Finance Industrial Placement 2026

Finance Industrial Placement 2026

As a billion-pound company, success often stems from managing the P&L effectively. At L’Oréal, finance is not just about sitting on Excel—you’ll have direct exposure to people in all functions, including Marketing, Commercial, Purchasing, and IT. This provides you with the perfect opportunity to understand how L'Oréal operates.

You will...

You’ll be placed in one of our 37 brands or corporate teams and become an integral part of the team, using all major financial software programs such as Salesforce, SAP, and Magnitude. This role will test and develop your financial awareness, business acumen, and interpersonal skills. You’ll undertake projects (e.g., cost-efficiency projects, financial reporting, etc.) alongside your day-to-day duties and ad hoc report requests.

Day-to-day, you may be:

• Ensuring compliance with internal procedures, Accounting & Finance standards, and audit requirements
• Assisting finance controllers and supporting Marketing and/or Commercial teams on a day-to-day basis
• Contributing from a finance perspective to initiatives to grow the business, ranging from product launches and marketing activities to pricing and commercial activities
• Participating in the monthly financial closing:
• Ensuring costs are booked correctly (e.g., purchase orders tracking)
• Tracking actual costs vs. forecasts (variance analysis)
• Month-end reconciliation (e.g., media spends in relation to internal and external teams in media agencies, media commissions, commercial balance sheet reconciliation, etc.)
• Providing key corporate decision-makers with timely and accurate information/data

You have...

To succeed in this role, you’ll need:

• Strong communication and networking skills—both verbal and written
• Excellent attention to detail
• A results-driven mindset with respect for deadlines
• Proactivity and a curious mindset
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to multitask

You are...

• In your second year at university on a course that includes an Industrial Placement Year (unfortunately, graduates are not eligible)
• Enthusiastic about learning and keen to work hard on building new skills
• Curious and excited to ask questions!
• A strong communicator

Next steps...

Once you click apply, you’ll be asked some questions to check your eligibility for this role. These will include questions about your current situation, whether you’re happy with the salary, location, etc.

If eligible, we will send you over some online tests to complete.

Once we have your results, our recruiters will conduct a final review of your entire application and, if successful, invite you to an Assessment Centre. Please be patient with us as we receive a high volume of applications and want to spend time reviewing each one.

Please note:

If you apply for more than one role, you’ll be put forward for the one we deem most suitable for you. If you have a strong preference, please only apply to that one role to ensure you’re considered for the correct role.

You can apply to up to three jobs within a rolling 30-day window.You cannot withdraw your application once you applied, so please make sure to choose a job that matches your dreams.Please visit "Your Application Space" to see the jobs you have already applied to.

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How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button. Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.