Commercial Controller

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.

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
• 2-5 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
• A competitive salary that is adjusted annually based on good performance
• 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.

Applying Do you think you are ready for this challenge and do you meet the stated requirements? Then apply quickly!

Diversity in recruitment At L’Oréal, we do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, or age:

"A diversified workforce in every function and on all levels strengthens our creativity and our understanding of consumers and it enables us to develop and market products that are relevant." (Jean-Paul Agon, CEO of L’Oréal)

Want to know what it's like to work for L’Oréal Benelux? Then check out the career site: https://www.linkedin.com/company/loreal/life/