Financial Controller - 

Global Beauty Tech (IT services Entity)

Unleash Your Potential at L'Oréal's Beauty Tech! 

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to one business: Beauty. Present in 150 countries across five continents and with €42 billion consolidated sales, L'Oréal is the global industry leader. With 37 global beauty brands across four divisions, L’Oréal offers beauty for each covering all beauty categories and catering to all beauty desires. With the acquisition of the Australian brand Aēsop in 2023, the Group continues to expand its portfolio through targeted acquisitions as part of its drive to create the future of beauty. 

Today, L’Oréal includes more than 2,000 tech positions and is constantly growing. Beauty Tech is changing the game and leading the shift towards new consumer realities and a digital disruption. Championing Beauty Tech, we invent the beauty of the future while becoming the company of the future. 

Beauty Tech is how we know our consumers intimately, augmenting their beauty journeys with unparalleled diverse and sustainable experiences. Beauty Tech equips the Group with the key assets it needs to conquer this new world, where Tech has become strategic. With this ambition, L’Oréal continues to recruit diverse, innovative, skilled and passionate minds in different tech domains such as Data, Digital, Cloud, Cyber Security, IT Architecture, DevOps, Applications and Infrastructure. 

Our primary challenges revolve around financial analysis, ROI assessment, and strategic financial planning. We focus on optimizing financial controlling processes and procedures within Global Beauty Tech, one of the fastest-growing sectors. Our goal is to implement a value-creation evaluation logic for every project, whether it's a business platform or a technological platform, focusing on ROI (Return on Investment). We are a diverse team of six Financial Controllers, each dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our financial operations. We value diversity and inclusivity, ensuring everyone feels welcomed and valued. We regularly engage in team-building activities, encourage open communication, and celebrate our successes together. We focus on professional growth and development, allowing each team member to advance their skills and career.

The ideal candidate will ensure the accuracy and compliance of financial reporting, perform monthly closures, and maintain robust internal controls and procedures. This role demands a strong understanding of both financial management and business partnering in a value-creation strategy.

Missions of the job

Our mission is to:

manage reliable financial statements through efficient financial resource management, 

secure budgeting and trend planning, monthly closings, and ad hoc analyses. 

The business objective involves: 

collaborating with performance officers to monitor and enhance performance, 

partnering with the global financial community, 

and supporting the Finance Beauty Tech team in transforming the function. 

We aim to foster team spirit by encouraging collaboration, flexibility, and respect among team members, while maintaining a positive attitude and supporting each other. 

Activity-wise, we monitor performance, assist in value creation, participate in operational teams, and ensure continuous risk and opportunity evaluation. Our objective is to ensure internal control, guarantee the integrity of financial data, minimize risks, and adhere to group procedures. We also focus on personal and professional development by enhancing skills, promoting the controlling function, and ensuring the sustainability of our practices within the Beauty Tech financial community.

Mandatory skills

We are recruiting a senior, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial professional with 6 to 7 years of relevant experience. 

The ideal candidate should have:

- strong economic acumen, 

- excellent interpersonal skills, 

- and expertise in accounting. 

Proficiency in the 20/80 principle and an understanding of master data and data quality are also essential.

Nice to have skills

We seek an IT-passionate individual with knowledge in SAP S4Hana (or previous versions), experience with Anaplan solutions, proficiency in Office pack with PowerQuery and PowerBI, and the ability to adapt and learn new tools and features developed throughout the year.