Regional Finance Controller – East Full Time NEW

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JOB TITLE: Regional Finance Controller – East

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 a Regional Controller, you will be a key financial architect for a Brand or Channel in Mumbai. This is a dynamic role where you will take full ownership of the P&L, acting as a true business partner to the commercial and marketing teams across multiple divisions to drive financial performance and sustainable growth.

You Will Be Responsible For

• P&L Management: Taking end-to-end financial responsibility for the business P&L, driving gross margins, and ensuring every line item is reviewed and optimized.
• Business Partnership: Working closely with business teams to enable them to achieve their objectives, providing timely analysis and strategic inputs to drive an ROI-focused mindset.
• Forecasting & Reporting: Preparing and presenting budgets and trends, ensuring timely monthly closings, and delivering full analysis of all performance drivers.
• Process & Compliance: Driving the implementation of finance policies, ensuring all processes are followed, and supporting internal control audits.

We Are Looking For

You are a Chartered Accountant or an MBA from a top-tier institute with an experienced background in the FMCG sector. You are a solution-oriented professional with a strong understanding of the commercial environment.

• You have a proven ability to manage a P&L and drive financial performance.
• You excel at integrating with commercial and brand teams, acting as a trusted business partner.
• You possess strong analytical skills and a high level of accuracy, with proficiency in SAP and other business tools.
• You are agile and adaptable, capable of managing complexity and respecting tight deadlines.
• You have a proactive mindset, focusing on day-to-day business drivers to make timely, informed decisions.

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.

Who We Are

For 115 years, L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty player, has devoted itself to one thing only: fulfilling the beauty aspirations of consumers around the world.

With our broad portfolio of 37 international brands and ambitious sustainability commitments in our L’Oréal for the Future program, we offer every person around the world the best in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility, while celebrating beauty in its infinite plurality.

Present in India since 1994, L’Oréal India is a 100% subsidiary of L’Oréal S.A. Today, L’Oréal India is present on all distribution channels with 27 brands, available in consumer channels (L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup); in hair and beauty salons (L’Oréal Professionnel, Matrix, Kérastase, Redken); in selective distribution (Kiehl’s, Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent), CeraVe and La Roche-Posay in pharmacies and drugstores, and perfumes and make-up sold through L’Oréal International Distribution (Armani, Prada, Valentino, Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Victor & Rolf, Mugler, Azzaro, Maison Margiela, Cacharel, Guy Laroche, Urban Decay, Paloma Picasso, Youth To The People).

L’Oréal India employs more than 1,800 people in its head office in Mumbai, four regional offices, two production plants in Chakan (Maharashtra) and Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), two Research and Innovation centers in Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Bengaluru (Karnataka) and one India Technology Hub in Hyderabad.

In India, L’Oréal’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are built around three pillars: empowerment, environment and education. In addition to the group’s CSR commitments, L’Oréal’s brands (L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, Kérastase, Matrix, L’Oréal Professionnel) are also leading community impact initiatives in India.