Christian Dior Finance Director France

About Christian Dior

Christian Dior, founded in Paris in 1946, stands as one of the world’s most influential maisons, uniting haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, fragrance, beauty, and exceptional retail experiences. As an employer, Dior offers a culture shaped by artistic audacity, meticulous craftsmanship, and the pursuit of excellence, where heritage and innovation continually enrich one another. Its teams collaborate across ateliers, studios, boutiques, and corporate functions within an international environment that values elegance, precision, inclusivity, and entrepreneurial spirit. Working at Dior means contributing to a legacy of timeless style while helping define the future of luxury with creativity, discipline, and purpose.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define and deploy the financial strategy for the French market in alignment with Central guidance and business priorities
• Pilot all budget, forecast, closing, and medium-term planning processes
• Guarantee the reliability, relevance, and transparency of financial analyses and key performance indicators
• Support the Executive Committee in managing growth, profitability, investments, and strategic arbitrage decisions
• Ensure rigorous oversight of P&L, cash flow, costs, margins, and principal value creation drivers
• Serve as a trusted partner to operational and functional leadership on all performance matters
• Challenge business assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and formulate concrete, actionable recommendations
• Support structural decisions related to commercial development, investments, innovation, and operational model evolution across both Wholesale and Retail channels
• Foster a culture of performance and financial accountability throughout the organization
• Lead the financial function's transformation roadmap across the France perimeter
• Accelerate digitalization of financial activities and evolution of management, reporting, and planning tools
• Identify and implement process optimization, automation, and simplification levers
• Support team capability development in a context of evolving professions and practices
• Supervise accounting, internal control, treasury, and management control matters
• Oversee the quality of closing procedures and reliability of financial data
• Serve as primary stakeholder contact on financial matters relevant to the French market
• Drive and challenge Sales Administration processes and KPIs including stock tracking, placements, stockouts, and in-stock rates
• Mentor, unite, and develop a team of 20 collaborators based across Kosmo and Saint-Jean-de-Braye
• Set clear direction, create conditions for high engagement and cross-functional collaboration
• Evolve the organization and talent to address performance, transformation, and operational excellence challenges
• Promote proximate, demanding, and compassionate management that encourages cross-functional work and team spirit

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in finance, management, audit, accounting, or business school
• Minimum 15 years in senior-level financial functions, ideally in complex, demanding, and multi-activity environments
• Proven experience managing significant teams and piloting organizations distributed across multiple sites
• Solid experience in finance transformation, digitalization, continuous improvement, and process and tool optimization
• Strategic vision combined with hands-on operational approach
• Strong understanding of business challenges and results-driven orientation
• Ability to evolve in a dynamic environment with high demands and cross-functional interaction
• Natural leadership, credibility, influence, and ability to engage diverse stakeholders
• Team player with pragmatism, rigor, agility, and sound prioritization
• Excellent communication skills in French and English

Skills

Experience

Minimum 15 years in senior-level financial functions, preferably acquired in complex, demanding, and multi-activity environments. Proven track record managing significant teams and leading organizations distributed across multiple sites. Confirmed experience in finance transformation, digitalization, continuous improvement, and optimization of processes and tools.

Education

Advanced degree in finance, management, audit, accounting, or business school.

Workplace

Culture

Christian Dior fosters a culture of refined creativity, exceptional craftsmanship, and continuous innovation, where teams are encouraged to uphold the Maison’s heritage while shaping the future of luxury. As an employer, it offers a dynamic and exacting environment that values collaboration, excellence, and the development of talent across artistic, retail, and corporate disciplines.

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