Hello, we’re L’Oréal. We're not just building brands, we're shaping how the world experiences beauty (and it takes a lot of cool jobs to do it). Intrigued? Keep reading, this might be the opportunity you've been searching for.

A Day in the Life 

As a pivotal member of the Finance team, you will lead the Commercial Finance function for one of L’Oreal UKI’s Divisions, strategically partnering with the Sales teams. Reporting directly to the Commercial Finance Director for the Division, you will work closely with key senior stakeholders across the business to drive performance against our growth and profitability objectives as well as support strategic decision-making. The role is part of a team of 5 in Commercial Finance and ensures the team’s objectives are aligned with the Division’s overarching functional goals.

Performance Management: Establish KPIs and financial metrics to monitor, challenge and drive business and financial performance from the Commercial departments.

Leadership: Support a Commercial Finance team, ensuring the delivery of influential and high-quality financial analysis, reporting, and insights across all commercial areas, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.

Investment Appraisal: Lead the evaluation, provide financial insights and make decisions on investment opportunities, commercial terms, sales initiatives, and other strategic commercial projects. 

Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to senior management, providing financial insights and recommendations to support decision-making across all commercial functions. This role is expected to effectively challenge performance at every level of the organisation. 

Change leadership: Observe and diagnose areas for required change and champion solutions to the Commercial functions and Divisional Leadership team. Develop and implement financial strategies to support the company’s long-term growth objectives.

Market and Competitor Awareness: Understand the retail markets and competitors to an expert level of detail.

Risk Management: Identify and mitigate financial risks, ensuring robust financial controls and compliance with regulatory requirements in all commercial activities. 

Audit: Take the lead on any audit queries (internal and external) linked to Customer Allowances, Commercial Balance Sheet and stock management 

Who You Are

Organised: You have a list and have strong planning and organisation skills – with the ability to re-prioritise as required. 

Measured: We want to track the success of our campaigns and initiatives so projects must be able to show ROI. 

Accurate: You work to a high degree of accuracy and meet deadlines. 

Entrepreneurial. Every day, you spot opportunities to drive growth for our brand and our customers, making sure the good name of our brand is always protected. 

Proactive and Open: L’Oreal is for the pioneers, which means embracing innovative ideas, challenges and change with positivity and a hands-on approach. 

Teams are the new heroes: There is no better feeling than being part of a successful and dynamic team, so even if you are Superman or Wonder Woman, you recognise that teams are the real heroes. 

Only Human: we all make mistakes, but you are not afraid of failure. You learn and show how the experience has helped the business learn for the future and benefitted all. 

Ambitious: You crave success, and L’Oréal is the ultimate place to achieve your dreams. We will support you all the way and make sure you have the support and development in place to help you succeed. 

You. You are real. And you are true to yourself. We cherish and celebrate diversity so you will feel right at home whoever you are. 

Additionally:

Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master's degree is highly preferred. 

Professional Qualifications: A professional accounting qualification (e.g., CIMA, ACA, ACCA) is essential, with 5+ years of post-qualification experience 

Experience: Proven experience in a senior Commercial Finance role, preferably within the cosmetics or consumer goods industry. 

Skills: 

Strong analytical and financial modelling skills, with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel. 

Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to influence and build relationships with senior stakeholders. 

Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to problem-solving. 

Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and other financial software is preferred. 

Deep understanding of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.

What’s In It For You

A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)

Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal

An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!

A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference

Who We Are 

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

Our Finance and Legal Teams are organized in agile and transversal structure to combine a high level of expertise with a deep understanding of business stakes. Our teams have seized the full potential of the Data and the Fintech revolution to reinvent a real-time, highly reactive management of performance that encompasses all areas of value creation: Data, New Online and Services Business models, as well as Sustainability. In the L’Oréal Luxe Division, we create the very best of luxury beauty. Our portfolio makes up 26 brands of which 17 are global, including the highly-aspirational and multi-expert ones such as Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent and Giorgio Armani. Thanks to our strong, balanced and complementary portfolio as well as our incredibly talented team of experts we are perfectly equipped to meet the endless and all-encompassing demands of luxury consumers around the world.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.