Brand & Commercial Finance Controller Assistant

Brand & Commercial Finance Controller Assistant

Internship 6 months - July 2025 - Paris 8th

Who we are?

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 36,000 employees and 100 nationalities, Shiseido offers a unique selection of Skincare, Makeup, and Fragrance brands with a projected turnover over £6.7bn in 2023. Celebrating 150 years of heritage in 2022, Shiseido constantly creates high-quality, safe, and innovative cosmetics and develops brands deeply loved by people from all over the world, in line with our mission: Beauty Innovations for a Better World.

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 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, able to work independently as well as collaboratively 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 skills.
• Highly motivated, analytical, and takes initiative to improve processes and complete work efficiently.
• Quick learner with a positive and proactive attitude.
• Proficiency in English – oral and written.