Finance Trainee - High End Luxury

Chalhoub Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 56,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Chalhoub Group, a leading luxury retailer in the Middle East, invites applications for a Finance Trainee to join the Fashion Division finance team. This hands-on role focuses on budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis to support brand and store performance.

Ideal candidates hold a finance-related bachelor’s degree with 0–1 year experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with SAP. A learning mindset and teamwork are valued highly in a fast-paced budget season.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics or related field.
• 0–1 year of experience; internship in finance, audit or retail is a plus
• Progress towards ACCA, CMA, CPA or similar is an advantage
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and lookups
• Familiarity with an ERP system (e.g. SAP) is a plus
• High attention to detail and accuracy with numbers

Responsibilities

• Budgeting and forecasting for the High End Fashion Division's brands and stores
• Collect, consolidate and check budget input from retail and merchandising teams
• Help maintain budget templates and track submission deadlines
• Assist with monthly management reports, including sales, gross margin and operating expenses
• Analyze actuals against budget and prior year, and explain key variances
• Support month-end closing tasks, including accruals, reconciliations and journal preparation
• Maintain organised files and records for team projects

Skills

Excel (pivot tables, lookups)

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team player

Curious and eager to learn

Budgeting basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

SAP

Job description

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

For over seven decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the Group has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories. Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for our consumers. Be it by constantly reinventing itself, committing to innovation, or embracing new technologies, the Group is shaping the future of luxury retail. It delivers seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the Group’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally. Chalhoub Group fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Sustainability is at the core of the Group’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. Chalhoub Group is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Role Overview

The Finance Trainee supports the Fashion Division finance team with budgeting, reporting and day-to-day financial analysis. It is a hands-on learning role for someone starting a career in finance who is curious about how a fashion business performs.

The trainee will join ahead of the annual budget cycle and work closely with the team on budget preparation, then build broader experience across management reporting and business partnering.

What You'll Be Doing

• Budgeting and forecasting

• Support preparation of the annual budget and periodic forecasts for the High End Fashion Division's brands and stores
• Collect, consolidate and check budget input from retail and merchandising teams
• Help maintain budget templates and track submission deadlines

• Reporting and analysis

• Assist with monthly management reports, including sales, gross margin and operating expenses
• Analyze actuals against budget and prior year, and help explain key variances
• Support month-end closing tasks, including accruals, reconciliations and journal preparation

• Business support

• Assist the finance team with data gathering and analysis for ongoing projects
• Help prepare supporting schedules and presentations as requested by the team
• Maintain organised files and records to support team projects

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field (recent graduates welcome)
• 0–1 year of experience; an internship in finance, audit or retail is a plus
• Progress towards professional qualifications (ACCA, CMA, CPA or similar) is an advantageStrong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups and basic formulas
• Good grasp of accounting principles and financial statements
• Familiarity with an ERP system (e.g. SAP) is a plus
• High attention to detail and accuracy with numbers
• Organized, able to manage deadlines during busy periods such as budget season
• Curious and eager to learn
• Team player with good communication skills and a positive attitude

What We Can Offer You

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

Using GenAI in Your Application Process

To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools. This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.