Internship - Brand & Commercial Finance Controller Assistant

Internship – Brand & Commercial Finance Controller Assistant

Who we are ?

About Shiseido Group

Our mission : Beauty Innovations for a Better World

Founded in 1872 in Japan, Shiseido Group is within the Top 5 leading cosmetics companies in the world and aims to inspire a life of beauty and culture. Operating in 120 countries with 42,000 employees and 70 nationalities, Shiseido offers a unique selection of Skincare, Makeup and Fragrance brands with a projected turnover over £7.0bn in 2022. Celebrating 150 years of heritage in 2022, Shiseido constantly creates high-quality, safe and innovative cosmetics and develop brands deeply loved by people from all over the world, in line with our mission: Beauty Innovations for a Better World. Did you know that Shiseido is the most awarded company in terms of innovation with a record 26 FSCC Awards? With skincare being a key priority for expansion at the core of the business.

Brand & Commercial Controlling :

Have an active role in improving the brand reporting following the implementation of a new ERP system and assist the Brand & Commercial Finance team with the following:

• Analyze the expenses of the regional headquarters & look for potential optimization
• Analyze the impact of business KPIs to help the Marketing & Commercial team in their
• strategic decisions
• Help analyze the data accuracy and consistency across the systems.
• Assist in the re-build of reporting and analysis file with the integration of the new system.
• Run monthly allocation tool as part of month-end closing tasks for RHQ

Brand & Commercial Monthly Reporting :

• Update monthly reporting & help analyze discrepancies vs Budget (Sales, P&L)

Brand & Commercial Budget Monitoring :

• Purchase Orders monthly follow-up
• Help the EMEA teams with their budget monitoring (Marketing, Brand Holder, Digital etc.)
• Participate in the budget review meetings with the teams, understand their needs and challenge their expenses.

Brand & Commercial Review :

Help prepare presentations for ie. brand reviews with EMEA Top Management.

Profile

Our ideal candidate would have/be:

• In the process of getting a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance & Accounting preferred or equivalent.
• Analytical thinking, ablet to work independently as well as being collaborative with the rest of the team. Takes initiative to drive action and results.
• Previous experience working in a similar Finance scope for a global business highly desirable.
• Proficiency in excel and MS Office; PowerBI is an added benefit.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High standard of accuracy and precision; highly organized; good operational...
• Highly motivated, analytical and takes initiative to improve processes and completion of work in an efficient manner.
• Quick learner with a positive and proactive attitude.
• Proficiency in English – oral and written.