tax, legal and Internal Audit team to mitigate financial, legal risks and compliance risks.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the organization. Encourage feedback from both customers and employees, and use insights gained to optimize processes, workflows, and service delivery mechanisms.

Reporting & Consolidation:

Oversee monthend close processes and provide accurate and timely reporting.
Manage the accounting team to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and year end Group consolidation.
Develop and maintain accounting policies compliant with policies and procedures and IFRS.
Collaborate with external auditors during the annual audit process.

Shared Services:

Oversee the Shared Service Centre with its operations for ordertocash, procuretopay, fixed assets, IFRS 16 and reporting.
Design and implement efficient and effective policies, systems,