Chanel Treasury Manager

Overview

Chanel is an independent French maison renowned for haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods and accessories. As a privately held luxury house with a global retail and distribution footprint, Chanel combines artisanal savoir‑faire with sophisticated global finance and commercial operations. The company offers a highly curated, performance-driven environment that prizes discretion, creativity and excellence across its international teams.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage daily cash and liquidity for Chanel Mexico, including cash positioning, short-term investments and intragroup cash sweeps.
• Prepare and maintain rolling cash‑flow forecasts and working capital analyses to optimise liquidity and funding needs.
• Design and execute FX risk-management strategies and hedging operations in line with group policy; monitor market exposures and P&L impacts.
• Administer bank relationships and banking structures (accounts, cash-pooling, SWIFT connectivity), negotiate banking fees and maintain service-level agreements.
• Oversee payments, collections and Treasury operational controls; implement and monitor internal controls and segregation of duties.
• Coordinate with regional/global treasury, tax and accounting teams to ensure compliance with corporate treasury policy and local regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and enhance treasury systems and interfaces with ERP (treasury modules); lead system implementations or upgrades where required.
• Produce treasury reporting and KPIs for senior management; support monthly/quarterly close and ad hoc financial analyses.
• Coach and develop any local treasury staff and liaise with cross-functional teams (finance, legal, commercial) on transactions and covenant management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent; Master’s degree or professional treasury qualification (e.g., CTP) is an advantage.
• Proven track record of corporate treasury experience in a multinational environment, ideally within luxury retail, consumer goods or retail distribution.
• Strong technical knowledge of cash forecasting, liquidity management, FX risk management, cash pooling and bank operations.
• Demonstrated experience with treasury systems and ERP treasury modules; comfortable leading system implementation or optimisation projects.
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail and high standards for internal controls and regulatory compliance.
• Effective communicator able to interact with senior stakeholders and external banking partners; fluency in Spanish and professional proficiency in English preferred.

Skills

Experience

Typically 5+ years of progressive corporate treasury or finance experience within a multinational company; proven responsibility for liquidity management, FX hedging and bank relationship oversight. Experience in luxury retail or consumer goods is highly desirable.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field; Master’s degree or professional treasury certification preferred.

Workplace

Culture

Chanel cultivates an exacting, creative and discreet workplace where craftsmanship and commercial rigor coexist. Teams operate with high standards of professionalism and international collaboration, offering exposure to complex cross-border finance in a heritage luxury environment.

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