- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Director
- Department
- Finance, Accounting & Revenue Management
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Nov 9, 2026
About Fendi
Founded in Rome in 1925, Fendi stands as one of Italy’s most distinguished luxury houses, celebrated for its exceptional craftsmanship, Roman spirit, and bold creative vision. As an employer, Fendi offers a dynamic environment where heritage and innovation meet across métiers including design, leather goods, fur, ready-to-wear, retail, communications, and corporate functions. The Maison values artisanal excellence, cultural curiosity, entrepreneurial energy, and collaboration, inviting its teams to contribute to a legacy defined by refinement and experimentation. Within the LVMH Group, Fendi provides international career opportunities, strong professional development, and the privilege of shaping the future of contemporary luxury.
The Worldwide Managing Controlling Director leads FENDI’s global Management Control function across Corporate, Industrial and Retail, overseeing financial planning, performance management and business controlling. The role partners with the CFO and senior leadership, provides decision-ready business insights, and leads HQ and Regional Finance teams. This is a permanent, full-time hybrid position in Rome.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting and multi-year planning across Corporate, Industrial and Retail functions.
- Translate FENDI’s strategic priorities into financial targets, KPIs and actionable plans.
- Consolidate and challenge financial assumptions to ensure consistency across functions and business areas.
- Provide the CFO and Executive Management with forward-looking analyses, scenarios and recommendations for strategic decision-making.
- Lead financial controlling across FENDI’s industrial perimeter, providing a comprehensive view of production costs, industrial performance, margins and profitability.
- Monitor industrial KPIs, production economics, capacity utilization and cost evolution, supporting decisions across factories and product categories.
- Oversee industrial margin analysis through to the consolidated financial view, connecting manufacturing economics with overall business performance.
- Partner with Industrial, Supply Chain and Product teams to identify efficiencies and proactively manage financial risks and opportunities.
- Oversee Corporate cost controlling, ensuring effective planning and monitoring of HQ functions and resources.
- Partner with functional leaders to challenge spending, investments and organizational initiatives.
- Drive transparency on cost evolution, efficiencies and resource allocation, identifying opportunities for optimization.
- Oversee worldwide Retail channel controlling, ensuring visibility into sales, profitability, operating expenses and store performance across markets and regions.
- Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identifying trends, deviations, risks and business opportunities.
- Provide a consolidated view of commercial performance to enable effective comparisons across markets, channels and regions.
- Lead, develop and coordinate the HQ Controlling team and Regional Finance teams.
- Foster collaboration between Finance and business functions, promoting an agile and pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
- Drive continuous improvement and digitalization of planning, reporting and performance-management tools.
Qualifications
- Degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration or a related field.
- At least 10 years of experience in Management Control, FP&A or Finance, including significant leadership responsibility.
- Proven experience managing a complex, international controlling perimeter, ideally across Corporate, Industrial and Commercial/Retail activities.
- Strong understanding of P&L, budgeting, forecasting, cost structures, industrial margins, profitability analysis and performance management.
- Solid experience in manufacturing or industrial controlling for an end-to-end understanding of industrial costs and consolidated margins.
- Experience in luxury, fashion, industrial or consumer goods environments is preferred.
- Strong track record as a business partner to CFOs and senior business leaders.
- Fluent English required; Italian strongly preferred.
- Strategic, business-oriented financial mindset.
- Strong analytical capabilities and ability to translate complexity into clear business insights.
- Solid understanding of industrial economics and retail/commercial dynamics.
- Ability to constructively challenge senior stakeholders and influence decision-making.
- Strong leadership and team-development capabilities.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Pragmatic, collaborative and hands-on approach, with the seniority to operate in a complex worldwide organization.
Skills
Experience
At least 10 years in Management Control, FP&A or Finance, including significant leadership responsibility.
Education
Degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration or a related field.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Culture
Fendi cultivates a workplace culture rooted in Roman heritage, exceptional craftsmanship, and a forward-looking spirit of creativity. As an employer, it offers a refined, collaborative environment where teams are encouraged to combine technical excellence with bold innovation in service of a distinctive luxury vision.
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