Senior Finance Analyst (Professional Products Division)

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Senior Finance Analyst - PPD
Join our finance team as a Senior Finance Analyst and become a key player in driving our brand’s financial success! In this role, you will be a strategic business partner, providing insightful financial analysis and support to guide critical commercial decisions and maximize profitability.

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 €29 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. Experience the excitement of agility to shape the future of beauty; where diversity and purpose come together to create meaningful impact.
In the Professional Products Division, our mission is to be the partner of choice for the professional hair industry. Inspiring stylists and creating desirability amongst consumers with meaningful brands. We’re the founding Division for the L’Oréal group, with a rich history over 110 years. The 8-brand portfolio includes the likes of L’Oréal Professionnel, Kérastase, Redken and Matrix and the division is universally known for exclusively supplying salons and other professional customers with the most advanced technologies in hair and beauty products.

• To assist the Commercial Team in maximising profitable sales opportunities and monitoring of the commercial P&L evolution in order to promote optimal decision making within the business
• Provide Financial support and guidance to Commercial Teams
• Identify and inform Head of Commercial Finance of Commercial risks & opportunities
• Prepare monthly Financial and Management Reporting to Divisional & Corporate Management as well as to Head Office in Paris
• Ensure sales teams comply with promotional accrual processes and provisions are raised in SAP
• Preparation of key commercial reports including customer P&L’s and stock analysis
• Ad hoc projects to improve controls / reporting
• Manage the commercial balance sheet
• Create financial trends and budgets in line with brand and channel strategy
• Ensure controls are maintained in line with L’Oréal’s group standards and support with year end external audit
• Provide ad hoc analysis on specific topics of focus for brand and division managemen