Richemont Product Specialist — Financial Consolidation, Planning & Reporting
Richemont seeks a Product Specialist — Financial Consolidation, Planning & Reporting in Meyrin, Switzerland. Lead consolidation systems, planning processes and group reporting.
Overview
Richemont is a Swiss-based luxury goods group comprising a portfolio of prestigious maisons across jewellery, watches, writing instruments and leather goods. As part of a global luxury conglomerate, the group combines heritage craftsmanship with sophisticated retail, wholesale and digital operations, operating within a matrix organisation that values long-term brand stewardship, quality and discrete client service.
Role & Responsibilities
- Act as the product owner for group-level financial consolidation, planning and management reporting systems — define roadmap, prioritise requirements and coordinate releases.
- Translate finance business requirements (consolidation, forecasts, statutory and management reporting) into technical specifications and configuration tasks for IT and external vendors.
- Lead system implementations, upgrades and integrations (ERP, consolidation engines, planning tools and BI platforms), ensuring data lineage, reconciliation and controls.
- Drive end-to-end data governance and quality for financial flows feeding consolidation and planning processes; implement reconciliations and validation rules.
- Design, develop and maintain management reports, dashboards and financial models in collaboration with FP&A, statutory accounting and local controllers.
- Provide second- and third-line operational support to finance users, produce release notes, and deliver user training and documentation.
- Manage relationships with external technology vendors and internal stakeholders (Finance, IT, Audit, Risk) to ensure timely delivery and compliance with accounting standards.
- Monitor performance of consolidation and planning processes and propose continuous-improvement initiatives to streamline month-end and forecasting cycles.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline; professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA) preferred.
- Strong technical understanding of consolidation and planning solutions and their integration with ERP systems.
- Solid knowledge of consolidation and reporting standards (IFRS and local GAAP) and group consolidation processes.
- Proven ability to act as a bridge between finance and IT, with experience in stakeholder management across multinational organisations.
- Fluency in business-level English; additional language skills (French) advantageous.
Skills
Experience
Significant hands-on experience (typically 5+ years) in financial consolidation, group reporting or FP&A systems within a multinational environment; demonstrable track record of leading implementations or major upgrades of consolidation/planning/reporting platforms.
Education
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field; professional accounting certification preferred.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland, with easy access to Geneva. 59 luxury roles are listed in Meyrin on Cerulean, 3 posted in the last 48 hours. Across the Geneva region, Cerulean lists 479 open positions — 13 listed in the past two days. Cerulean currently advertises 770 open roles in Switzerland, including 25 added in the last 48 hours.
Culture
Richemont combines artisan craftsmanship and creative excellence with the rigour of a global corporate structure. Employees operate in a collaborative, high-expertise environment that values long-term thinking, quality of execution and respect for heritage while encouraging digital transformation and cross-functional cooperation.
About Cerulean
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