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, catalyzed 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.
What You'll Be Doing
The Accountant for a start-up company with a track record of rapid growth will be responsible for leading all financial operations. This includes developing and implementing financial plans and policies, managing budgets and forecasting, and providing insight and analysis to support decision making.
The individual in this role must have a strong understanding of financial management principles, as well as experience in business planning. The Accountant will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with all financial regulations, and for building and maintaining relationships with banks, investors, and other financial partners.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
- Develop and implement financial plans and policies
- Manage budgets and forecasting
- Provide insight and analysis to support decision making
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations
- Build and maintain relationships with banks, investors, and other financial partners
Qualifications
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment
- Experience with accounting, tax, and financial compliance
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field
- Familiarity with UAE laws, regulations and financial practices is a must.
- Experience with fundraising, investor relations is a plus
- CPA or MBA is a plus
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. To view all our perks and benefits, click here.
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.
