Senior manager HR Transformation – Finance
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
This is a fixed-term assignment for 12 months
As Coty accelerates its HR Transformation, the Senior manager HR Transformation – Finance plays a pivotal role in translating strategic design into operational execution. This role enables the successful deployment of the new operating model by supporting the transformation agenda across Finance.
The role balances strategic direction with practical ambition, mid-level complexity, pace, and cross-functional dependency, ensuring solutions are aligned, scalable, and embedded. As our Senior Manager, HR Transformation – Finance, you are responsible for design, deployment, and change. To do this effectively, you will also contribute a portion of activities to support the overall HR transformation lead.
In this role, your activities ranges from contributing and translation HR transformation strategy into execution by shaping organization design, role clarity, grading, talent deployment, and change enablement. You will also define governance structures, monitor KPIs, and coordinate labor/employee relations processes, ensuring consistency across functions and regions. The role reports into the HR Lead for finance transformation.
Your Main Focus
Organizational Design & Governance
Partner with HR Leads and project teams to design organizational structures. Work with rewards team to define grading frameworks, archetype roles, and clear role responsibilities, skills, and competencies. Ensure visibility of changes through structured communication sessions with key stakeholders. Define and monitor governance mechanisms to secure cross-functional alignment, while aligning frameworks to support transparency and fairness.
Transformation Deployment
Translate organizational changes into practical deployment plans. Support formal documentation for European and local Works Councils alongside the project teams. Partner with local HR teams & connecting with the project teams to ensure a high understanding of deployment needs and processes
Data, systems & structure readiness
Define data and system requirements arising from transformation. Ensure data accuracy and consistency remains high across all touchpoints. Coordinate headcount and other HR KPI tracking
Program coordination & interlock
Support coordination of deployment plans across key transformation workstreams and stakeholders Monitor dependencies and ensure governance integrity.
Talent management
Coordinate talent management initiatives to reduce retention risk throughout the transformation, particularly across the main regions US, France, DACH, UKI, and the Netherlands. Coordinate recruitment efforts part of the transformation, including maximizing internal opportunities for vacancies and impacted employees with the local HR network. Encourage the establishment of clearly defined career paths based on specific functions Support capability development and initiatives to reduce retention risk.
Change & Communication Enablement
Craft tailored communication and change management materials for diverse audiences Drive a change agent network to accelerate adoption to the change & propose initiatives to contribute to these efforts. Coordinate other change and communication activities as required.
YOU ARE A COTY FIT
You thrive in complexity and bring structure to ambiguity with clarity and precision. Balancing a strategic mindset with a people-centric approach, you connect long-term HR transformation goals to the day-to-day realities of Finance teams. As an experienced HR Business Partner, you have a proven track record in leading transformation and transition initiatives, translating strategic priorities into practical, impactful HR solutions.
Collaborative and people-focused, you excel at building strong relationships, thinking creatively, and delivering solutions that drive meaningful change. With strong business acumen and the ability to navigate an agile, international environment, you adapt your communication style to engage confidently with diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
In addition, we are looking for candidates who:
Qualifications & Experience
8+ years in HR, Transformation, Org Design, or HR Operations (experience in in corporate functions is preferred) Strong expertise in job architecture, grading, role and organizational design Proven ability to translate HR strategy into execution in a matrixed, multinational environment Skilled at engaging diverse stakeholders, including legal and regulatory bodies Experience in change storytelling, communication toolkit development, and talent governance frameworks Familiarity with Works Council/EWC processes is a strong advantage Passion for human-centric transformation and embedding sustainable change
OUR BENEFITS
As our Senior HRBP Transformation, some of the benefits you will receive are
A salary that matches your knowledge and experience Omni-Working: Hybrid flexible working model enabling employees to balance remote and office-based work and promote work / life balance Mobility and medical allowance Competitive pension fund contribution Generous leave policy
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Our recruiter will contact you. A telephone/online introductory meeting follows. A first online/in-person interview A second interview You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.
ABOUT COTY
Coty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness. Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self. Join us in making over the world of beauty!
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