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• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning
• Deliver financial reports with variance analysis and KPIs
• Provide strategic insights to support growth and profitability
• Prepare business cases for investment decisions
• Analyze product, customer, and channel profitability
• Monitor cost drivers and identify efficiency opportunities
• Support non-financial teams with financial guidance

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 7+ years of relevant Finance experience, ideally in manufacturing or multi-national settings
• Strong FP&A and budgeting background
• Fluent in English and Italian
• Skilled in data analysis and insight communication
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills
• Proactive, with sound commercial and operational understanding

EMEA Recruitment is exclusively partnering with a well-established luxury retail multi-national in its search for a Senior HR Business Partner – Corporate Functions to join the Zurich office.

The successful candidate will be responsible for acting as a strategic liaison between employees and senior management, ensuring that HR processes and initiatives are aligned with business goals.

This role focuses on delivering impactful HR solutions that enhance performance and employee engagement across various corporate departments.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, evolving environment where you will help shape organizational culture and drive meaningful change across the business.

Key responsibilities of the Senior HR Business Partner – Corporate Functions:

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders in departments such as Finance, Legal, and HR, aligning people strategy with business priorities

• Support change management initiatives by coaching leadership and promoting cross-functional collaboration

• Drive employee engagement and development by enhancing performance, retention, and career progression strategies

• Lead and implement global HR programs, working with internal stakeholders to deliver key strategic projects

Your profile:

• Extensive HR experience (10+ years) with a strong background in partnering with corporate functions

• Proven knowledge of and experience in Swiss labor law regulations and their practical application within international organizations

• Strong social skills with the ability to influence and build trust across all levels of the business

• Speaks German/Swiss German to native level and fluent in English, with excellent written and verbal communication abilities

EMEA Recruitment is committed to promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. We act as a neutral third party in the recruitment process, basing our candidate searches on skills and experience. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, sex, relationship status, disability, race, religion/beliefs, or sexual orientation.

• Build and maintain detailed analyses in the monthly gross margin and COGS analysis
• Identify areas in the production process that need improvement, applying a deep understanding of the end-to-end manufacturing cycle - experience with SAP is preferred for optimizing gross margin and COGS reporting
• Leverage an understanding of Accounting processes to ensure accurate and reliable analysis of gross margin and COGS data
• Analysis and extraction of key data from SAP to generate actionable insights, enabling effective decision-making
• Integrate GM/COGS analysis into monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and planning processes
• Perform cost control analysis within Operations and Supply Chain functions, providing actionable recommendations to improve cost efficiency

• Degree educated within Finance/Accounting
• Experience working within manufacturing or production
• Fluent in German, English or French
• Excellent costing knowledge 
• Strong SAP and Excel knowledge