Job Description:
Contract: Permanent
Segment: Royal Canin
Location: Aimargues (30 min from Montpellier)
As a Junior Financial Controller, you will be part of the Global Finance Controllership Team, at the heart of Royal Canin’s financial operations. Amongst a team of 6 you will ensure the consolidation of 102 units worldwide within a multi-billion-dollar organization, ensuring the accuracy of financial data.
What are we looking for?You hold a Master’s degree in Finance and already have a first practical experience in finance roles, including internships or apprenticeships.
You are highly skilled in Excel and comfortable using digital tools like Power BI or Power Automate. Experience with an ERP or consolidation system is a strong plus.
You speak fluent English and have excellent communication skills; proficiency in French is a distinct advantage.
You are collaborative, open-minded, and enjoy working within diverse teams to help drive a positive team spirit.
You possess a natural curiosity, a high level of adaptability, and a proactive mindset with strong follow-through.
You are eager to fast-track your learning curve, develop your prioritization skills in a complex environment, and look forward to building relationships with key business stakeholders.
Support local financial controllers during the monthly closing process and perform quality checks on key indicators to ensure the accuracy of financial results.
Collaborate with the team to prepare balance sheet analyses and support the accounting consultation process.
Help strengthen internal controls by clarifying guidelines, improving processes, and coordinating key tracking procedures like inventory and short-term incentives.
Manage global intercompany reconciliation activities and support the roll-out of new intercompany digital tools and process updates.
Play an active role in our finance digital transformation, contributing to projects like ERP upgrades, new tool implementations, and system integrations.
Support our continuous improvement initiatives by helping set annual performance targets, monitoring progress, and keeping the team engaged in best practices.
You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!
You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group
Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world
All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate
Since 2017, Royal Canin has supported the K-DOG program of the Curie Institute, which trains dogs to detect breast cancer via olfaction
A unique and ideal work environment to become the leader in health through nutrition for cats and dogs!
You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production plant that will challenge you, on a daily basis
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Finance with initial practical experience (internships/apprenticeships)
- Highly skilled in Excel
- Comfortable using Power BI
- Familiarity with Power Automate
- Experience with an ERP or consolidation system
- Fluent English
- Proficiency in French
- Collaborative, open-minded team player
- Curiosity, adaptability, proactive mindset with strong follow-through
- Eagerness to learn quickly and build stakeholder relationships
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
