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 the Zone Finance Transformation Manager, you will be a key driver of change within our Finance function across the diverse and dynamic SAPMENA (South Asia Pacific, Middle East, North Africa) zone. You will be at the forefront of identifying, designing, and implementing innovative solutions to enhance our financial processes, working closely with various markets and stakeholders to ensure seamless adoption and sustainable improvement.

• Drive Transformation: You will lead and manage strategic finance projects aimed at process optimization, system enhancement, and adopting new ways of working across the SAPMENA markets.
• Champion Innovation: Act as a catalyst for change by exploring and implementing new technologies, including AI, to drive efficiency and advance the capabilities of our finance teams.
• Collaborate and Influence: Partner with a wide range of stakeholders, from local market finance teams to global project leaders and IT partners, to understand their needs, navigate complex processes, and ensure successful project rollout.
• Manage Change: Develop and execute change management plans, providing support and training to ensure new processes and tools are effectively embedded within the organization.

We Are Looking For

We are seeking a forward-thinking and proactive individual who is driven to challenge the status quo and find better ways of working. You are a natural collaborator, able to navigate a complex, multicultural environment with ease.

• Relevant Experience: You have over 8 years of related work experience in roles that combine finance and technology. You possess a strong mix of knowledge across financial processes, data analytics, and technical systems.
• Project Management: Proven ability to manage complex projects from conception to completion, ensuring deadlines and objectives are met.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, influence, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Change Management: Experience driving organizational change, with a talent for bringing people along on a transformation journey.
• Analytical & Strategic Thinking: Strong analytical skills to understand complex processes and a strategic mindset to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Digital Acumen: A strong interest in and understanding of new technologies, with experience or knowledge in leveraging AI and data to drive business value.

• Fluency in English is required; proficiency in SAPMENA local languages or French is a plus.

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 an 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.

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.