About Othmane
Finance expert with 10+ years' expertise in luxury retail finance. Versatile background as finance controller, project manager, and current role as finance manager for a prominent luxury brand. Proficient in financial analysis, budgeting, and driving cross-functional collaboration for elevated business performance.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Conversational
Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km), Abu Dhabi (up to 50km)
Experience
- BalenciagaGlobal Retail Controlling ManagerLUXURY GOODSOctober 2022 - Today (3 years and 8 months)Paris, France- Conducting project evaluation for new business opportunities: Market study, benchmark with competitors and sister brands, 5Y/10Y business plan review- Monitoring on a monthly-basis main business KPIs (Sales, Capex, CRM, retail metrics)- Steering the financial performance of global retail activity (Directly Operated Stores, E-commerce & Wholesale) and implementing action plans (cost reduction, store expense leverage,...)- Managing the forecast & budget process for the retail activity (scope includes 300+ stores, full P&L, cash-flow and capex consolidation)
- BalenciagaGlobal Consolidation ManagerLUXURY GOODSOctober 2021 - September 2022 (1 year)Paris, FranceLed and managed Consolidation department:Structured and unified the activity in terms of process, reporting and consolidation of financial statements to comply with internal group policy:- Designed and implemented guidelines and instructions to all Regional Finance departments- Supervised and reviewed topside entries (IFRS16, profit in stock elimination, long term incentives) and specific transactions (spin-off, new stock valuation)- Managed the cash flow forecasting process with emphasis on Working Capital, capex and tax cash-out- Assisted the preparation of the Hard Close and Year End audit
- KeringSenior Group Project ControllerLUXURY GOODSAugust 2020 - September 2021 (1 year and 2 months)Paris, FranceSuccessfully launched and implemented a finance BI tool (Oracle EPM planning) to move towards full automation of budgeting and forecasting processes:- Organized 30+ workshops with pilot brands to define business needs and streamline operational requirements- Defined the project roadmap to set the key milestones: Developed, monitored and reviewed deliverables- Orchestrated and conducted training sessions across EMEA, AMERICA and APAC region: scope included Kering’s Fashion and Leather Goods Houses (Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Brioni) and over 100+ end users
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Education
- Master of Science in Accounting, Finance & ManagementUniversity PSL - Paris Dauphine2014
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business & ManagementUniversity PSL - Paris Dauphine2011