Chanel Regional Process Lead, Record to Report

About Chanel

Chanel is one of the world’s most revered luxury houses, founded by Gabrielle Chanel and distinguished by an enduring vision of elegance, freedom, and modernity. As an employer, the House brings together métiers ranging from haute couture, fashion and leather goods to fragrance, beauty, watches, and fine jewelry, offering employees the opportunity to contribute to a legacy defined by exceptional craftsmanship and creative audacity. Chanel values excellence, discretion, collaboration, and long-term development, fostering an environment where talent is nurtured and heritage is continually reinterpreted for contemporary clients. Its teams are united by a commitment to quality, innovation, and the timeless spirit of the brand.

Role & Responsibilities

• Support European countries in transitioning to the Global HERO Core Model based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), including leading France’s migration from SAP ECC6 to D365.
• Validate the Core Model’s fit with local R2R processes and identify gaps.
• Analyze, challenge, and prioritize country requirements in line with standardization principles.
• Document target processes, business rules, and organizational impacts.
• Prepare deployment waves in coordination with business, IT, and project teams.
• Lead business workshops, process reviews, and follow-up meetings.
• Prepare and coordinate functional testing and user acceptance testing.
• Train Finance teams on the solution and target processes.
• Support country go-lives, monitor hypercare, and help resolve incidents.
• Use lessons learned to evolve the Core Model.
• Provide functional support to Finance teams in countries using D365.
• Collect, analyze, and qualify enhancement requests, balancing local requirements with Core Model standards.
• Draft business requirements and functional specifications, and participate in testing and validation of enhancements.
• Maintain process documentation, business rules, operating procedures, and training materials.
• Lead regular committees to share progress, priorities, and upcoming enhancements.
• Share best practices and strengthen the autonomy of local teams.
• Occasionally support legacy application environments to ensure continuity of operations during the transition to the Core Model.
• Identify and advance opportunities to optimize the end-to-end R2R process in a harmonized D365 environment, simplify and standardize practices across European countries, and improve user experience through smoother processes and tools.
• Support change management from enhancement design through adoption.
• Promote best practices, data quality, and reliable reporting, and develop a European R2R community for sharing experience.
• Define key performance indicators to measure R2R process efficiency and Core Model adoption; track results, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions.
• Help identify and monitor risks related to deployments, processes, data, and change management.
• Participate in governance that ensures the consistency, compliance, and sustainable evolution of the Core Model across Europe.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in Finance transformation, ERP deployment, Finance project management assistance (AMOA), or R2R process management.
• Strong grounding in corporate finance and accounting.
• Fluent spoken and written English; proficiency in French.
• Higher education at Bac+5 level, such as a business school, engineering school, or a master’s degree in Finance, information technology, or a relevant financial transformation discipline.

Skills

Experience

At least 5 years in Finance transformation, ERP deployment, Finance project management assistance (AMOA), or R2R process management.

Education

Higher education at Bac+5 level, such as a business school, engineering school, or a master’s degree in Finance, information technology, or a relevant financial transformation discipline.

Culture

Chanel fosters a culture of timeless creativity, exacting craftsmanship, and quiet excellence, where employees are encouraged to uphold the house’s heritage while contributing to its continued innovation. The workplace environment is refined, collaborative, and deeply committed to quality, offering professionals the opportunity to grow within a globally respected maison that values discretion, artistry, and long-term vision.

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