Senior Financial Controller

2 weeks ago


Shanghai, Shanghai, China L'Oréal Full time

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 You will be the Brand Controller for L'Oréal China (based in Shanghai), reporting to the BU Finance Head as an individual contributor within the local Finance team. You will own P&L performance across the brand scope, delivering timely insights and partnering with commercial teams to drive margin and growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • P&L Performance & Business Partnering: Monitor line, channel productivity & profitability; drive margin improvement initiatives and provide actionable recommendations to Brand and Sales partners.
  • Reporting & Close: Lead commercial monthly close processes and deliver accurate management reporting, trends and dashboards to the Group.
  • Planning & Variance Analysis: Build channel-related budgets and forecasts; analyze variances vs. budget and trend; anticipate risks & opportunities and propose mitigation.
  • Process & Project Delivery: Manage internal commercial processes (customer allowances, discounts) and lead ad-hoc commercial analyses and controlling projects to improve controls and efficiency.

We Are Looking For You are business-minded, hands-on and able to simplify complexity to drive decisions. You demonstrate strong learning agility, resilience and excellent stakeholder management — able to set realistic expectations and support retention through clear job previews.

Core Skills

  • Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management
  • P&L Management & Margin Optimization
  • Financial Reporting & Management Dashboards
  • Budgeting, Forecasting & Variance Analysis
  • SAP / Advanced Excel & Data Analysis

Requirements
Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting (preferred);

5+ years in finance/controlling (FMCG preferred);

Business-level English and fluent Mandarin;

Strong PowerPoint, financial modelling and reporting skills; result-driven and able to manage complex situations.

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

Join us at L'Oréal, the world's #1 beauty company present in over 150 markets. For over a century, we have been transforming; fueled by data, tech, innovation, and science. Together, we tackle big challenges while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

Our Finance teams combine deep business partnering with data-driven decision-making to support brands and accelerate growth while ensuring rigorous control and compliance.

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.



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