Finance Internship
6-month internship - Hoofddorp, NL - Paid (1000/month) - full time - per February 2027
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
Reporting to a Finance or Business Analyst Manager at our Benelux HQ in Hoofddorp (just outside Amsterdam), you will join our team for a 6-month, full-time internship starting in February. During the recruitment process, we will carefully match you with the right internship for your profile:
- Finance: Act as a true business co-pilot by analyzing financial performance, preparing reports, monitoring budgets, and assisting with the monthly close.
- Business Analyst: Shape commercial strategy by collecting and analyzing sales and market data, identifying growth trends, and optimizing promotional activities.
We Are Looking For
You are a final-year Bachelor or Master student, fluent in English and either Dutch or French (non-thesis) who demonstrates:
- Analytical & Logical Minds: You enjoy working with numbers, spreadsheets do not scare you, and you have strong attention to detail.
- Strategic Storytellers: You like translating complex sales and market data into concrete recommendations that help guide our business decisions.
- Project Ownership: An organized self-starter who runs projects from start to finish with strong attention to detail under pressure.
- Agility & Collaboration: Partnering seamlessly across sales, marketing, and finance teams in a fast-paced environment.
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
What We Offer
Connect with a vibrant community of fellow interns through monthly events, onboarding sessions, and exclusive L'Oréal product discounts, all while receiving dedicated daily guidance from your manager and continuous support from the HR team to develop your skills.
Plus, you will benefit from other great perks:
- Monthly gross salary of €1000
- Full reimbursement for your daily commute to the office
- 6 paid holidays to recharge
- A professional laptop provided from day one
- Access to internal online learning platforms
- One day a week working from home
- If needed, up to 1 month of temporary accommodation for interns coming from Belgium
Get Ready to Join Us
Boost your chances of success by exploring these resources before you apply:
- Know our business: Get to know the world leader in beauty, from makeup to hair care and Beauty Tech. [1] L’Oréal, world leader in beauty
- Showcase your talent: Register for Brandstorm 2026, our global innovation competition, to level up your profile. [2] Brandstorm 2026
- Ace your application: Watch our recruiter-led "Tips and Tricks" to help you prepare your CV and interviews. [3] Career Tips & Tricks
What to Expect in the Application Process
- Application review: We'll review your application and, if there's a potential fit, invite you to a first HR interview to learn more about you.
- Division matching: Based on your aspirations and our needs, we'll determine which of our four divisions - Consumer Products (CPD), L’Oréal Luxe, Professional Products (PPD), and L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty (LDB) - is the best fit for your career journey.
- Manager review: Once we've identified a potential match, we'll share your profile with the hiring manager.
- Manager interview: If the hiring manager is interested, we'll set up an interview for you to meet.
- The offer: If everyone agrees you're the perfect fit, we'll make an offer!
Who We Are
Join us at L’Oréal, the world's #1 beauty company present in over 150 markets. For over a century, we have been transforming; fueled by data, tech, innovation, and science. Together, we tackle big challenges while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.
Our Finance and Legal Teams are organized in agile and transversal structures to combine a high level of expertise with a deep understanding of business stakes. Our teams have seized the full potential of the Data and the Fintech revolution to reinvent a real-time, highly reactive management of performance that encompasses all areas of value creation.
We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Want to discover more about L’Oréal Careers? Get the insider tips from L’Oréal recruiters on TikTok @LorealGroupe!
References
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1. https://www.loreal.com/
2. https://brandstorm.loreal.com/?utm_source=careers&utm_medium=email_trig&utm_content=oa_brde_brandstorm-netherlands_text_cv&utm_campaign=oa_brde_brandstorm-netherlands_careers-benelux
3. https://www.youtube.com/
