Junior Financial Controller, L'Oréal Germany

VIE (International Assignment – 18 months)

starting 1. October 2024

L’Oréal is present in 150 countries on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to one business: beauty. A unique and international portfolio of 36 complementary brands, generating over 23 billion euro of sales in 2021.

About the VIE/International Assignment program :

• The VIE program, is available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Monaco) aged 29 years or under.
• Please note that applications that are only submitted in French cannot be considered by our non-French speaking team members at L'Oréal worldwide.

For more information on the VIE/International Assignment please consult the following links for a definition of the program and details on the conditions :

So what will you do at L'Oréal Germany ?

Bring numbers to life!

Lots of people (and computers) know how to count… We believe the smartest are the ones able to tell the story behind the numbers. Our Finance team turns data into insights, risk analysis into solutions, while ensuring the Group’s financial performance is top notch.

We are looking for a Junior Financial Controller to join L'Oréal Germany in Düsseldorf to work on missions such as :

• Manage and ensure the delivery of specific KPIs in the context of the objectives defined by the team and ensure accurate and consistent local as well as international data flows;
• Manage the processes associated with the prebudget, budget and trend;
• Anticipate teh risks and opportunities inherent to the defined KPIs and recommend optimization solutions to the team and the respective stakeholders,
• Manage and consolidate the monthly closing process (SAP, Compass, Financial Consolidation) and deliver accurate and timely management reporting;
• Provide continuous training and knowledge sharing to the organization to ensure full understanding of the financial perspective in all business situations... to name but a few.

At L'Oréal we expect a level of initiative and entrepreneurial spirit that will allow you to propose new ideas and work on projects that you are passionate about! Are you ready to dare?

About you:

• Master’s degree in Economics, Finance & Accounting or Engineering
• An excellent communicator, you are rigorous, flexible and have profound analytical skills
• Great innovator skills
• Able to deal with a high operative workload
• Capable and passionate about working in an international environment
• Fluent English