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 our Commercial Finance Manager for the L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty (LDB) Division, you will be the key financial architect shaping our commercial success in the Nordics. Reporting to the Finance Director of the division, you will lead a team of two and act as a strategic business partner to our Commercial team and General Management, ensuring our growth is both ambitious and profitable.
In this role, you will:
- Lead Financial Steering: Own the financial landing processes for the division, proactively managing the P&L from Net Sales to Gross Margin. You'll navigate risks and opportunities to ensure we meet our financial targets.
- Drive Strategic Forecasting: Orchestrate the end-to-end commercial forecast, collaborating closely with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain to build robust, data-driven plans that reflect market dynamics.
- Ensure Commercial Governance: Serve as the primary financial validator for all commercial activities. You will approve pricing strategies, promotional plans, and trade terms to safeguard brand equity and divisional profitability.
- Deliver Performance Analysis: Dive deep into channel and client performance data to provide actionable insights, challenge commercial assumptions, and enhance our Gross-to-Net efficiency.
We Are Looking For
We are seeking a candidate with a strong business acumen and the ability to translate complex data into clear, strategic actions. You are a natural leader who can empower a team and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
To succeed in this role, you have:
- Financial Acumen: A solid understanding of P&L management, ideally gained within an FMCG or similar fast-paced environment.
- Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Proven ability to analyze financial data, identify key insights, and provide actionable recommendations.
- Leadership & Influence: Experience leading and developing talent, with the capacity to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels.
- Technical Proficiency: Advanced skills in Excel are essential. Experience with SAP or Power BI is a significant advantage.
- Collaborative Spirit: An ability to work seamlessly across functions, fostering collaboration between commercial and finance teams.
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 a 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.
The mission of L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty is to “Pioneer health and beauty to give the world life-changing and sustainable dermatological solutions for all.” Our brands, including Vichy, La Roche Posay, and CeraVe, are trusted & recommended by dermatologists, general practitioners, and pharmacists all over 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.