Senior Commercial Controller

Als Commercial Controller bei L’Oréal Benelux bist du ein wichtiger Business Partner der Commercial Teams. Du lieferst und analysierst die finanzielle Performance für Kanäle und Kunden und beeinflusst kommerzielle Teams dabei, Wert im Geschäft zu schaffen.

Professional Products Division

About the Role

As a Commercial Controller at L’Oréal Benelux, you will be a key business partner of commercial teams, providing and analyzing financial performance for channels & customers, influencing commercial teams to drive value in the business.

What will you do?

• Lead budget, trends and actual financial results on your perimeter in line with Group’s standards, guidelines and deadlines.
• Analyse B2C channel performance and provide key insights to understand the dynamic of the market and clients
• Anticipate and identify risks and opportunities within your channels.
• Influence with financial data strategic commercial decisions to drive value in the business.
• Contribute actively to the Sales and Finance transformation journey by optimizing processes, enhancing efficiency and driving financial performance to create value for the organization.
• Optimise financial systems usage and efficiency (SAP, BOOST, COMPASS) as well as leverage knowledge and intuition around systems.
• Be the guardian of Internal Control and minimizing the risk exposure for your area of responsibilities.
• Be a key player within the finance team, demonstrating generosity, proactivity and positive mindset
• Build a strong relationship with sales team, positioning yourself as a finance business partner.

About the division

The Professional Products Division found its roots within L’Oréal 115 years ago. Since then, our mission has always been to bring professional beauty to all, by leveraging the expertise and creativity of hairstylists.

This spirit of innovation and deep-rooted collaboration with hairstylists has always defined our DNA. We all have a clear mission: to bring professional beauty to all. This mission drives everything we do, ensuring that our products and services empower hairstylists to create exceptional and tailor-made beauty experiences.

• We have the strongest brand portfolio of the professional beauty industry. We cover all hair needs at all price points.
• We have unleashed the power of our brands. We capitalize on our strong salon footprint and we accelerate in e-commerce and specialty retail.
• Tech is redefining our value proposition towards hairstylists & consumers. Tech is reinventing the way we develop our products, the way we serve our stylists, the way we protect our planet

Who are we looking for?

Hard skills

For this position, we are looking for someone who meets at least the following requirements:

• Holds a Master's degree in Finance
• 3+ years of work experience in business controlling/auditing/financial management
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written. French and/or Dutch is a must.
• Strong computer skills required for the full Office portfolio
• Data literacy is a plus
• Proficient use of SAP and Power BI is a plus
• Experience at a Big4 and/or in FMCG/retail is a plus

Soft skills

As leading company in the beauty market, you can assume that L’Oréal will challenge you in this role to get the best out of yourself. You will need to be able to deal with rapid changes, short lines of communication, and hands-on solutions. At the same time, the interests of our strategic partners and consumers always come first. It is crucial that you maintain an overview in this complex environment.

For this reason, we are looking for someone with the following personal characteristics:

• Strong analytical, organizing and problem-solving skills
• Autonomous, proficient and can-do mindset
• Team spirit / cooperative mindset – willing to connect with and outside of the team
• Strong communicator
• Ambition to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced and matrix work environment
• Agility and solution driven
• Curious and learning agility

What do we offer?

When you start at L’Oréal, you are given a high degree of personal responsibility from day one. To help you develop, we offer an introduction program and an individual training program. Training can be local or at the global headquarters in Paris—an enriching experience where you will meet international peers.

And you will also find with us:

• An inspiring work environment with ambitious colleagues
• Healthy career prospects with good development and growth opportunities
• Good secondary employment conditions, including a 13th month, profit sharing, a discount on health insurance, and a favorable pension scheme
• Discounts on L’Oréal products and with strategic partners

Finally, a significant added value of working at L’Oréal is that you will collaborate with a diversity of people and functions. This offers you the chance to broaden your knowledge of different fields. You will work with colleagues from disciplines such as Sales, Marketing, Digital, and Supply Chain.