Finance & Legal:
catalysts for value creation
Beyond the numbers
You won’t just monitor budgets or draft contracts here. At L’Oréal, Finance and Legal teams do more than help the business make smarter decisions and navigate risk. We are true business partners, leveraging AI and data to drive sustainable growth and create long-term value for all our stakeholders.
Working across 40 global brands, you’ll partner closely with teams across the business and corporate functions, turning complex challenges into clear decisions and long-term value. If you want to be a trusted partner and a driver of transformation, you’ve found your team.
Your career in Finance and Legal
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Business Finance
As a co-pilot for our brands, divisions, and functions such as Beauty Tech, Operations, or R&I, you will manage the complete P&L and oversee budgets. Additionally, you will drive strategic transformation projects, translating marketing and commercial strategies into sustainable financial performance.
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Finance Transformation
You are the architects of our future. You will lead large-scale projects, optimize processes, and harness the power of AI and data to build a truly data-augmented Finance community, the most agile in the industry.
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Corporate Finance, Treasury and Tax
Protect and scale the group. From managing currency risks and strategic M&A to investor relations, you safeguard our financial health and fuel the long-term growth of our global beauty portfolio.
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Accounting, Consolidation and Internal Control
You are the builders of trust. You ensure the integrity of our financial data and the robustness of our processes, providing the solid foundation that allows the business to take bold risks safely.
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Sustainable Finance
You turn our 'L'Oréal for the Future' commitments into financial reality. By integrating environmental and social KPIs into our financial steering, you prove that finance is a true catalyst for change, where profit and purpose complement each other.
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Legal & Compliance
Navigate the frontier and protect our future. More than compliance, you partner directly with the business: protecting 600+ new patents annually, guiding high-stakes M&A, and shaping ethical frameworks for AI and sustainability. You provide the legal clarity that allows our innovators to move fast.
What comes next?
You decide
We believe in breaking down silos. Here, your career path is as dynamic as our industry. Around 30% of our people move between functions or expertise areas every year, transitioning from Business Finance to Transformation or Internal Control to broaden their strategic impact and build a holistic view of the business.
Continuous learning is at the heart of our culture. With an average of 40 hours of training a year and a connected global network of 5,000 peers, we empower you to become a future-fit, value-skilled leader. Whether it’s mastering Legal for AI, driving data-augmented Finance, or embedding ESG into investment decisions, we don’t just wait for industry transformation, we train you to lead it.
Think you’d be a great fit? We’d love to see you apply
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See all Finance & Legal jobsNot here to observe.
Here to influence
More than gatekeepers: strategic co-pilots. Take ownership from day one, push boundaries, and unlock business potential to drive sustainable growth across the organization.
Immersed at the core of the business. Gain a 360° strategic view alongside top management. Through continuous exposure and dedicated upskilling, you don't just follow change - you build the skills of the future.
You won't do it alone. We tackle complex problems as a deeply interconnected, inclusive, and supportive community, where people of every background are celebrated and knowledge is shared openly.
Finally, because we champion sustainable finance, your work goes beyond profit. You will help make informed choices that deliver measurably positive financial, environmental, and social impacts.
We are
catalysts for change
In Finance and Legal, sustainability isn't just a concept; it is purpose in action. To maximize value creation, we ensure every strategic choice aligns with our 'L'Oréal for the Future' roadmap. We turn ethical commitments into measurable financial reality, because we know that performance is meaningless if it is not sustainable.
- SOLSTICE: our €50 million debt fund accelerating the decarbonization of our suppliers and industrial partners.
- Triple 'A' Leadership: recognised for the 10th consecutive year with an outstanding CDP triple 'A' score for climate, water, and forest protection.
- Impact Investing: managing €250 million dedicated to social and environmental impact through our philanthropic funds.
Facts, not claims
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new patents filed in 2025, supporting a €1.38 billion investment in research and innovation. Our legal teams protect our global reach of 44,200 patents.
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portfolio companies BOLD, our venture capital fund, partners with the next generation of beauty innovators and disruptors through 3 main investment hubs in North America, Europe and North Asia
€4B
acquisition value of Kering Beauté’s assets. By orchestrating major strategic moves like adding Creed, Bottega Veneta, and Balenciaga, we bolster our leadership in global luxury.
What our people say
At L’Oréal, you never stay still. If you’re curious, willing to learn and open to doing things differently, doors open.
Tristan, Strategic Manager
From analysing the business
to helping run it
We don’t just hire for what you know today; we bet on your potential to build the skills of the future. From day one, you’ll team up with people from different backgrounds, cultures, and fields of expertise. We don't all look or think the same, but what unites this Finance & Legal community is our shared energy and the drive to make things happen.
Management traineeship, internships, apprenticeships, and our Brandstorm competition are our primary gateways for early careers. For experienced hires, we seek experts ready to move from advising the business to actively running it as a strategic partner.
What we look for:
Legal & Compliance: Future-ready experts in AI, proactive risk managers and all-around legal leaders.
Finance: Strategic business partners with a mastery of data analysis and transformation management.
Have you heard of L'Oréal Brandstorm?
Under 30, full of ideas and ready to kick-start your career at L’Oréal? Discover L’Oréal Brandstorm, the biggest youth innovation competition worldwide. Taking part isn't just about pitching, it’s one of the fastest ways to stand out to our recruiters. Every year, hundreds of participants turn their ideas into real careers with us.
Discover L'Oréal BrandstormGot questions? We have the answers
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Honestly? No. You don’t need to know every lipstick shade, but you do need to be obsessed with business impact. We need experts who find beauty in complex data, disruptive M&A and the legal frontier of AI. We value your analytical rigour more than your make-up routine.
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Not at all. Finance and Legal teams help shape strategy, manage risk and support major decisions across the group. Only 10% of our employees are actual marketers, and while marketing may be visible externally, thousands of specialist roles keep the business moving behind the scenes.
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You will find the same analytical excellence - with direct ownership. Move from analyzing performance from the outside to running the business from the inside, driving the decisions you help shape.
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No. Expertise matters here, but so does adaptability. People regularly move across functions, specialisms and business areas to build broader experience over time. The goal is not to stay in one box forever, but to grow your versatility and skill set.
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