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Internship
England
London
Finance
Full - Time
01-Oct-2024


Based: Current Location: White City, London

Duration: 1 Year

Start Dates: Monday 30th June 2025

Application Deadline: 11th 

Annual Salary: £25,210



As a billion-pound company, success often stems from managing the P&L effectively. At L’Oréal finance is not just sitting on Excel, you will have direct exposure to people in all functions including marketing, commercial, purchasing and IT providing you with the perfect opportunity to understand how L'Oréal operates.


You will...


You will be placed in one of our 34 brands or corporate team and become an integral part of the team using all major financial software programmes i.e. Salesforce, SAP and Magnitude. The role will test and develop your financial awareness, business acumen and interpersonal skills. You will undertake projects (e.g. cost-efficiency projects, financial reporting, etc.) alongside your day to day duties and ad hoc report requests.


Day-to-day you may be...

  •  Ensuring compliance with internal procedures, Accounting & Finance standards as well as audit requirements
  • Assisting finance controllers and supporting marketing and/or commercial teams on a day-to-day basis
  • Contributing from a finance perspective to initiatives to grow the business, ranging from product launches and marketing activities to pricing and commercial activities.
  • Participating in the monthly financial closing:
    •   Ensuring costs are booked correctly (purchase orders tracking
    • Tracking actuals costs vs. forecasts (variance analysis),
    • Month-end reconciliation (e.g. media spends in relation with internal and external teams in media agency, media commissions, commercial balance sheet reconciliation, etc.).
  • Providing key corporate decision-makers with timely and accurate information/data.

You have... 

In order to be successful in this role you will need to have:


  • Strong communication and networking skills – verbal and writing
  • Excellent attention to detail 
  • Results driven and respect for deadlines
  • Proactivity
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to multi-tasking



You are... 


  • In your second year at University on a course which enables you to take an Industrial Placement Year (unfortunately if you are graduated you are not eligible). 
  • Enthusiastic about learning and keen to work hard on building new skills
  • Curious and excited to ask questions!
  • A strong communicator


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